Learn about the latest FS trends and news, from industry experts.

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Unfiltered

Could the future of banking be baby boomers?

Arguably the biggest story right now is the announcement of Stripe Capital’s new end-to-end lending API for platforms to offer financing options to their SMB customers. (Simon Taylor wrote a great piece on this at the weekend.) 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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The risk of fintech blanding

How many times have you looked at a job posting only to see the mention of free fruit? Sure it’s nice to have free food, but what purpose does it serve and does it have anything to do with employee wellbeing?

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Who can BaaS provide the most value to right now?

Guest author Roy Ng, CEO and Co-Founder of Bond, shares his thoughts on how Banking as a Service (BaaS) has the potential to benefit pretty much everyone, but a few select groups in particular.

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8 takeaways from our latest Banking as a Service episode

The fourth episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is here! If you missed it (or any of the others) catch up here. Here’s a rundown of this episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

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Banking as a Service

The next big BaaS battleground? Customer experience

Hopefully, by now you’ve had a chance to digest some, if not all, of our inclusive design series.

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Buy Now Pay Later

Buy Now Pay Later: Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is one of the hottest trends in fintech. The concept of 0% finance has been around for decades, but it’s caught fire in the last 3 years with new market entrants like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna transforming how this works for consumers in an e-commerce setting. 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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BaaS

What is embedded finance?

While FinTech folk salivate – and the big banks bloviate – about PSD2 and the open banking reforms coming our way in 2018, we wondered whether those outside of this bubble will actually notice? What does PSD2 actually mean for customers?

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Lending

The future of banking: all paths lead to lending

A Black-owned bank is defined as one in which at least 50% of voting shares are owned by African-Americans. They’re a dwindling force in the States today.

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Design Principles

Crafting impactful design principles

Throughout history, humans have found direction from statements of intent that suggest 'better' ways of living.

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BaaS

Why is BaaS so hot right now?

The first episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is live! If you missed it, catch up here. Here’s a rundown of the episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

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sustainable living

In defence of virtue signalling

Nothing’s worse than not having any options, but having too many can be just as bad.

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BaaS

7 reasons Banking as a Service is a game changer

We now live in a world where almost anyone can build and launch innovative, regulated financial products as easily as they can create a Shopify page - that’s the magic of Banking as a Service (BaaS).

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Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is leaning into embedded finance: other banks should take note

As 11:FS wraps up its 5th year in business, we can’t help but think about what the next 5 will look like. And our ambitions are big. It’s only just on the right side of scary.

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SMBs

Jobs to be Done: Helping US SMBs make smart and proactive decisions based on their finances

This is the second instalment of a 6 part series that explores the Jobs to be Done (JTBD) for US SMBs that we identified in our recent research. Each blog post explores one of the jobs and how we examined it with a JTBD canvas. If you missed the first post that explains JTBD and the canvas, check it out before reading this.

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Cashless

Is the future really cashless?

Richard Brown, CTO at R3, says that blockchain allows us to, for the first time, build systems and technologies that run between different organisations that don’t trust each other and bring them to consensus. This means potentially significant savings for financial services, especially in file reconciliation and manual activity. For blockchain to succeed in finance, multiple firms must work together, and Corda is helping to do just that.

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Fintech Insider

605. Insights: Looking ahead to the future of fintech in UAE

Benjamin Ensor and Tristan Brandt are joined by some great guests, from Fintech Galaxy, ZAND and Souqalmal, to explore the landscape of financial services in the United Arab Emirates!

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Blockchain Insider

148. Insights: Understanding the Metaverse and Play to Earn

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: an in depth conversation about all things Play To Earn and Metaverse. We’re going to be looking at the why, the what, and the how – with the help of some great expert guests in the Play to Earn space. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Insurtech Insider

99. Extreme weather causes $40bn losses and Flock raises $17M

Nigel Walsh and Benjamin Ensor are joined by a panel of guests to talk through the most exciting Insurtech news of the past week. Hear about: extreme weather blows out catastrophe insurance losses to $40bn, Flock raises $17M, and there's a rise in number of parents illegally ‘fronting’ kids’ car insurance. All of this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

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Fintech Marketing Podcast

4. Roundtable: What does it really take to build a finance brand? ft Wise, Habito, Pensionbee

In the second roundtable episode of Fintech Marketing Podcast, your host Mariette Ferreira takes a look at what it really takes to build a finance brand. Mariette is joined by a great panel of guests to help unpick this and dive a bit deeper into trust - the core to brands in financial services, how to maintain your customer connection and your brand identity through a rebrand, building an impactful but lean brand, and much much more.

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3. Citi: Working for the customer is critical ft Carla Zakhem-Hassan

In this week's episode of the Fintech Marketing Podcast, your host Eric Fulwiler is joined by Carla Zakhem-Hassan, CMO at Citi - to discuss all things marketing, and find out what inspires and motivates her.

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Fintech Marketing Podcast

2. Roundtable: What does good content marketing look like? ft Pleo, Freetrade

In the first roundtable episode of Fintech Marketing Podcast, your host Mariette Ferreira takes a look at what good content marketing looks like. Mariette is joined by a great panel of guests to help unpick this and dive a bit deeper in the quality, quantity, and growing trends.

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Insurtech Insider

84. What does it cost to cancel Glastonbury?

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by two great guests to talk about events insurance. After a year of cancelled events worldwide, we wanted to discuss what those widespread cancellations have meant for both insurers, and the insured.

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Fintech Insider

484. Insights: Credit, COVID and the potential of Open Banking

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the current state of credit and borrowing, and how the power of Open Banking can make a real difference to the lived financial experience of many in the UK.

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Fintech Insider

481. News: All about that BaaS - did Wirecard collapse at a good time?

Sarah Kocianski and Kate Moody joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100m, PNC buys BBVA USA and the FCA says no, as Lanister launches its new polymorphic payment card.

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Fintech Insider

480. Insights: Path to profitability: are fintech business models sustainable?

David Brear is joined by some great guests to discuss the fintech path to profitability.

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479. News: WhatsApp payments in India - exponential growth potential?

Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: WhatsApp gets approval for payments in India, the US government want to block Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid, and Klarna gets sued by Pablo Escobar’s brother

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Fintech Insider

478. Insights: Financial and economic abuse: are banks doing enough?

Sam Maule is joined by some incredible guests to talk about economic abuse and the role of banks and financial institutions.

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Fintech Insider

477. News: Disruptive innovation - Goldman bets big on BaaS

Sam Maule and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Goldman bets on Banking as a Service, British banks stay bullish despite Lockdown 2, and Ant’s record-breaking IPO has been blocked by the Chinese regulator.

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Fintech Insider

476. Insights: The racial wealth gap: addressing economic inequality in the US

Sam Maule is joined by a panel of fantastic guests to discuss economic inequality and the racial wealth gap in the US.

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Insurtech Insider

78. Does anyone buy travel insurance anymore?

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk about travel insurance, and how Covid-19 has changed the face of the industry. All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

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Inclusive design

What is inclusive design? 11:FS Explores

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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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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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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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