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Billions Spent: Where Has It Gone?

Every senior executive knows they need digital, every bank is spending billions on digital projects. So, why has so little digital transformation actually occurred?

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Student Finance: Sorting Out Household Bills

Despite global economic headwinds, rising prices and over half of consumers now precisely tracking their subscription spend, 89% of businesses are optimistic about recurring revenue growth for the year ahead. They predict changing customer demand is the top factor that will impact profitability.

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False Certainty: The Monolith Made Me Do It

You can catch the full Fintech Insider take on the news today at 4pm on the podcast here. It’s been a week so that means we’re back to doing a deep dive on a slightly different story from the news show. I think this one’s a little more exciting than the bigger stories if truth be told. For analysis straight from industry experts subscribe to our podcast Fintech Insider CEO David M. Brear and Sarah Kocianski sit down with Monty Munford and CEO of Onfido Husayn Kassai to discuss all things fintech news, and this week we’re giving you a closer look at the FCA’s regulatory sandbox.

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11:FS

What are the challenges facing the modern Delivery Lead?

Are consumers experiencing the downside of a booming consumer lending industry?

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challenger banks

Who cares that they're called challenger banks?

What is a challenger bank? Who are they actually challenging and does the name even make sense?

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11:FS Pulse

The Solution to SMB Finance Woes?

The creator economy is defined by SignalFire as the class of business built by independent content creators, curators and community builders, as well as the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetisation.

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Global Fintech Innovation Network: Beyond the Sandbox

The first adopters in the digital banking world are beginning to use native iOS features to enhance the customer experience. With Touch ID now a hygiene feature, we are seeing banks introduce and improve upon their Force Touch capabilities. And in the past few months, a handful of brands have taken things to the next level by offering Siri and Messages payments (albeit with a few kinks in the journey). In this article we explore how banks are going native.

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Culture

Digital is a small team sport

A three-part series by 11:FS Non-Executive Director, Lisa Gansky Part 1 – The 3 steps of Digital Transformation

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Design

Banks need to be smarter not move faster

Banks are plagued by a litany of archaic processes and outmoded design. That was just about bearable before the digital age, but is there any room for it today?

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Financial inclusion

Why Fintechs Need to Focus on Financial Education for Customers

Financial education is vital to the success of many new fintechs. After all, if customers don’t know what they need then how are they going to know if a product is useful for them?

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Banking

Banks and fintechs working together

Fintechs and the major financial services have been competing against each other for a while now. But that’s not likely to be the best course of action for either of them and now they’re working together.

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Open Banking

The world turns to Open Banking

There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and the reaction from all of us is almost a war effort to ensure society still functions through one of its biggest ever shifts.

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After Dark

11 Best social posts from After Dark VI

We had a great time at After Dark VI, the episode went out last week, and had a massive turn out in both Atlanta and London. And we know you did too! Fintech fans were out on Twitter in force to shout out how much they loved it (especially the emoji wall and rant bucket). Our social media marketing interns gathered together the best ones they could find to share the After Dark VI love.

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Consultancy mistakes

11 Stupidest Things Consultancies Say and Do

I’ve poked fun at banks and fintechs, but now it’s time to take on the consultancies. Sometimes it can feel like you’re spending your money on bad advice and worse decisions. Sometimes you are.

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Culture

How Big Business Needs to Transform

Leveraging consumer trust is an important tool for all brands. Businesses are starting to take note and realising that in today’s all encompassing landscape, one product offering simply isn’t enough anymore.

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Blockchain Insider

33. Blythe Masters Interview, hacks, non-hacks & Europe's crypto crackdown

In this episode Simon is joined by Sara Feenan in place of Colin this week to cover the week's top stories and we have a fantastic interview from Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset.

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Fintech Insider

181. News: [The SME sector is] So Hot Right Now

In this episode, Simon and Jason are joined by Chris Skinner, Tanya Andreasyan, Kristian Luoma and Cliff Evans, to take on the week’s top stories.

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Blockchain Insider

32. Jameson Lopp, the Market be down but Enterprise is up

In this episode, Simon, Colin and guest Sara Feenan dissect the week's news and we have a fantastic interview from Jameson Lopp!

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Insurtech Insider

InsurTech Insider Episode 8: The Sharing Economy and changing insurance models

In this week's episode we focus on the Sharing and Gig Economies and changing insurance models as a result. We also chat to co-founders Mike Rudoy & Luke Cohler from New York based start-up, Jetty.

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Fintech Insider

179. Interview: Scott O'Malia, CEO, ISDA

In this episode, Simon Taylor speaks to Scott O'Malia, CEO of ISDA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association

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Fintech Insider

178. News: Always look on the bright side...

In this week's episode, Jason, Simon and David are joined by 11:FS Research team's Ross Gallagher, Capco's Charlie Wood and Fluidly CEO Caroline Plumb.

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Fintech Insider

177. Insights: Financial Services & Mental Health

Yesterday (1st February) was Time to Talk Day, a day dedicated to mental health awareness, and opening up the conversation around it in the aim of removing the stigma. In conjunction with this, Simon Taylor chaired a panel discussing Financial Services and Mental Health with James Routledge form Mental Health foundation Sanctus, and finance experts, Jo Ann Barefoot, Nick Cook and Ghela Boskovitch.

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Fintech Insider

176. State of the Union 5

Sam Maule is joined by Kabbage co-founder Kathryn Petralia, payments guru Ginger Schmeltzer and Worldplay's VC of innovation Joe Kleinwaechter to discuss Atlanta's Fintech scene and payments!

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Fintech Insider

175. News: The War For Talent

Simon Taylor, David M. Brear and Jason Bates are joined by The Economist banking editor Patrick Lane & Innovate Finance's very own Sophie Winwood to discuss the war for talent between the Fintech and Banking worlds.

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Fintech Insider

174. Interview. Derek Corcoran - Chief Experience Officer, Avoka

Founded 15 years ago, Avoka offer banks and financial companies customer-centric digital transformation through various acquisition products. Derek talks us through the business, his unique job title and how Avoka are working with legacy core banking systems to transform customer experience.

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Blockchain Insider

30. Bitcoin Falls, Whales Rise and an Interview With bitFlyer CEO

After the fallout from the crypto bloodbath last week, Simon and Colin discuss how regulators continue to monitor these monumental price spikes and subsequent dumps. We also bring you interviews with bitFlyer's CEO and founder Yuzo Kano and COO Andy Bryant

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Fintech Insider

173. Investing's Future - a Platform for Your Future Wealth?

Simon Taylor was joined by a superstar panel including 11:FS Asset Management lead Pete Townsend, Scalable Capital CEO Adam French, Nutmeg CIO Shaun Port and Calastone CCO Jon Willis as they discussed investment for future generations.

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Insurtech Insider

7: Are Autonomous Vehicles Driving the Future of Insurance?

Today our wonderful guest host Sarah Kocianski leads us into a great discussion all about autonomous vehicles and changing insurance models.

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Blockchain Insider

29. Kraken on With Crypto After the Market Bloodbath

Simon Taylor and Colin G Platt discuss the crypto bloodbath we're currently witnessing, Kraken returning as well as bringing you interviews with two Ryan's, Blockstack founder Ryan Shea and the Two Bit Idiot & international man of mystery himself Ryan Selkis.

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Fintech Insider

170. Understanding Wealth: the Best Asset of Asset Managers

Simon Taylor is joined by Pete Townsend, Chris Mills and Zeynep Meric-Smith to discuss where asset management is heading for in 2018.

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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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