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Payments

The digital payments debate: is the future really cashless?

I find more and more people are starting to understand that digital is a transformation project, not just an adjunct to business as usual. But there needs to be more of them.

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Culture

Can Knowledge Sharing Jumpstart Your Culture?

Culture doesn’t begin and end with sports teams and Slack channels – knowledge sharing offers plenty of lessons for scaling companies.

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PSD2

Two months after the final PSD2 deadline: where are we with the APIs?

We all know this tale. U.S. Millennials, the nation’s largest living generation, grew up at a time when America faced its biggest economic challenge since the Great Depression.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker’s excellent adventure

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she waxes philosophical on achieving the right balance in banking.

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events

3 takeaways from Money 20/20

Arguably the most interesting fintech conference around arrived in Las Vegas for its North American installment and there was plenty to discuss.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a dose of Hegel, banking edition

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines AI and spooking Sibos delegates.

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Mastercard becomes headline sponsor of the Fintech League

Anna, a UK-based business account app, recently announced a new feature — when a customer uses their card to make a payment, the app will notify them with a meowing sound.

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11:YEARS part four: investment

In the fourth part of our series, we take a close look at the factors that encouraged investment in UK fintech after Financial Crisis of 2007-8.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: what my best bosses taught me

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders life lessons from Nana Nicolaou.

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Banking

Money and mental health: digital support, proactive interventions and data concerns

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.

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Banking

11:YEARS part three: talent

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.

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Crypto

Is Libra from Facebook the threat bankers think it is?

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).

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Payments

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: the big sleep

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

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Banking

11:YEARS part two: first-mover advantage

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

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6: Aviva Takeover

In this episode, host David Brear and co-hosts Nigel Walsh and Sarah Kocianski visit Aviva's Digital Garage for InsurTech Insider's very first takeover show!

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161. After Dark III Christmas Special

It's the After Dark Christmas Special and that means we're bringing you a recap of all the top stories from 2017, recorded in front of a live audience. Regular hosts Simon Taylor, David M. Brear, Jason Bates and Chris Skinner are joined by friends of the show Sarah Kocianski and Leda Glyptis.

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160. State of the Union 3

Sam Maule hosts the latest State of the Union show, recorded live from the South East Fintech Venture Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Blockchain Insider

24. CBOE futures, Bitcoin mining energy usage & investing responsibly

Colin G Platt rejoins Simon Taylor for a second consecutive show in London to break down the week's news.

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159. News: Mascots of the Internet

Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by Kadhim Shubber, Liz Lumley, Sarah Kocianski and wonderful surprise guest Ghela Boskovich.

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158. Insights: Perfect storm for change and digitisation

Jason Bates talks to a crack team of experts to find out about the pressures facing small businesses and the solutions that rapid technological change can provide

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Blockchain Insider

23. Bitcoin goes stratospheric, Ethereum Cryptokitties and R3 CEO interview

Coling G Platt is actually in the building this week to join Simon Taylor for the week's top news and a very special interview with R3's David Rutter.

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5: Insurance as a platform

This week David is joined by longtime friend of 11:FS, Sarah Kocianski, and James York, Founder of Worry+Peace, to discuss insurance as a platform, and we also speak to Sascha Wischek, CEO of Fjuul.

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Blockchain Insider

22. Can Bitcoin really hit $100,000?

Simon and Colin discuss Bitcoin highs, Ether bonds, rogue ICOs, and much more. Plus, a special interview with Commissioner Brian Quintenz from the CFTC and a discussion on ICOs recorded live from RegTech Rising.

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156. News: Growing through pain

David, Jason and Simon are joined by Ali Paterson, Valentina Kristensen & Tanya Andreasyan for a look back over the week's news.

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155. Insights: New ways of working

In this Insights episode, David recorded live from the Tavern Stand at Lords Cricket Ground to explore new ways of working, with Andy Ellis and Peter Ryan-Bell from RBS, and Tunde Olanrewaju from McKinsey.

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154. News: Winefield

This week very special friend of the show Sarah Kocianski is in the hosting seat as neither David, Jason and Simon were available this week. She is joined by guests including Anna Bennett, Nina Mohanty, Liz Lumley and Sophie Winwood.

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Blockchain Insider

20. The greatest (bitcoin) story ever told!

Simon Taylor and the birthday boy Colin G Platt (still enjoying the beach in sunny Australia) cover the best of the week's news, including the death of SegWit2x, the surge in Bitcoin Cash and the latest on the parity hack. Plus interviews with Michael Casey, advisor, author, speaker and commentator, and Daniel Cotti and David Sutter from TradeIX.

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153. Insights: The future of banking and disruption

This week we bring you a very special Insights show, recorded live at BBVA's Global Summit in Madrid, where Simon Taylor hosts a panel to discuss the future of banking and disruption with Marko Wenthin, Leanne Kemp, and Elena Alfaro.

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152. News: High Rate of Return

David, Jason, and Simon are joined by Fluidly Founder, CEO and OBE Caroline Plumb, and CEO and Founder of Norio Ventures, Pete Townsend for this week's news!

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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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Open finance

Fintech Insider Presents: After Dark - Open Finance: fact or fantasy?

After Dark - Open Finance: fact or fantasy?

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fintech Insider

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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fintech Insider

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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fintech Insider

Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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fintech Insider

Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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