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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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Culture

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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Insurtech Insider

InsurTech Insider Episode 11: Cyber Insurance + Lemonade CEO interview

On today's episode, David and Nigel were joined by Hiscox's Gareth Wharton and Zurich's Thomas Clayton. We also bring you an awesome interview with the CEO of Lemonade, Daniel Schreiber!

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Fintech Insider

192. News: Everyone and their grandmother is buying into it

Alexandra Cheung and Charlie Wood join David, Jason and Ross to tackle the week's biggest stories in banking and fintech!

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Fintech Insider

191. Interview: Aneesh Varma, CEO - Aire

Simon Taylor speaks to Aneesh Varma, CEO and founder of Aire.

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Blockchain Insider

37. Sandra Ro, Women in Blockchain and Tracking Crypto Crime

On today's episode, Simon and Colin talk about Binance bounties, Traceable Bitcoin and much more! We also bring you an interview with the wonderful Sandra Ro! Her insights were excellent as always.

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190. News: Imagine if the Kardashians could code

For International Women's Day, Producer Laura and Sarah Kocianski co-host the news show alongside special guests, Caroline Plumb, CEO of Fluidly, Klarna's Laurel Wolfe and 11:FS' own Veronique Constans.

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Fintech Insider

189. Insights: Women in Fintech

After celebrating International Women's Day, we bring you a plethora of interviews with leading women in Fintech! We bring you interviews with: -Rachel Kent - Head of Global Financial Institutions Sector, Hogan Lovells -Wendy Jephson - Co-founder & Chief Behavioural Specialist, Nasdaq Sybenetix -Sophie Bialaszewski - Head of Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group -Min Teo - VP of Operations, Yoyo Wallet -Adizah Tejani - Director of Marketing, Token, Inc

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Blockchain Insider

36. The Empire Strikes Bitcoin and an Exclusive Interview With Joe Lubin

Today, Coinbase has got them self in some trouble after allegations that their staff may or may not have 'taken advantage' of Bitcoin Cash being launched on their platform, Mark Carney warns that crypto-assets must face similar regulatory scrutiny as financial markets and UK Shadow Home Secretary Dianne Abbott calls Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme? We also bring you a great interview with non other than Ethereum and Consesys founder Joe Lubin!

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Insurtech Insider

InsurTech Insider Episode 10: Connected Homes

On today's episode we were joined by a plethora of insurance wizards to discuss Connected homes. Zurich head of market management Arslan Hannani, Cocoon co-founder Colin Richardson, PolicyCastle co-founder Kristian Feldborg and Fing head of business development Patrizia Cozzoli. How are IOT and data going to change a fragmented retail market with regards to insurance?

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Fintech Insider

188. News: Pump that Money

In this week's news show we had representation from both sides of the Atlantic as Nina Mohanty, Doug Bobenhouse and Valentina Kristensen joined new host Ross Gallagher in his first rodeo in the hosting seat, and Simon Taylor to discuss the week's biggest stories.

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Fintech Insider

187. Interview: Interview with Stefan Ebner, CEO of BrainTribe

Today we bring you an interview with CEO of BrainTribe Stefan Ebner. BrainTribe aim to create the open source operating system for data, enabling a world of data democracy and mass innovation.

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Fintech Insider

186. News: Fist bumps over the Atlantic

This week we had great news from both sides of the Atlantic, lots of team ups and partnerships plus some of the sillier crypto stories we've seen Taking on all of this along side host Simon Taylor were Megan Caywood,  Chief Platform Officer at Starling; Edward Berks - Director of Banking, Fintech & Ecosystem at Xero, and our very own Ross Gallagher, Principal Consultant in our 11:FS Research Team.

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Fintech Insider

185. Insights: Fintech for All

In this episode Simon Taylor chairs a round table discussion on financial inclusion, based around Tech City UK's Fintech For All competition, and he's joined by the winner, event sponsors and event organisers.

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Blockchain Insider

34. Vitalik drops crypto truth bombs, Ellen explains bitcoin and the Brooklyn project

Simon and Colin discuss the Whitehouse holding off on Bitcoin regulation, Ellen Degeneres explaining Bitcoin, Telegram's ICO money and much, much more. We also bring you an interview with Patrick Berarducci and Matt Corva from Consensys about Brooklyn Project.

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Insurtech Insider

InsurTech Insider Episode 9: Insurance on a Blockchain - the Blockchain Insider Takeover!

In this very special show, we let our sister podcast Blockchain Insider takeover the mics, as Simon Taylor leads a roundtable focusing on blockchain and insurance and the different opportunities and ways of thinking that can be tapped into using smart contracts and DLT, while co-host Colin G Platt interviews Stephan Karpischek, Co-founder of Etherisc, who are building decentralized insurance applications.

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184. Fintech Insider After IV - The Valentine's Day Edition

In this episode, we bring you our fourth After Dark special, recorded in front of a live audience as Jason and Simon are joined by Niall Cameron, Ross Gallagher, Sarah Kocianski and Valentina Kristensen to discuss the week's biggest and silliest stories.

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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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