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Design

5 tips for designing purpose-first propositions in 2022

I think we can all accept that clear customer insight, the right business drivers, market opportunities, etc. should inform great proposition design.

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Unfiltered

Fintech VCs must do more to help the LGBTQ+ community

If there’s one region that’s been bookmarked by every 2024 predictions list in terms of innovation and investment, it’s the Middle East. And as the region emerges as a fintech hotspot, its unique commitment to Islamic finance is drawing attention.

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Crypto

What does the future hold for crypto regulation?

Everyone’s got a bike these days, right? How many bikes would you admit to owning? Is your ‘multi-bike’ strategy paying off? Now ask yourself the same questions about your use of cloud.

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11:FS 3.0

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BNPL

How the Buy Now Pay Later landscape is shifting

As financial services continues to ride the digital transformation wave, there is a big problem emerging: recruiting the tech talent required to achieve the scale of change needed.

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Unfiltered

Ignoring composability? Everyone’s paying the price

Brexit, GDPR, robo-regulation, fintech bridges, and envoys. Those were the big topics at the Treasury’s International Fintech Conference (IFTC) this year, held at Tobacco Dock.

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Mortgages

Banks: Fix your mortgage process by becoming truly digital

This article was originally published in February 2021. In light of a looming cost-of-living crisis, soaring inflation and spiralling interest rates, we feel it’s more relevant now than ever. So, after a bit of tinkering, we’ve republished it. Enjoy.

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Stocks

The fintech crash isn’t over…and that’s a good thing

Markets, from the UK through to Hong Kong and the US, have become highly competitive. With more choice than ever before, how do you make your proposition stand out?

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CBDCs

Is the CBDC hype legit?

2020 has seen plenty of fintech M&A - LendingClub buying Radius Bank, Intuit acquiring Credit Karma and of course with Visa buying Plaid. You might think the current crisis would reduce activity but it could create more opportunities.

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Product marketing

Most people don’t know what product marketing is

One of the dirty secrets of the fintech and banking community is that everyone thinks that everyone else understands how it all works and that they’re the only one who doesn’t really get it.

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Lending

Embedded lending is the future of lending in emerging markets

11:FS Pulse has brought competitor insights to life. Now we’re going further, involving the entire community to redefine and continually advance what the ‘best’ means in digital financial services.

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DeFi

Wrapped DeFi is taking financial innovation to new heights

There’s quite a lot of technical lingo in this Unfiltered. We know that’s not really our style, but we’re talking about some big ideas here. If you’re into crypto and keen to see what else we know, get in touch. 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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Partnerships

Top 6 things to think about when reimagining your partnership strategy

In this guest blog Bailey Kusar, co-founder and CEO of Toucan, examines how open banking can be used to deliver services that better support people with mental health conditions to manage their finances.

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Financial services

Financial services needs to start speaking to the female customer

There’s a lot of positivity, creativity and excitement within game developer communities. People are flocking to games for entertainment and there have never been more tools to create them.

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Product

With good product design, impatience is a virtue

Working with agencies can sometimes feel like you spend weeks or even months covering ground that you already know before you start seeing value.

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116. Insights – Live from TNW 2017

In this episode: We bring you the highlights from The Next Web Conference 2017 in Amsterdam, where we spoke to […]

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115. News: buying jewellery from a bank?

In this episode: David, Jason and Simon are joined for this week’s show by news show regulars Liz Lumley and […]

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114. Interview – Mariano Belinky & Shachar Bialick

In this episode Jason Bates and David Brear interview Mariano Belinky,  Managing Partner of Santander InnoVentures and Shachar Bialick, CEO of […]

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InsurTech Insider 1. – InsurTech 101

InsurTech Insider is a new show in the 11Media network, hosted by David Brear and co-host Nigel Walsh, of Deloitte, dedicated […]

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Blockchain Insider

3: Bitcoin Signs & is Crypto a New Religion?

Simon is joined by special guests Ajit Tripathi, Jeff Bandman, Paul Gordon for the news and later he interviews Meltem Demirors, Director of Digital Currency Group.

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Insurtech Insider

1. – InsurTech 101

InsurTech Insider is a new show in the 11Media network, hosted by David Brear and co-host Nigel Walsh, of Deloitte, dedicated […]

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113 News: Is Cash Dying?

In this episode In a fun packed episode, David is joined by regular guest Ghela Boskovich, alongside Edward Maslaveckas, Jeff Tijssen […]

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112. Interview – Laurent le Moal, CEO, PayU

In this episode Jason Bates interviews Laurent le Moal, CEO of PayU, the leading online payments provider, dedicated to growth […]

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Blockchain Insider

2: Tokenomics, FOMO and $566M in a month

Simon and Colin are back for Episode 2 and joined by Maya Zehavi for the news and later on they interview William Mougayar on all things tokens.

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274. News: Digitising Pocket Money

In this episode David and Simon are joined by regular Sarah Kocianski, and RFi and Sky News Australia’s Chloe James, […]

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273. Interviews – Rita Liu & Edward Budd

In this episode From last week’s magnificent Money20/20 Europe, Jason interviews Rita Liu, Head of Alipay (Europe, the Middle East and […]

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Blockchain Insider

Blockchain Special Part 3: EEA and ZCash

We. Are. Here. On...Fintech Insider. Simon's cutting across the podcasts to give a sneak preview on one of the biggest interviews of the year.

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Blockchain Insider

Blockchain Special Part 2: Consensus Recap

In the third of our three part Blockchain Special, Simon and Colin are joined by some very special guests to discuss EEA, ZCash and the potential similarities between blockchain and the rise of cryptocurrencies and the dot-com bubble in the 90s, and asks the question: “Why should we be paying attention?”. They also debate the anonymity of blockchain and user privacy; and centralisation vs decentralisation in blockchain APIs - do we still need the middle man?

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Blockchain Insider

Blockchain Special Part 1: Tokens

Part 2 of our Blockchain Special, Simon and Colin with a roster of fascinating guests focus on the recent Consensus conference. We cover what the conference is, who should be attending and where it means to the industry. We give you a crash course on the difference between cryptocurrencies and DLT, what the main impacts ledger technology will have on banks and what is causing the major spikes in crypto currency prices right now.

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Blockchain Insider

1: Ongoing Token Madness

Welcome to the first ever Blockchain insider - this is the show for all your Blockchain and DLT needs.

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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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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

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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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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