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Open Banking

Toucan on inclusive banking: working with people living with mental health conditions

Our 11:FS Tough Mudder team crossed the finish line on a sunny Saturday morning complete with bluebells at their feet and birds chirping in the distance. On the other hand they’d just crawled through something called the ‘Arctic Enema’ so it’s not quite as idyllic as you’d think.

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Blockchain

“There’s not closure on this yet”: Jamie Bartlett and The Missing Cryptoqueen

Fresh off the finale of his massive hit podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen, Jamie Bartlett sits down with us to talk about Dr. Ruja, crypto scams and more.

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After Dark

After Dark: A Fintech Christmas Carol

The final After Dark of 2019 saw a show built around Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, lots of questions about where the industry is going and plenty of questionable Xmas jumpers.

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Technology

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: CTOs in shining armour

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to curiosity, impatience and the importance of never inviting her to career talks.

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Banking

You are who you bank with: what banks can learn from Uniqlo

The things we buy and the clothes we wear reflect who we are, but who we choose to bank with rarely does. Could this be changing as an increasing number of digital services offer tailored offerings to niche customers?

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AI

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: AI and natural reluctance

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week after celebrating her birthday she reflects on life, the universe and everything, and cherishing the things we have even in the hardest of times.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: the F word

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week her attention turns to the people who walk in the most thrilling and challenging of space: the in-between.

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Payments

The digital payments debate: is the future really cashless?

I find more and more people are starting to understand that digital is a transformation project, not just an adjunct to business as usual. But there needs to be more of them.

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Culture

Can Knowledge Sharing Jumpstart Your Culture?

Culture doesn’t begin and end with sports teams and Slack channels – knowledge sharing offers plenty of lessons for scaling companies.

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PSD2

Two months after the final PSD2 deadline: where are we with the APIs?

We all know this tale. U.S. Millennials, the nation’s largest living generation, grew up at a time when America faced its biggest economic challenge since the Great Depression.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker’s excellent adventure

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she waxes philosophical on achieving the right balance in banking.

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events

3 takeaways from Money 20/20

Arguably the most interesting fintech conference around arrived in Las Vegas for its North American installment and there was plenty to discuss.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a dose of Hegel, banking edition

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines AI and spooking Sibos delegates.

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Mastercard becomes headline sponsor of the Fintech League

Anna, a UK-based business account app, recently announced a new feature — when a customer uses their card to make a payment, the app will notify them with a meowing sound.

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11:YEARS part four: investment

In the fourth part of our series, we take a close look at the factors that encouraged investment in UK fintech after Financial Crisis of 2007-8.

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Fintech Insider

370. Interviews: Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive at Standard Chartered

Jason Bates is at SIBOS 2019 at the Excel in London where he is joined by Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive at Standard Chartered!

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Insurtech Insider

52. Making insurance attractive

On this weeks episode, Sarah Kocianski is joined by some awesome guests to talk all things how to attract and retain talent in the insurance industry! Where is the talent going? Who has the hang of company culture? All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

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Fintech Insider

369. News: Startups growing up

David Brear and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Revolut teams up with Mastercard to help them launch in the US - weeks after their Visa deal was announced, Santander takes on Goldman in the US deposits market, and EY’s alternative workplace training for women! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!

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Fintech Insider

368. News: 2008 throwback special

David Brear, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests for this very special throwback episode! Today we are doing the news as if it were 2008, specifically focussing on the news from the week of the financial crash, including: Lehman Brothers files for Bankruptcy, Madoff Jailed over $50bn Fraud and - Note to self: Don’t slag your bank off…...in your online banking password! All this and much much more on today's Fintech Insider News - as if it were 2008!

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Blockchain Insider

119. Has Bitcoin failed? Is Libra losing?

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Marcus makes Stablecoin Claim, Poloniex spun out by Circle and - Has bitcoin failed? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

367. News: The holy grail of the unbanked

Sarah Kocianski and Adam Davies are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Pensions bank rolling start ups, Robinhood tries again at a savings account and the UK just rolled out a payment card made from solid gold, and worth $23,000!

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Blockchain Insider

118. Libra has to exist!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Attack of the Ten TON Regulator, Libra’s last legs and Zuck’s a sitting duck, later this month! All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Insurtech Insider

51. SME insurance - Prevention and education

On this weeks episode, Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some awesome guests to talk all things SME insurance! What are the risks? Where are the opportunities? Why is this such an underserved market? All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

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Fintech Insider

365. News: Free money!

David Brear and Will White bring you this news show recorded in our new offices in New York! As always, they are not alone but joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Samsung Pay launches International payments in the US, Credit Karma moves into savings as Brex moves into cash management and Financial jargon brings people out in a sweat and they think investing is as scary as skydiving!

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Fintech Insider

364. Interviews: SIBOS 2019 Industry leader special

This week we bring you our final interview mashup from SIBOS 2019 at the Excel in London! This week we have the pleasure of bringing you two fantastic interviews with two industry leaders!

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Blockchain Insider

117. Blocking Libra left and right

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Zuck could be stuck, unless he testifies, Blockchain & Banking and The Nature of Money is Changing

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Fintech Insider

363. News: Banking isn’t a side hustle

David Brear and Leda Glyptis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Transferwise is the latest UK fintech to take on the US, Revolut teams up with Visa to help them go global and a US Marijuana Banking Bill Passes House in Historic Vote! All this, and much more on today's Fintech Insider.

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Fintech Insider

362. Interviews: International deep tech special

This week we bring you another interview mashup from SIBOS 2019 at the Excel in London! This week we are focussing on more international companies with a flavour of deep tech and infrastructure.

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Blockchain Insider

116. Blockchain as an excuse

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: EOS maker Block. One fined $24m by the SEC over unregistered securities saleSwiss Stock Exchange SIX lines up buyers for its Initial Digital Offering and Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider.

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Insurtech Insider

50. A celebration of insurtech

On this weeks episode, we are celebrating our 50th birthday! To celebrate this milestone we’re joined by some of our most frequent returning guests from across the series to date! In today’s show we will be looking at the top news, topics and trends in insurtech over the last 50 episodes and going forward.

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11:FS Pulse

Banks are losing the loyalty game | 11:FS Explores

Hey, banks! This might sting a bit. You’re getting loyalty all wrong - and it’s costing you customers. But all is not lost!

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11:FS Pulse

3 ways AI is shaking up UX in financial services | 11:FS Explores

The entire world is buzzing about AI, and that ain't changing anytime soon. But as AI becomes more integrated into our daily lives, what impact will it have on financial services and how people interact with them?

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Decoding

What are fintechs? - Decoding: Banks

Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?

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Decoding

How does banking regulation work? - Decoding: Banks

Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.

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Decoding

How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks

The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.

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Lending

How does lending work? - Decoding: Banks

Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.

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Decoding

How can traditional banks win on the banking battlefield? - Decoding: Banks

They're down, but they're not certainly not out.

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Decoding

How do card networks operate? - Decoding: Banks

Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.

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Decoding

How has the banking battlefield evolved? - Decoding: Banks

We kick off our Decoding: Banks series with a look at the banking landscape today and how we got here.

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11:FS Explores: Legacy banking systems ft. David M. Brear

David M. Brear, our 11:FS CEO, takes us through legacy technology within banks - but of course, with a really cool Lightboard.

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

The UK banking battlefield has never been more competitive. Customers expectfinancial apps that are personalised, seamless, and that genuinely make a differenc...

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

The UK banking battlefield has never been more competitive. Customers expectfinancial apps that are personalised, seamless, and that genuinely make a differenc...

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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