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Culture

What banks get wrong about transformation

Technological innovation is creating new business models and revenue opportunities for FinTech firms globally. As disruption in the banking sector continues, what are the lessons that legacy banking organizations can learn from the new start-ups? From a very basic level, the digital disruptors are usually associated with mobile functionality, simplicity, big data, accessibility, agility, cloud computing, contextuality, personalization and convenience. Alternatively, with the exception of convenience (from a physical location perspective), most traditional banks have few of these qualities. What do industry leaders think? What is the biggest difference between FinTech start-ups and incumbent Banks? This article was first published on the Financial Brand in July 2015.

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11:FS Foundry

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: core banking changing lives

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she reflects on CTOs and why the best ones are like knights in shining armour.

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Banking

11 takeaways from Sibos 2019

Last week, the world’s biggest banking conference hit London for the first time. So what did more than 11,000 delegates see and hear at Sibos 2019?

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: digital cold callers and the end of civilisation

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to floor plans, homes, crushed dreams and banking real estate.

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Innovation

The CIO Survival Handbook

So a strange and wonderful thing happened over the weekend. This is the story of how Covid Credit came into existence.

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11:FS Foundry

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: why I want to be taken for granted

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to self-fulfilling prophecies and dead fish.

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Fintech Insider

Marcus and Me: Boe Hartman on building a new philosophy at an incumbent bank

I spoke to our Marketing Manager, Bianca Sarafian, to find out why marketing is so important in the fintech space and why fintech is the industry bringing the most exciting opportunities to marketing today.

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Diversity

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: why I don’t talk about gender

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines why being taken for granted is the highest form of trust. Oh and some core banking principles too.

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Open Banking

Consumer priorities and Open Banking

It has been 18 months since the Open Banking legislation was launched in the UK. How much has changed or been achieved in that time?

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: mistakes and how to avoid avoiding them

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week, she tells us why system capabilities should never overshadow a bank's propositions.

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Banking

Credit scoring: how fintechs are raising the bar

Credit scoring has long been a topic shrouded in mystery; its secrets closely guarded by lenders and credit bureaus. That could be about to change.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: bad bosses and hardy flowers

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to elevator pitches and millennial products.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker goes a-banking, vol 5

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she returns to the issues with her high street bank.

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Fintech Insider

Nick Ogden: the serial disruptor

David and Leda sat down with Atom bank and special guest, will.i.am, to discuss banking, AI and why the most important role at a bank will be the CTO: Chief Trust Officer.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: declaring time of death

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week, her thoughts turn to digital and whether opportunism will trump the art of the possible

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129. Xero: Giving 800,000 Business Owners Their Lives Back

In this episode Gary Turner is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Xero, which provides small- to medium sized businesses (SMBs […]

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128. How FinTech is Revolutionising SMEs

In this episode Business banking sucks, but it doesn’t have to, say this week’s stellar guests. The CEO of Tide and Co-Founders of […]

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127. Giving Banks FinTech Access Through One API

In this episode Onboarding a FinTech into a bank is expensive, due to acquisition and compliance costs, and the risks that […]

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125. Blockchain’s Godfather & Wealth’s Superhero

In this episode Hello, FinTech Insiders! This week we chat with two awesome guests leading innovation in different areas: blockchain […]

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124. Wealth: Robo-Advisors or Master of Puppets?

In this episode Wealth Management isn’t just for the super rich anymore. It’s opened up to everyone. But the reality is, most […]

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123. FinTech Under the Influence

In this episode Guests Sam Maule and Chris Gledhill are among the 100 most influential fintech leaders in 2016. Fun fact: Chris used to […]

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122. I Like Chatbots and I Cannot Lie!

In this episode Are chatbots the last bridge to true AI? Or are we getting excited over nothing? We discuss whether […]

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121. Off the Chain! With R3 and RBS

In this episode Richard Brown, Chief Technology Officer at R3, started building a blockchain platform called Corda from scratch a […]

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119. Back on the Blockchain Gang!

In this episode 11:FS’ resident blockchain geek, Simon Taylor, is in heaven this week. Today we bring you ace interviews with Adam […]

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117. InsurTech: Saving the World, Saving You Money

In this episode Our first podcast dedicated to FinTech Insider Interviews features InsurTech influencers Freddy Macnamara and Mathilda Strom. Get Insured for an […]

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116. InsurTech. The New FinTech? Discuss.

In this episode InsurTech has dominated financial headlines lately. ‘Should the insurance sector be worried?’ Yes, say our guests! In […]

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114. Yipi-API-yay: open platforms, marketplaces and next-gen banking

In this episode This week we had the pleasure of talking to some global thought leaders about a topic that is on everyone’s […]

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113. Financial Inclusion: Banking The Next Billion

In this episode This week we had the pleasure of talking to some global thought leaders in the space of Financial […]

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111. Interviewed: The innovators really changing banking

In this episode We have an awesome show for you this week talking to some of the most innovative people […]

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110. Will AI change the world of Banking?

This week we have a marathon of a show focussing on AI, Bots, Machine Learning and everything else augmented.  Your […]

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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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