
At 11:FS, we build digital financial services, primarily banks. ‘Bank’ is a very broad term, of course, and our focus on client needs and ‘Jobs To Be Done’ approach (“People don’t want a mortgage, they want to buy a house”), means that we rarely set out to build a pure bank.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders the difference between stress, and pressure - and the importance of acknowledging that stress without indulging it.

Despite the astronomical price-tag and highly breakable look of early foldable phones, we can confidently predict a future of interesting new design challenges thanks to flexible screens.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines innovation, with a side order of Shakespeare.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she delves into her wardrobe to talk about t-shirts as a metaphor for life, love and work.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she has the topic of innovation in her crosshairs.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week it's the big sleep - not a Raymond Chandler book review, rather a look at payments innovation.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, she tells us why giving the people building your future a reason to believe in you and your right for a future is the corporate version of making your bed each morning.

The research on retail payments that I have done over the past couple of months had me thinking about my own payments journey and left me wondering how my own behaviour has evolved and what drove me to make such payments?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she recounts tales of bad bosses and the lessons learned.

At the beginning of 2022, many early-stage investors looked ahead with optimism as we emerged from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, and global economies started to show signs of growth again.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to flat earth, banking and strong convictions, loosely held.

Mental health isn’t just a concern on National Sickie Day or Time to Talk Day. So why aren’t we taking the conversation further?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to hiring the people who make the best teams.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week finds her contemplating cheese.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: A $120m ‘Digital IPO,' Crypto Catches Mastercard’s Eye, 98% of Bitcoin is used for legal things, and so much more!

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by 11:FS newly appointed Chairman, Shaun Meadows to talk about the newly published report Quarterly InsurTech Briefing Q2 2019!

Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank’s $400 MILLION mega-round pushes their valuation to $10 billion, US women pay 18% more in banking fees than men and noel edmonds reaches compensation deal with Lloyds over scam! All this, and so much more on today's episode!

In today’s show, Sam Maule is joined by some awesome guests from Fifth Third Bank in their offices in Cincinnati to talk about all things digital transformation in the US!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: The IRS are coming for your crypto, Russian Bitcoin Thief Sued, Could China Rival Facebook’s Libra, and so much more!

David Brear and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Robinhood’s 7x unicorn valuation following a new funding round, Alibaba eyes US domination, how do you tally up your gold and so much more!

In this weeks episode, David Brear and Leda Glyptis are joined by Atom Bank, and their Strategic Board Advisor, will.i.am, for a takeover show. They talk about all things Atom, AI, trust and data as commodities, as well as so much more!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: David Marcus Makes Senate Plea, SWIFT go Supersonic in Singapore, and Who let the DAWGs out! All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider.

Sarah and Nigel are joined by some fantastic guests today to talk about Fintechs and Insurtechs teaming up!

David and Sarah are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: British fintech booms with 2019 set to be a record year for investment, SoftBank bets big in South America, and Facebook to be fined $5bn! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!

In today's episode, we bring you an amazing interview with John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury! David Brear meets him at Her Majesty's Treasury, to talk about his role, what excites him about London's booming fintech scene and so much more!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Keep Big Tech out of Finance, Binance burns bucketload of BNB, and Trump hates Bitcoin. And Libra! All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider.

Simon and Laura are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Deutsche Bank braced for severe cull as head quits, Government-owned bank 'forging signatures' in repossession cases, and Fintech is the ‘new normal' with 55% of consumers regular users! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!

In today's episode, we bring you an interview with Michael Jaconi, CEO of Button! Sam Maule meets him in a New York penthouse, to talk about all things Button!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Brazilian bank, Tezos and $1 Billion, IBM tries to make paper the past, and Swiss STO's. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!
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They're down, but they're not certainly not out.
Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.
We kick off our Decoding: Banks series with a look at the banking landscape today and how we got here.

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

Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2: Coming soon

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


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

