
The link between poor mental health and money worries is well-known, as is the fact that all too often it can become a vicious circle.

In the third part of our series, we discuss how talent in the UK migrated to fintech after the financial crisis, helping to create a vibrant new ecosystem in the process.

11:FS went to New York Fintech Week! We had some amazing chats, met some amazing people and even paid a visit to Katz’s Deli (amazing) when we weren’t busy hosting talks and recording podcasts on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. In this instalment she turns her attention to learning from mistakes.

In the second part of our series, we examine how disillusionment over the financial crisis fueled the rise of innovative, agile fintechs.

Since this is the second year of the 11:FS Pulse Awards, we thought we’d go back and review the 11 brands that took first place in last year’s awards.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to legacy mindset, data, architecture and…Dave.

In the first part of a series, we examine the role of UK regulatory reform in sowing the seeds of a thriving fintech ecosystem.

Big banks don’t have a great reputation for innovation. Could corporate venture building change that?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to blaming rather than fixing, shooting the messenger and trying not to kill the canary in the coal mine.

Technological innovation is creating new business models and revenue opportunities for FinTech firms globally. As disruption in the banking sector continues, what are the lessons that legacy banking organizations can learn from the new start-ups? From a very basic level, the digital disruptors are usually associated with mobile functionality, simplicity, big data, accessibility, agility, cloud computing, contextuality, personalization and convenience. Alternatively, with the exception of convenience (from a physical location perspective), most traditional banks have few of these qualities. What do industry leaders think? What is the biggest difference between FinTech start-ups and incumbent Banks? This article was first published on the Financial Brand in July 2015.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she reflects on CTOs and why the best ones are like knights in shining armour.

Last week, the world’s biggest banking conference hit London for the first time. So what did more than 11,000 delegates see and hear at Sibos 2019?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to floor plans, homes, crushed dreams and banking real estate.

So a strange and wonderful thing happened over the weekend. This is the story of how Covid Credit came into existence.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: CBOE halt Bitcoin futures, Binance to the moon? And Deloitte puts ASX at checkmate.

Sarah and Nigel are being taken over by Anthemis this week! We're talking about what makes insurtechs attractive to the VC firm and why boring is beautiful.

Sarah and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: RBS trials fingerprint credit cards, Visa told to hire PwC to help with outages and fintechs won big against incumbents at the British Bank Awards…and so did we!

CEO of CYBG, David Duffy came on to the Fintech Insider podcast to talk with Simon Taylor about banking in the age of fintech and challenging the challenger narrative.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: BitGo exaggerate insurance coverage, tokenising equity and the owner of the Burj Khalifa plans an ICO.

Sarah and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: The Revolut revelations rumble on, AI is a non-starter for 40% of startups and Grab gobbles $1.4 billion investment to build a super app.

It's International Women's Day and we have a show packed full of content and views from some great women working in financial services today.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Thailand approves some cryptocurrencies, FaceCoin and Nivaura raise $20m
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.

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...

