
We’ve sifted through the data to find out what 11:FS Pulse users have been loving and where their focus has been for the last 12 months.

A popular topic among commentators and the media, incumbents have been slow to act on open banking. A recent Tink survey shed further light on the issues.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week why if you want something done in a bank you don’t need friends in high places. You need friends in low places.

Billions Spent But Where Is The Benefit? Whenever I start any presentation to banking folk, which I do pretty frequently these days, I start by talking about money. I do this not because I’m obsessed with the stuff, although I’m pretty fond of it, but because I think money is a pretty great barometer of the level of importance that organisations place upon something.

11:FS Head of Research Sarah Kocianski tells you everything you need to know about the deal no one saw coming.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, she explains why patience is no longer a virtue big banks can reply upon.

Challengers going mainstream, infrastructure, wealth management for the masses and a bunch more in predictions for what 2020 holds for fintech and financial services.

Happy New Year fintech fans! Let’s kick things off in style.

It’s been a fantastic year for fintech and financial services, with so much happening across the world. Partnerships have sprung up between incumbents and fintechs with groundbreaking changes happening both on regulatory and commercial levels. Some we predicted, and some we didn’t. Here’s a quick recap of what we got right, and what we didn’t.

TL;DR: More closures are coming, Libra probably isn’t launching in 2020 (at least not in its current form) and blockchain’s next sleeper hit is already here.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to bankers behaving badly…and cookies.

It’s that time again – with a new year on the horizon, we’re doing something a little different for 2019 and reviewing our best and most popular podcast episodes.

The UK went to the polls on June 8th, and the outcome was… inconclusive. Instead of the Conservative majority Theresa May sought (and was originally predicted), the result was a hung Parliament where no party won enough seats to govern independently.

It’s that time again – as the year draws to a close, we’re looking back on our best and most popular blog posts of 2019!

As we head into a new year, it’s looking more and more likely that the UK might be at risk of sacrificing its beloved fintech crown… … to the Middle East! 👑

In this episode Simon and David sit down with Richard and Maya to discuss the state of the Blockchain. We […]

In this episode Our last news show at Level39, Aden Davies is on point for the first time, as we […]

In this episode Jeremy Burge joins us to discuss the wonderful world of Emoji. David and Jeremy discuss how emoji […]

In this episode We dive into the interesting world of ethical hacking. Our first guest Jamie Woodruff takes us through […]

In this episode We attend the Money and Mental Health Tech Sprint. With the help of new Fintech Insider host Dr Harriet Bedell-Pearce […]

In this episode Gerhard Coetzee is making a real difference in the world of financial inclusion. As Lead Financial Sector […]

In this episode We’re at the 2017 Innovate Finance Global Summit, one of the most prestigious conferences for the financial […]

In this episode Alessandro Hatami started with road building in Africa as an engineer, on to direction setting at Lloyds […]

In this episode Barclays takeover! Over the years, Barclays have pioneered tech in financial services, from the first UK bank […]

In this episode The day after the 11:FS birthday bash, we get hangover deep on FinTech Insider News – misquoting […]

In this episode Alipay dominates financial news. On FinTech Insider, we joke about creating a jingle for ‘Alipay does a […]

In this episode RegTech is sexy. No, really, it is! RegTech goes beyond developing new technology to meet regulatory requirements […]

In this episode Article 50. Well, we went through with it and signed the divorce papers. Does the triggering of Article 50 […]

In this episode We’re very excited about the launch of Clear Bank, the first clearing bank to be authorized in […]

In this episode Antony Jenkins, former CEO of Barclays, has spent 35 years working in large financial services institutions. He says […]

Hey, banks! This might sting a bit. You’re getting loyalty all wrong - and it’s costing you customers. But all is not lost!
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?
Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?
Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.
The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.
Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.
They're down, but they're not certainly not out.
Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.
We kick off our Decoding: Banks series with a look at the banking landscape today and how we got here.

David M. Brear, our 11:FS CEO, takes us through legacy technology within banks - but of course, with a really cool Lightboard.

The UK banking battlefield has never been more competitive. Customers expectfinancial apps that are personalised, seamless, and that genuinely make a differenc...


The UK banking battlefield has never been more competitive. Customers expectfinancial apps that are personalised, seamless, and that genuinely make a differenc...

