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Strangling the big ball of mud
Core banking might not be the sexiest of subjects, but if you don’t get it right, your bank will suffer financially and lose its edge to the truly digital competitors coming your way. But how do you strengthen your core when you’re stuck with a Frankenstein legacy system? In episode 225 of FinTech Insider Insights, we break down what you need to do.
The ROI of Fruit
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US published an official report, following an investigation into a token sale by an organisation called The DAO, where it decided that these particular tokens the DAO were offering were in fact, securities and therefore subject to the requirements of the federal securities law in the US. Read the full story via Fintech Insider News here.
Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: go hug your innovation team
Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, with the aid of Bryan Adams lyrics, on why the best is yet to come.
Relationships: The 5 rules for success
Right now, every company is tackling how to handle the move to remote working. We made a decision recently to not return to the office until November and wanted to share how and why we got there.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: Best Incumbent Strategy
The ability to get users through the onboarding process quickly and painlessly has never been more in demand, with Signicat reporting an average drop-off rate of 52% during the onboarding processes of Europe’s retail banks in 2018.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: Best Onboarding Experience
The consulting firm CG42 recently reported that it expects the ten largest banks in the US to lose $159 billion in deposits to smaller competitors over the next year.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: One to Watch
You may have noticed from our newsletter (sign up here) and podcast (listen here or click play just below) that we’re celebrating our second birthday at 11:FS. It’s also Fintech Insider’s 200th episode. So to make it extra special we’ve done a roundtable with some of the most vital people in the 11:FS team who don’t normally get behind a microphone.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: Best Advertising Campaign
Users of Pulse will no doubt be familiar with our visual design rating, which sits at the bottom of each post and gives our analysts’ view on a journey’s design strengths.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: Best Design
This award is given to the incumbent financial institution that is executing the best digitalisation strategy.
Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: The view from your desk
Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to assets, habits and the wand that chooses the wizard.
Wealth is the next big fintech game changer
If there is one thing we don’t talk about enough in the start-up world, it’s mental wellbeing. That’s strange, because it’s one of the most crucial things to get right in your company. I used to think that company culture is built on leadership and focus. I also used to believe that negative attitudes at work cannot lead to poor mental health or affect perceptions of health, beliefs, and results. Well, today is a different day. Armed with the growing awareness of the impact wellbeing can have on employees, businesses and the obvious link between positive workplace culture and productivity, I’m here to bust the myth that every start-up has a cut-throat environment which grinds down its employees.
Second Annual 11:FS Pulse Awards: How our methodology has evolved
The One to Watch award is given to the company with the firmest foundations onto which it can build truly digital services in the next 12 months.
Sport makes for better business people
Today sees the launch of Starling’s new joint account feature on its customer accounts. They’re only available to existing Starling customers so you’d better join up if you want to take advantage. We invited Starling’s Lead Engineer, Sam Everington and Chief Platform Officer, Megan Caywood into the office to show us how it works. Click play below to see for yourself.
Why disruption means agility has taken on new meaning
Mutually Assured Destruction is a military state of reciprocal deterrence. When it comes to innovation in banking, it’s been a case of Mutually Assured Disruption.
Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Trust as renewable energy
Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she tackles feedback and offering advice, solicited or otherwise.
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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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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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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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89. Checkmate
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: CBOE halt Bitcoin futures, Binance to the moon? And Deloitte puts ASX at checkmate.
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36. Insights: Anthemis Takeover - investing in insurtech
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.
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305. News: Graceful degradation
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!
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304. Interviews: David Duffy, CEO of CYBG
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.
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88. Fire emoji
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: BitGo exaggerate insurance coverage, tokenising equity and the owner of the Burj Khalifa plans an ICO.
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303. News: Magic beans
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.
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302. Insights: Women in financial services
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.
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87. Forked off
We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Thailand approves some cryptocurrencies, FaceCoin and Nivaura raise $20m
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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.
Banks are losing the loyalty game | 11:FS Explores
Hey, banks! This might sting a bit. You’re getting loyalty all wrong - and it’s costing you customers. But all is not lost!
3 ways AI is shaking up UX in financial services | 11:FS Explores
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?
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.
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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
