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Fintech Insider

No ordinary matter: Atom, will.i.am and the currency of trust

It’s fair to say that Anthony Thomson knows a thing, or three, about setting up challenger banks. He recently talked to Simon Taylor about customer centricity, Techfin and Australian banking.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker goes a-banking - Part 4.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week...Volume 5 (in a likely ongoing series) of her personal banking saga.

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Podcast

Apple vs Spotify: who will own podcasting?

Recent news that Apple is talking to media companies about exclusive shows is another indication of how podcasts are maturing. Who will win? And what could it mean for creators and consumers?

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Blockchain

6 takeaways from the Facebook Libra Senate and House hearings

Libra’s David Marcus went before the Senate and the House to talk crypto, Facebook and the end of financial stability. This was epic. Here’s what we learned (and what we didn’t).

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Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: wishful thinking and self-fulfilling prophecies

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she tackles the precariousness of hope, risk taking and work life imbalance.

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Mortgages

Vadim Toader - Proportunity: mortgage innovation putting homes within reach

Creating a successful new venture is not easy. There are many pitfalls and risks involved from funding to technology. The biggest challenge though is designing something customers love.

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Insurtech

Q&A with Urban Jungle: building an insurtech offering

Banking no longer has the luxury of getting up to speed with new technology. If you can’t adapt on the fly you’ll be left behind.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: humanity 101

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she's defending bankers.

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Innovation

Ethical is the new luxury; why trust is slipping through the banks' fingers

Open banking payments are already a fact of life in Europe. In the US, not so much. But new infrastructure and the right approach could lead to a sea change stateside. 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.

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Banking

What does Libra from Facebook mean for banks?

Rumours emerged a fortnight ago that Revolut was near to closing a $250 million round at a valuation of over $1 billion. The company confirmed the news this morning, saying its valuation had increased 5x since it raised $66 million in the middle of last year and now stands at $1.7 billion. The round was led by Hong Kong based DST Global and the cash injection will be used to fund global expansion, starting with the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia this year alone.

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Getting people management right: the burden of proof

Fintech sandboxes have been a huge success both home and away with the FCA having just opened applications for the fifth cohort in the UK and exporting the concept globally. Now the FCA is looking to go beyond the sandbox to create the Global Fintech Innovation Network (GFIN).

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Caffeine and angry bankers

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to career tips for optimists, curious cats and rebels…and auntie Mabel.

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Blockchain

Why have regulators reacted so strongly to Libra by Facebook?

It didn't take long. Within hours of Libra being announced the global regulatory system had plenty of opinions on what it meant and how it needed to be governed.

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Innovation

Is Libra from Facebook a ploy to get your data?

To say it’s been a busy month for Libra would be a massive understatement.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: dispatches from industry conferences

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to why diversity and inclusion shouldn’t be a standalone activity and why you shouldn’t just protect your stars, you should protect everyone.

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Fintech Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Blockchain Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Blockchain Insider

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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Insurtech Insider

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.

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Blockchain Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Blockchain Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Fintech Insider

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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Blockchain Insider

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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Insurtech Insider

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.

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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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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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