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Banking

11:YEARS part three: talent

In the third part of our series, we discuss how talent in the UK migrated to fintech after the financial crisis, helping to create a vibrant new ecosystem in the process.

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Crypto

Is Libra from Facebook the threat bankers think it is?

11:FS went to New York Fintech Week! We had some amazing chats, met some amazing people and even paid a visit to Katz’s Deli (amazing) when we weren’t busy hosting talks and recording podcasts on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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Payments

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: the big sleep

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. In this instalment she turns her attention to learning from mistakes.

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Banking

11:YEARS part two: first-mover advantage

In the second part of our series, we examine how disillusionment over the financial crisis fueled the rise of innovative, agile fintechs.

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PSD2

SCA. Or why your finance apps are driving you mad

Since this is the second year of the 11:FS Pulse Awards, we thought we’d go back and review the 11 brands that took first place in last year’s awards.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: what the mouse army taught me

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to legacy mindset, data, architecture and…Dave.

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Regulation

11:YEARS part one: regulatory reform

In the first part of a series, we examine the role of UK regulatory reform in sowing the seeds of a thriving fintech ecosystem.

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Innovation

Corporate venture building: is there a right way?

Big banks don’t have a great reputation for innovation. Could corporate venture building change that?

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: funding innovation

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to blaming rather than fixing, shooting the messenger and trying not to kill the canary in the coal mine.

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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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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

806. News: Alphabet's mega Monzo deal and The Rock's Mighty Oak

Ross Gallagher and Rachel Pandyan are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Alphabet could be investing in Monzo, Revolut open bond trading to millions of customers, and The Rock has launched a debit card.

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Fintech Insider

805. Insights: One year of ChatGPT

David M. Brear joined by some great guests to talk about the one year anniversary of ChatGPT, how banks is utilising AI in its products and services, and how fintech can support the continued innovation of AI in finance.

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Fintech Insider

804. News: Exits for HSBC, Chip reaches profitability and is Klarna taking on Shopify?

David M. Brear and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: HSBC pulls out of new markets in a bid to double down in Asia; Chip reach first monthly profit, and is Klarna taking on Shopify as it changes up its business model.

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Blockchain Insider

200. Insights: The future of bitcoin

L.F.G. Today we bring you our 200th episode!! For this very special landmark we will be taking a look at the future of bitcoin; the developments on the Lightning Network; and the impact building on the bitcoin infrastructure will have for the future of cryptocurrency and how we interact with it. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

802. News: Crowdcube acquire Semper and OakNorth do business banking

Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Crowdcube acquires Semper, Adyen and Plaid team up in the US, OakNorth move into business banking, and N26 pulls out of Brazil.

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Fintech Insider

801. Insights: How does climate change impact fintechs?

Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about how climate change is impacting fintechs, and how fintechs are supporting other businesses to achieve their climate goals.

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Fintech Insider

800. News: US big banks team up to launch Paze, and Atom Bank raise £100m in equity funding

David Barton-Grimley and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: A joint venture from the biggest US banks launch digital wallet Paze, Atom Bank raise £100m in equity funding, Railsr are making a comeback, and Deutsche are closing nearly half of their branches.

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Blockchain Insider

199. Insights: Real world assets on-chain: changing the future of ownership

L.F.G. Today we bring you a look at Real World Assets (RWAs) - what they are, discuss some of the use cases of tokenized RWA we’re seeing today, the pros and cons of bringing RWA on-chain, and where this emerging market is headed. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

798. News: JP Morgan's former fintech lead launches TodayPay and Airwallex target LATAM

Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: former J.P. Morgan exec launches Refund-as-a-Service TodayPay, and Airwallex continue expansion into LATAM.

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Fintech Insider

797. Insights: Is being a fast follower a bad thing?

11:FS CEO David M. Brear and Deputy CEO Jason Bates come together to discuss concept of fast following. Is it always a bad thing? How can you get it right, what pitfalls to avoid getting it wrong and what is the impact on the end customer?

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Fintech Insider

796. Focus: How to bridge the gap between banks and creators with Eric Wei and Will Kim, Co-CEOs of Karat Financial

In this second episode on our deep dive into the creator economy in the US, David Barton-Grimley and is joined by not one, but two fantastic guests, the Co-CEOs of Karat Financial to discuss how financial services can better understand creators and how financial education is the key.

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Fintech Insider

795. News: Goldman Sachs sell GreenSky and Citibank win the sandwich war

Our expert host Ross Gallagher and co-host Rachel Pandyan are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Goldman Sachs stepping back from consumer lending, Galileo's new BNPL offering to SMBs, and a Citibank worker who paid the price for a dodgy expenses claim.

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Fintech Insider

794. Insights: Managing the wealth of the future

Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests to talk about how fintech and financial services are meeting the needs of Gens Alpha and Beta, and how they are adapting to the needs of tomorrow's wealth makers.

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Blockchain Insider

198. Insights: How to fix UX in crypto

L.F.G. Today we bring you a look at UX in crypto: what's wrong with it, where the biggest challenges are, and what can be done to fix it, without compromising the control over your own assets that crypto allows for, joined by fantastic guests from Webacy and Bastion. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

793. News: FedNow launch 15sec account verification, and the Metro Bank saga continues

Host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: FedNow launch a new account verification service from Orum, Metro Bank strike a rescue deal, and Nationwide unveil a new look.

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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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