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Why we only drink one glass of champagne*

* figuratively ;-) Celebrating success is important; a Hummingbird Bakery cake, maybe a bottle of fizz to mark the occasion. We can momentarily bask in the glory, but then it’s time to lift up your head and look to the horizon.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: In defence of bankers

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week as COVID-19 makes all the headlines, her thoughts turn to learning to share.

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Fintech Insider

Money 20/20: Victorious Bears, Stripe and killing innovation

11:FS Account Executive and MQ Mental Health Ambassador Jamie Clements asks how banks can break the cycle of debt that afflicts those in poor mental health.

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11:FS Foundry

Building the banking platform of the future with 11:FS Foundry

It’s been quite a hectic few months but I’m delighted to say that our investment partner and first client for 11:FS Foundry, DNB, has committed new funding and to building new services on the platform, with an initial focus on loans. But this is just the start, as we continue conversations around other value chains to define how and where 11:FS Foundry can deliver significant benefits to other areas of its business.

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Design

Designing for foldable technology

Creating user-friendly junior digital accounts is a critical task for many financial service providers. These accounts are designed for young individuals, typically under 18, providing them with a safe and educational introduction to financial management.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: A banker went a-banking

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week it’s banking...but with added Bill & Ted references. Excellent!

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Open Banking

Open banking: are we there yet?

Open Banking launched to little fanfare in January this year and it hasn’t made much of an impact in consumer lives.

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Innovation

Daniel Hegarty - Habito: How tech is taking the misery out of mortgages

In this special guest blog, Daniel Hegarty, CEO of Habito, examines why there needs to be a better approach to mortgages and how fintech is leading the charge.

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Fintech Insider

Innovation, challengers and winning customers

Guest author Sanat Rao shares his thoughts on banking business model innovation following our recent report Developing innovative digital banking business models in association with Infosys Finacle. Most CEOs I speak to these days have a common concern - staying relevant in a banking world that’s going through change like never before.

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Innovation

Why banks need a new approach to innovation

The labs and accelerators across financial services offer great innovation theatre, but are they getting anything in to the hands of users?

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Romance in Plumbing

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she returns to the theme of holding yourself accountable and moving to the Big Top.

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Interviews

Not making up the numbers: An interview w. Anthony Thomson, 86 400

Why is China so far ahead on fintech? Guest author Richard Davies went to China earlier this year to see for himself. These are his findings:

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Banking for humanity

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to holding your breath, repetitive messages and the end of the world.

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APAC

Deniz Güven: Brave New Bank

Born and raised in a small town in central India, Deputy Mayor for Business in London, Rajesh Agrawal, moved to London in 2001 at 24. He arrived at Heathrow with £200 in his pocket and without knowing a soul. But he still felt at home in London, citing that feeling as one of the best things about the city. Rajesh set up his own business in international payments before the term fintech even existed and now he’s working to help other fintech entrepreneurs succeed in London. Listen to our CEO, David M. Brear interview him here or click play below.

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Financial inclusion

Money and Mental Health: What more can we do?

Sharing our stories, our challenges, and the things that truly matter to us. Today we talk to Jamie Clements from the 11:FS Pulse team to discuss mental health, opening up and what led him to creating a podcast about these complex issues.

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Fintech Insider

314. Insights: Strong Customer Authentication

Sarah sits down with an amazing roundtable of guests to dig into Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and what it means for the payments space and the financial ecosystem.

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Blockchain Insider

93. No such thing as a private blockchain

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: France creates a regulatory framework for tokens, the SEC might let Blockstack be and Banks abandon XRP…….oh nooooo

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Insurtech Insider

38. News: a Slice of AI

Sarah's joined by a couple of great guests this week to talk about the most interesting stories happening in insurtech over the past couple of weeks.

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Fintech Insider

313. News: Copy/paste product

Jason and Adam are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Standard Chartered’s $1bn fine, London looks set to take the fintech unicorn crown from San Francisco nd your cat could be the next voice of the ‘miaowing’ debit card.

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Fintech Insider

312. Insights: Live! The future of money

We're in NYC for New York Fintech Week! Sam is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of money and the UK as a leader in the space.

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Blockchain Insider

92. The richest man in the world

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Bank stablecoins are coming, Big banks back new international blockchain alliance and how a guy called Colin Platt became the richest person in the world…

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Fintech Insider

311. News: Make tax great again

David and Ross are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Revolut keeps on spinning, Xero is making tax great again, and UK MPs are 'very likely' to launch probe into RBS remedies fund allocation.

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Fintech Insider

310. Insights: Finastra takeover

David and Simon are joined by Finastra for a takeover show. At their offices in London Paddington, we're with some of the top tier of Finastra's team to bring you insight into the mega-vendor. Including what that term means to them.

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Blockchain Insider

91. The great wealth transfer

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Google gets into consumer hardware keys, Bithump hacked and will the real galaxy digital please stand up.

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Insurtech Insider

37. Mental Health and insurance live from InsurTech Insights

Sarah's at the Insurtech Insights Conference to talk to some great guests and a panel about the impact of insurtech and how to bring objective data into subjective issues.

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Fintech Insider

309. News: Sassy AI

David and Leda are joined by a few great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: How do you like them apples? Apple launches Apple Card, Monzo and OakNorth team up to offer savings accounts and Erica’s a hit in America.

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Fintech Insider

308. Insights: Fintech Friday in Luxembourg

Host and producer Laura Watkins flew to Luxembourg to attend the LHoFT's Fintech Friday event to see what's changed in the region and what the country is planning to do next for fintech.

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Blockchain Insider

90. The 'real' bitcoin market

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Square ramp up crypto unit, the ‘real’ Bitcoin market and a failed ICO turns to eBay.

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Fintech Insider

307. News: Tinder for banking

David Brear and Jason Bates are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: WorldPay sells to FIS for $35bn, Alipay does a thing with Barclaycard and a German bank lets its customers decide the dress code.

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Fintech Insider

306. Interviews: Benoit Legrand, CIO of ING

CEO of ING, Benoit Legrand came on to the Fintech Insider podcast to talk with Simon Taylor about unsuccessful startup experiences, innovation from the outside in and much more.

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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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Minimum Lovable Brand | 11:FS Explores

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Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2 Preview

Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2: Coming soon

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Open finance

Fintech Insider Presents: After Dark - Open Finance: fact or fantasy?

After Dark - Open Finance: fact or fantasy?

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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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