
Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders what isn’t happening while bank decision-makers are busy pretending everything is in hand.

It’s the 5th of April and that means one thing to us at 11:FS and that is that it’s our birthday! Four years old. Damn. And what a strange time to be in celebrating everything we’ve achieved with everything that’s going on.

Guest author Richard Davies gives his thoughts on the importance of scaling agile to all functions of an organisation, and some key factors on how to get there.

There’s been no shortage of attention paid to the emergence of fintech in the Middle East recently. In fact, we wrote about the ‘perfect storm’ that was brewing in the region and recently gave an overview of the digital challengers emerging to meet these needs.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to why mistakes are wonderful things.

Simon Taylor interviewed Tom Blomfield, CEO of Monzo for Fintech Insider. Listen to the whole interview in full here.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, as the world continues to change, she discusses how to overcome defaulting to the comfortable way of doing things just because that's how they've always been done.

In part one of this series I pointed out that things look very, very bad for the insurance industry right now. In this blog post I will explore what might happen next.

David M. Brear, our CEO, recently asked his followers on LinkedIn the following question: What three things should every bank in the world do in the next 3 years to be successful? So many people responded to David’s post with varying opinions but one thing was clear: change was paramount and digital was the way forward.

Imagine a crane operator, but not any crane operator, this one is wearing a pair of AR goggles, in which a layer of relevant data and information about every container being moved is shown, ensuring that, not only the right job is done, but also the job is done right.

Bringing the office home with you doesn’t carry as much stigma as it once did. So what are the benefits of remote working, and how can you take advantage of them?

Until 2018 Australia hadn’t had a new, homegrown bank for decades. The Australian banking industry had been dominated by four huge banks who, facing no competition, rested on their laurels.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, TV masterpiece The West Wing and what it can teach us about life, business and financial services.

After so many years and billions spent on digital transformation: design workshops, rebuilding banks to focus on client journeys and user centred design, it’s still falling down.

TL;DR: someone (we don’t know who), managed to make off with over $350,000 with a loan that in essence cost them no more than $8.71 in the murky but oh so interesting world of decentralised finance (or DeFi for short).

Sarah Kocianski and David Brear are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Digital banks are set to treble their customer numbers in 2020, Singapore starts accepting their first applications for digital banks and LinkedIn announce their top 25 startups of 2019 - you might recognise some of the names! All this and much more on todays fintech insiders!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Telegram ramp up their crypto efforts, a $1 billion crypto venture and should crypto stay decentralised?

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Telegram ramp up their crypto efforts, a $1 billion crypto venture and should crypto stay decentralised?

Sarah Kocianski is joined by Jude Greer, Reposit and Nick Willis, Wrisk to talk about how insurtech is shaking up the rental market and consumer protection when renting their homes.

Sam Maule is in NYC and joined by Boe Hartman CTO and Partner at Marcus by Goldman Sachs to talk about some great topics, including the origin story of Marcus and what's driven its success to date.

Sam Maule is in NYC and joined by Boe Hartman CTO and Partner at Marcus by Goldman Sachs to talk about some great topics, including the origin story of Marcus and what's driven its success to date.

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: N26’s US launch, Revolut’s big bank new hires, and: CEO’s sneakers - KSwiss’ new range just for CEOs! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider.

Leda Glyptis and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests on this insights show, where we take a deeper look at payments, specifically cross-border payments and where the innovation is coming from in this space.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Carney wants reserve currency, Banking licenses for all AND Who’s making money in crypto? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

David Brear and Will White are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Apple Card Launches For Everyone, Global fintech investment falls sharply and NatWest hid a data breach from customers. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: When Bakkt? September actually, Barclays ends partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Crypto Exchange Binance Announces New Stablecoin Initiative. All this, and so much more on todays Blockchain Insider.

Nigel Walsh is joined by a host of fantastic guests to talk about the latest and greatest news in the insurtech sphere!

Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Remedies Pool C winners are revealed, Goldman Sachs dips into subprime lending with the Apple Card and NatWest trials voice banking with Google Home! All this and so much more on today's Fintech Insider News.

David Brear is joined by Nick Ogden, fintech "founding father" and co-founder of Worldpay, to talk about some great topics, including the businesses Nick's founded and run, where he sees fintech in 5 years, what are the most important things he's learnt during his successful career and so much more!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: China’s Digital Currency, Mastercard make more blockchain moves, Kakao go Cuckoo for Crypto, and so much more!

Hey, banks! This might sting a bit. You’re getting loyalty all wrong - and it’s costing you customers. But all is not lost!
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?
It's not just a buzzword.
Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?
Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.
The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.
Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.
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.

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...

