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How to turn outdated corporate identities into fresh opportunities
Behavioural design is the process of using psychological insights into how people think and act irrationally, to design better products and services. Sounds good, right? But…er… what does that actually look like?
What is the future of payments? We head to FinTech Connect 2020 to find out
Businesses are slowly awakening to the idea that it's time to consider new sources of growth when it comes to securing their futures. They’ve realised that, sometimes, designing the most engaging customer value propositions requires leaning on the brand strength of other players outside of your domain.
Buy Now Pay Later: Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is one of the hottest trends in fintech. The concept of 0% finance has been around for decades, but it’s caught fire in the last 3 years with new market entrants like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna transforming how this works for consumers in an e-commerce setting. This is taken from our Unfiltered newsletter. Subscribe now for a no BS, uncensored analysis of fintech news and hot topics delivered to your inbox each fortnight.
What is embedded finance?
While FinTech folk salivate – and the big banks bloviate – about PSD2 and the open banking reforms coming our way in 2018, we wondered whether those outside of this bubble will actually notice? What does PSD2 actually mean for customers?
The future of banking: all paths lead to lending
A Black-owned bank is defined as one in which at least 50% of voting shares are owned by African-Americans. They’re a dwindling force in the States today.
Crafting impactful design principles
Throughout history, humans have found direction from statements of intent that suggest 'better' ways of living.
Why is BaaS so hot right now?
The first episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is live! If you missed it, catch up here. Here’s a rundown of the episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖
In defence of virtue signalling
Nothing’s worse than not having any options, but having too many can be just as bad.
7 reasons Banking as a Service is a game changer
We now live in a world where almost anyone can build and launch innovative, regulated financial products as easily as they can create a Shopify page - that’s the magic of Banking as a Service (BaaS).
Goldman Sachs is leaning into embedded finance: other banks should take note
As 11:FS wraps up its 5th year in business, we can’t help but think about what the next 5 will look like. And our ambitions are big. It’s only just on the right side of scary.
Is the future really cashless?
Richard Brown, CTO at R3, says that blockchain allows us to, for the first time, build systems and technologies that run between different organisations that don’t trust each other and bring them to consensus. This means potentially significant savings for financial services, especially in file reconciliation and manual activity. For blockchain to succeed in finance, multiple firms must work together, and Corda is helping to do just that.
Using the cloud to fly sky high above the competition
As we roll into 2018 thoughts inevitably turn to the big themes that we might expect (and hope) to see for user experience in the financial services industry this year.
Jobs to be Done: How to help US SMBs keep their personal assets separate from their business finances
Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) is a theory. Its main aim is to explain why customers start - and stop - using different products and services in the market. Stripped down to the essentials, it’s a fairly straightforward concept first introduced by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen that can be adapted into a useful tool for product development.
Town hall 27th July 2020: Business update from David
Good working culture is impossible without motivation. Therefore, it is essential to follow a model of organisation design that supports the conditions in which motivation can be maximised.
Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: the stress of being stressed
Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to planning for the future, accountability and caring about everything.
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301. News: Not cashless but less cash
David and Sarah are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: We take a look at the fallout of the RBS Remedies fund pool A results, Goldman Sachs takes a bite out of the credit card market by teaming up with Apple and Lithuania reveals its' Top Gear-inspired strategy to become a fintech hub
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300. Insights: This. Is. Fintech.
It's our 300th episode! That calls for something a little bit special so we have a roundtable of our hosts plus the person who's the reason Fintech Insider exists.
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86. Too legit to quit
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Brazilian Bank embrace crypto, a European exchange giant is jumping on the crypto bandwagon and XRP the STD...finally!
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299. News: Buzzwords for everyone
David and Simon are joined by Tom Blomfield and Romi Savova to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Britain's banks predicted to reveal the biggest profits since the financial crisis, the latest announcements from the RBS Remedies fund and Santander pays IBM $700M to help them transform.
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298. Insights: The future of cloud
Sam Maule spoke to an incredible list of guests in this bumper episode to explore the far-reaching effects of Cloud for business.
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85. JP Morgan do a coin
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: JP Morgan do a coin, JP Morgan do a coin and JP Morgan do a coin. We have some other stories too.
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34. News: Netflix for insurance
Sarah and Nigel are talking about the news this week including: Netflix for insurance, Insurtech in America and AI tackling insurance fraud.
Bonus: The future of interoperability
We. Are. Here. At Barclays Rise for the ION Hackathon. Clearmatics are doing a special bonus episode with us covering the day's events. We've got a bumper pack of interviews for you including conversations with some of the hackathon teams, including some very youthful competitors.
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297. News: Talking poop
We're switching things up a bit for this episode, our US host Sam Maule was in the UK with fellow Americans (and American experts) Teana Baker-Taylor, Alexa Fernandez, Joaquin Ayuso de Paul and Mark Miesner to go over the best US stories of the past week. We bring you: The latest developments in the BB&T and Suntrust super-merger, Chime rings the changes as 10k new users sign up in 24hrs and Mastercard’s new sonic identity that’s going on tour.
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296. After Dark: Digital Love
We have an incredible After Dark episode for you. It's the first we've done in a while and sets the tone for what we believe will be the key aspects of fintech in 2019. Partnerships and digital love between banks and fintechs, two (or more!) companies coming together and working together to make each other stronger.
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84. Does anyone need a blockchain?
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Dormant funds, the SEC still won’t let crypto be and do you really need a blockchain?
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295. News: The Revolut will be advertised
David and Simon are joined by Iona Bain, Mel Palmer, Viktor Nebehaj and Saumeel Pachigar to chat through the biggest stories of the last 7 days. Including: Revolut’s Valentine’s day ad scandal, the banking backlash Down Under and BB&T's super merger and much much more.
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294. Insights: Money and Mental Health
Sarah Kocianski's joined by some of the people involved in the heart of Money and Mental Health awareness, education and support. They are looking for solutions to the very real problems that the subject of money can cause when it comes to people’s mental health.
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83. Custody is still everything
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Facebook take a step forward in the blockchain world, Fidelity get ready to disrupt the crypto market and custody is still everything
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33: Fraud in Pet Insurance
We are going to be talking about the pitfalls of pet insurance and the lengths fraudsters go to in an attempt to profit off insurers. We also examine what insurers are doing to combat fraud in the pet insurance industry.
What are fintechs? - Decoding: Banks
Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?
How does banking regulation work? - Decoding: Banks
Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.
How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks
The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.
How does lending work? - Decoding: Banks
Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.
How can traditional banks win on the banking battlefield? - Decoding: Banks
They're down, but they're not certainly not out.
How do card networks operate? - Decoding: Banks
Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.
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.
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.
Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2 Preview
Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2: Coming soon
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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
