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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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Insurance

How have insurance products changed in the last few years?

If you’re building a fintech or adding financial services to an existing platform, there’s no doubt that the concept of embedded finance with white-label solutions has passed you by.

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Design

Our top 3 tips for designing winning propositions in 2022

Everything that made senior bankers successful is what makes them less able to thrive in the digital economy.

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Banking

Most people in FS don't understand how it all fits together

James Safford is a name you might not be familiar with from the 11:FS team. He’s starred in a couple of our shows with brilliant insights on what’s going on in the fintech space. James is a Market Research Analyst working on the 11:FS Pulse platform delivering insights into customer journeys globally. I took a moment to sit down with James and talk to him about how things differ working in fintech compared to publishing, and why he moved into the space after deciding against a lifelong dream.

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Crypto

Why did a crypto exchange pay $700m to have their name on a building?

This past weekend an estimated 177m people tuned in as Matthew Stafford’s (strong surname BTW) LA Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at Super Bowl LVII.

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Diversity and inclusion

A snapshot of diversity and inclusion at 11:FS in 2021

Continuous improvement is a huge focus at 11:FS. We’re always looking for the 1% improvements and 10x ideas (and everything in between) that will drive us forwards.

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Design

Designers are not the centre of the universe

The 11:FS research team recently finalised the first part of a major piece of work examining the services available to US Small to Medium-sized businesses. Here’s some of what we discovered.

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UX

The 5 biggest UX challenges for fintechs in 2022

Providing the best service to have the largest market share. That’s what banks want to be and want to have. And for a very long time they did.

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Social Media

Why a social media platform will win the digital wallet war

The killer digital wallet will not come from a fintech company - it will come from a social media platform. 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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Insurtech

What’s making headlines in insurtech?

2022 is well underway and if you’re still wishing people a Happy New Year, it’s time to stop living in the past.

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Design

The 2022 design trends that will make a mark on financial services

As we begin 2022, we’re looking forward to seeing some innovative solutions in the fintech space, but there will be roadblocks along the way.

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137. Interview: Rod Drury, Founder & CEO, Xero

Jason Bates interviews Rod Drury, Founder and CEO of accounting software firm, Xero.

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Blockchain Insider

14. Legitimising crypto exchanges & ICOs: South Korea, Australia & DJ Khaled weigh in

We bring you the latest headlines with very special guests and three interviews including r3, DTCC and Jibrel Network.

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136. Hacks, hacks and more hacks

David, Jason and Simon are joined by special guests Valentina Kristensen and Andra Sonea to discuss this week's news.

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135. Insights: Assets Management

Simon Taylor leads a roundtable discussion of Asset Management taking it right back to basics, for the uninitiated and experts alike

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Blockchain Insider

13. Jamie Dimon vs Bitcoin, Ethereum Mixers & Blockchain Live

Simon and Colin break down the last week of news, including Jamie Dimon's latest bitcoin rant, and we bring you the rest of our interviews from Blockchain Live.

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134. Fintech Insider: After Dark I

This week's news show was recorded live in front of an audience at our offices in WeWork Aldgate! David, Simon and Jason were joined by special guests Sarah Kocianski, Liz Lumley and Jamie Campbell for this very special edition of the show.

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Blockchain Insider

12. Beyond Bitcoin - Blockchain Live and EOS Interview

We bring you key interviews from Block One (EOS) and MEP Eva Kaili from Blockchain Live - and - Simon dissects the week's top stories.

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132 News: iPhone Ex

In another packed episode David and Simon are joined by Kadhim Shubber, Sophie Guibaud and Pete Townsend to discuss the week's news - and we have an exclusive interview with receipting startup Flux as they debut on Starling's brand new Marketplace.

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131. Interview: Stephen Barclay, MP

Jason Bates interviews Stephen Barclay, MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, at the Treasury.

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Blockchain Insider

11. Bitcoin is dead. Long live Bitcoin

Simon and Colin take another whirlwind trip into the week's news, and we also have an interview with Matt Spoke of the Aion Network.

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130. News: How big is the Shadow Economy?

David, Jason and Simon are joined by Dave Birch and Richard Davies for this week's news.

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Insurtech Insider

3. The data economy and new business models

David and Nigel run an informal roundtable all about how the data economy disrupting the insurance sector and creating new product/business models, with some very special guests -followed by the top news stories from the industry.

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3. The data economy and new business models

David and Nigel run an informal roundtable all about how the data economy disrupting the insurance sector and creating new product/business models, with some very special guests -followed by the top news stories from the industry.

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129. News: Double Ether and Cheese

Monty Munford and Sarah Kocianski join the guys for an adventure into this weeks news.

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Fintech Insider

128. Interviews - Start up Spotlight

Meaghan Johnson interviews Caroline Plumb, Jonathan Lister and Jasper Martens of Fluidity and PensionBee.

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11:FS Pulse

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!

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11:FS Pulse

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?

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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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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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fintech Insider

Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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