Ep250 – If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put A Blockchain On It

In this episode

We discuss what a challenger bank really is – drawing a line in the sand for who is and who isn’t in the cool kids club. Alipay seems to be taking over the world through tourism, we discuss how that strategy might be the best route into the west. Debit cards are finding into the hands on children, how do we make sure kids don’t go crazy with (and power) – is this the new way for banks to acquire customers? All this and more on the news this week.

Elizabeth Lumley FinTech commentator & Author of girl-disrupted.com
Ajit Tripathi, Director, Fintech and Digital Banking at PwC
Dave Tonge,  CTO at Moneyhub
James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific Fintech Leader at EY
Julian Sawyer, COO at Starling Bank

Our community contribution was from Nina Mohanty this week (@ninamohanty)

Banking Technology – FinTech companies blast banks over PSD2 direct access angst – Link
The Telegraph – Upstart Challenger Banks eye consolidation – Link
Banking Technology – Deutsche Bank leads charge for pan-industry e-identity platform – Link
Bloomberg – Apple Can Thank Alipay for Shopping – Link
Global Times – WeChat expands in US, EU – Link
MacRumours – Visa and Payments Startup ‘Current’ Launch Debit Card for Kids That Ties to Parental Control App – Link
Banking Innovation – Barclays Gives Users Total Control Over Debit in Effort to Stop Card Fraud – Link
FT – Aviva chief executive hits out at personal insurance market – Link
Recode – Square is rolling out its first debit card – Link
Finextra – Starling opens payment services unit – Link
Reuters – Top French bank chief attacks no-frills rivals for freeloading – Link

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In this episode

We discuss what a challenger bank really is – drawing a line in the sand for who is and who isn’t in the cool kids club. Alipay seems to be taking over the world through tourism, we discuss how that strategy might be the best route into the west. Debit cards are finding into the hands on children, how do we make sure kids don’t go crazy with (and power) – is this the new way for banks to acquire customers? All this and more on the news this week.

Guests

Elizabeth Lumley FinTech commentator & Author of girl-disrupted.com
Ajit Tripathi, Director, Fintech and Digital Banking at PwC
Dave Tonge,  CTO at Moneyhub
James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific Fintech Leader at EY
Julian Sawyer, COO at Starling Bank

Our community contribution was from Nina Mohanty this week (@ninamohanty)

News this week

Banking Technology – FinTech companies blast banks over PSD2 direct access angst – Link
The Telegraph – Upstart Challenger Banks eye consolidation – Link
Banking Technology – Deutsche Bank leads charge for pan-industry e-identity platform – Link
Bloomberg – Apple Can Thank Alipay for Shopping – Link
Global Times – WeChat expands in US, EU – Link
MacRumours – Visa and Payments Startup ‘Current’ Launch Debit Card for Kids That Ties to Parental Control App – Link
Banking Innovation – Barclays Gives Users Total Control Over Debit in Effort to Stop Card Fraud – Link
FT – Aviva chief executive hits out at personal insurance market – Link
Recode – Square is rolling out its first debit card – Link
Finextra – Starling opens payment services unit – Link
Reuters – Top French bank chief attacks no-frills rivals for freeloading – Link

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Special Guest: Liz Lumley.