Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
818 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -Where the best minds in financial services and banking talk all things fintech.
Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Techcrunch, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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642. News: Kroo lands coveted banking license, while Credit Suisse found guilty of money laundering
July 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Andrea de Gottardo, CEO, Kroo Jessica Cath, Head of Financial Crime Project Delivery, Fintrail With soundclips from: Natalie Ledward, Head of Vulnerable Customers, Monzo Charlotte Fereday, Product Director, 11:FS Marc-Alexander Christ, Co-founder & CFO, SumUp We cover the following stories...
641. Insights: What does 'financial inclusion' actually mean?
July 01, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBOur expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to ask: 'What actually is financial inclusion?' It has become a catch-all for financial services looking to engage with communities and markets that have not been traditionally connected to the financial grid. But while much good has been done under the umbrella of financial inclusion - is it time to rethink the term? Is it helpful? And should we be pushing people towards banking systems that weren’t designed for them? This week...
640. News: Brex backs away from SMEs while the UK ramps up BNPL regulation
June 27, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer, Cornerstone Advisors Tayga Baltacıoğlu, CEO, Debite Douglas Soltys, Editor-in-Chief, BetaKit With soundclips form: Antony Stephen, CEO, Barclays Partner Finance David Cunningham, Chief Commercial Officer, Lextego We cover the following stories from the fint...
639. How do we make financial services more LGBTQ-inclusive?
June 24, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: “how do we make financial services LGBTQ inclusive?” To mark this year’s Pride month, but also hopefully creating a conversation relevant at any time, we’re asking: what issues has the LGBTQ community faced and continues to face when it comes to financial services? What solutions are being found? And what could the future hold? This week's guests include: Charlotte Fereday, Product Director, 11:FS David Auten, Co-host,...
638. News: Allica bank raises for SMEs and Backbase raises to transform the back end of banking
June 20, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Søren Aabel Hammer, CEO, Mazepay Keshvi Radia, Head of Product for Payments, Allica Bank Tim Rutten, SVP of Strategy, Backbase With soundclips from: Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank Jacob Groth, Customer Relations Director, P27 We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial...
637. Insights: What can crypto learn from TradFi?
June 17, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBOur expert host, David M. Brear is joined by some great guests to break down what lessons the burgeoning crypto industry could take from traditional finance. We want to get into the weeds and look at: product, UX, design, biz ops and much more alongside very special guests in the space to argue both sides of the debate. Are there crossovers? Could trad finance also learn from crypto? Where can they both do better? Let's find out! This week's guests include: Jason Mikula, Founder and publish...
636. News: Have Apple pressed the Buy Now Pay Later nuke button?
June 13, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Nicole Perry, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Lena Hackelöer, CEO & Founder, Brite Payments Tim Waterman, Chief Commercial Officer, Zopa With soundclips from: Dare Okoudjou, Founder & CEO, MFS Africa Daniel Kjellén, CEO and Co-Founder, Tink Peter Lord, CEO, Codat Myles Stephenson, Founder & Chief Executive, Modulr We cover the followi...
635. Insights: How can payments companies compete?
June 10, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn this episode, in association with TrueLayer, David M. Brear is joined by some great guests to look at how the payments industry is looking to diversify, through partnerships and value-added-services, to stay competitive. If payments is the ‘bread and butter’ of the fintech industry, then many companies are now looking to top that bread with extras and make themselves a sandwich! But with PWC predicting the global digital payments market will reach $361.30bn by 2030 – why are so many payme...
634. News: Alloy and Nova Credit partner to help migrants and green fintech initiative launched
June 06, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Eric Johansson, Fintech Editor, Verdict Brian Bender, VP of Strategic Alliances, Alloy With soundclips from: Gerrit Sindermann, Project Director, Green Digital Fintech Alliance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Nova Credit Teams with Alloy on Inclusive...
633. Insights: Will embedded finance make or break the fintech industry?
June 03, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOur expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to ask: “Will the rise of embedded finance make or break the fintech industry?” if embedded finance has taken fintech’s offerings mainstream and given the power to everyone, then who loses out because of that? And does that even matter to consumers? The week's guest include: Anabel Perez, President & CEO, NovoPayment Mark Vermeersch, Chief Platform Officer, Treasury Prime Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner, Anthemis This episode is spon...
632. News: Klarna announces big layoffs while Chase bags UK customers
May 30, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Philip Kelvin, Co-founder & CEO, Tranch Sophie Winwood, Early Stage VC Investor at Anthemis We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Klarna laid off 10% of its workforce through a video message - 3:20 £8bn in 8 months: Chase wins 500k UK customers - 14:10 ...
631. Insights: After Dark: Ripping up the rulebook
May 27, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBWelcome to the latest installment of After Dark, titled 'Ripping up the rule book', recorded live in New York City! Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Gwera Kiwana, are joined by some great guests to delve into the premise that DeFi and embedded finance are the punk and hip-hop of financial services respectively. While Defi took punk’s DIY ethic and disrespect for its predecessors, embedded finance’s strategy of sampling and reworking the hits of yesteryear is straight from hip-hops playb...
630. News: Griffin goes for banking licence and InDebted looks to disrupt UK debt collection
May 23, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: David Jarvis, CEO, Griffin Medha Agarwal, Partner, Redpoint Ventures Lachlan Heussler, Chief Strategy Officer, InDebted With soundclips from: Joe Colchester, Product Manager, 11:FS Pulse We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: UK-based BaaS fintech Gr...
629. Insights: Can Egypt’s young population push through a fintech revolution?
May 20, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBOur expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to delve into Egypt's fintech scene. While we in the West may associate Egypt with its grand history – the truth is that the North African country is currently looking extremely youthful. With this young population comes new expectations on banking and financial services – with many from the outside of the country also looking at this hugely profitable market as a place to expand into. So in this episode, we’re asking: How does the...
Bonus. How web3 is shaping the future of finance - report deep dive
May 18, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBOur expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by Mauricio Magaldi, Global Strategy Director for Crypto at 11:FS, to talk about something exciting we’ve been cooking up here at 11:FS. Our latest report - How web3 is shaping the future of finance - is out now! There’s so much hype floating around about web3, but also so much opportunity. So we decided to do an explainer that unpacks what web3 actually means, how it’ll impact financial services, the risks and the opportunities. Time to take a deep d...
628. News: Does the market have Tiger Global by the tail?
May 16, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Barb Maclean, VP Integration & Analytics, Celero Aya Ibrahim, Commercial Director, Paymob Mary Ann Azevedo, Senior Editor, TechCrunch We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Canadian Neo Financial's $185 million fund raise signals confidence in neobanks...
627. Insights: How payroll data became the holy grail
May 13, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBOur expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to ask: 'How did payroll data become the new gold rush?' Payroll data has become the topic of much hype over the last few years – from projected market values of over $10bn, to being referred to as the ‘holy grail of fintech’. So why are people so excited about something which has been in front of us the whole time? And in the midst of ‘The Great Resignation’, will this gold rush last? This week's guest include: Ahmed Siddiqui, ...
626. News: Stripe vs Plaid and Apple vs The EU
May 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Nilixa Devlukia, Founder, Payments Solved Karen Kerrigan, COO, Moneybox With soundclips from: Gwera Kiwana, Product Manager, 11:FS Paul Stoddart, President, GoCardless We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe launches open banking product sparkin...
625. Insights: What's the global potential of Islamic finance?
May 06, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBOur expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to answer the question: 'How global can Islamic finance become?' Islamic finance is an industry sector with faith and ethical practices at its very core – it’s also a sector which has moved from a regional niche into a booming industry valued at over $2.88tn by industry experts. So how global is Islamic finance? What are the challenges in its way? And how does the future look? This week's guests include: Samim Abedi, Chief Inv...
624. News: Stripe steps back into crypto with Twitter and fintech for good Helios raises seed round
May 02, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Julia Ménayas, Co-founder, Helios Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly With soundclips from: Mauricio Magaldi, Crypto, 11:FS Abubakar Idris, Africa Reporter, Rest of World Philip Haglund, CEO, Gimi We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: ...
623. Insights: If the President orders a CBDC, then who can stop it?
April 29, 2022 14:00 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBOur expert host, Simon Taylor, hosted a live onstage panel as part of Empire Startups New York FinTech Week! Earlier this year, we saw an executive order signed on the desk of the White House calling for research and development on a US CBDC. What was once a theoretical possibility has now been directly decreed by the President himself. So, today we’re talking about how this executive order will fit into the history books, what we know about CBDCs currently, what the challenges are still t...
622. News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansion
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst Bence Jendruszak, Co-founder & COO, SEON We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon is adding a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge - 3:30 Fraud prevention fintech SEON raises $94m to expand globally - 14...
621. Insights: How does financial services address underserved groups?
April 22, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBOur expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to talk about the industries and communities left behind by financial services. While fintech has made great strides in democratising access to financial services for many – there are industries and real people who still remain frozen out. With than in mind, we’re focusing today’s episode on three different underserved groups and industries: the sex industry, the cannabis industry and new migrants. This week's guests include: Rosi...
620. News: Nova Credit comes to the UK and Apple plots a payments war
April 18, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Misha Esipov, Co-founder & CEO, Nova Credit Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times With soundclips from: Duke Ekezie-Joseph, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Kippa We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US fintech Nova Credit expands...
619. Insights: What next for anti-money laundering?
April 15, 2022 14:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBOur expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to discuss what the future looks like for the anti-money laundering industry. The UK sees a whopping £88bn laundered annually, with that figure reaching £216.5bn in the US. This makes up a sizeable chunk of £1.8tn said to be laundered globally – a staggering 3% of GDP. So, today we’re looking at how AML keeps up with the sizable task ahead of it, what stands in its way and is this a problem that can truly be solved? This week's ...
618. News: Qonto looks to builds a community, while Fast runs out of steam
April 11, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Nicole Perry, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Dan Hardy, VP - Sales, Crowdcube Peter Renton, Co-Founder and Chairman, LendIt Fintech With soundclips from: Prakash Pattni, Managing Director of Financial Services & Digital Transformation (EMEA), IBM We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Unicorn ...
617. Insights: How banks paved the way for a Singapore fintech revolution
April 08, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBOur expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to break down how fintech currently operates in Singapore. In the decades after gaining independence in 1965, Singapore rapidly developed from a low-income country to a high-income country. With this, came a push for better financial services and the island nation has established itself as one of Asia and the world’s key financial hubs. So today we’re talking about how things look in 2022, what challenges there are still to ove...
616. News: UK's open banking regulator faces shake-up, ArK Kapital creates 'ageing filter' for startups
April 04, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 70.2 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Alan Ainsworth, Head of Policy, OBIE Axel Bruzelius, Founder and COO, ArK Kapital With soundclips from: Shaun Port, Managing Director of Savings and Investments, Chase UK We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: CMA to create regulatory body to oversee ...
615. Insights: Can data enrichment outsmart fraudsters?
April 01, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBIn this episode - in association with Callsign - our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the best approach to tackling financial fraudsters! The idea that organisations can leverage data to gain an understanding of their customers is better understood than it once was – but what this actually looks like in practice and how does it come to life? From reducing fraudulent transactions, to improved UX, to compliance with regulators – data leverage and enric...
Bonus: The metaverse is 1% finished
March 30, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBWelcome to a very special bonus edition of Fintech Insider! We’ve been talking a lot about the metaverse recently, so on this bonus episode, we decided to jump in and try it for ourselves. Join hosts David M. Brear and Jason Bates as they don a pair of headsets and dive into the metaverse to discuss what they think it actually is, what place it could have in our working lives, its possible uses in the world of financial services and a whole lot more! If you want to learn more about how thi...
614. News: Ramp marks $8bn valuation, Clearbank plans global expansion and Apple acquires Credit Kudos
March 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Deepa Anikhindi, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Charles McManus, CEO, Clearbank Eric Glyman, Co-founder & CEO, Ramp With soundclips from: Eslam Darwish, General Partner, Nclude We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ramp confirms new $8.1bn valuation - 4:28 ClearBank raises $230m to expand in...
613. Insights: The rise of 'fintech for good'
March 25, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBOur expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk about the relationship between charitable giving and fintech. With a cashless society steadily reducing the amount of spare change in purses and back pockets, many charities have been plunged into a crisis of traditional fundraising. While dropping coins into buckets may be a thing of the past, financial services focused on charitable giving is a growing sector which could help small charities, NGOs, relief funds and co...
612. News: SCA finally in effect, Lunar raises $77M and HSBC joins the metaverse
March 21, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Roger De’Ath, UK Country Manager, at Truelayer Jimmy Fong, CCO at SEON With soundclips from: Mauricio Magaldi, Global Leader - Cryptocurrency We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Online retailers warned of lost sales as SCA comes into effect - 2:20 Nordi...
611. Insights: Running the Canadian fintech 'ultramarathon'
March 18, 2022 15:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBOur expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk all things Canadian fintech. Following a tough 2020, Canada’s fintech scene has now thawed and 2021 saw record VC investment in the ecosystem. With the promise of new regulation on Open Banking and payments on the horizon – this could be a big moment for The Great White North! This week's guests are: Barb Maclean, VP Integration & Analytics, Celero Joshuah Lebacq, Director at NA ventures, National Bank Of Canada Tari...
610. News: Kenya's M-Pesa marks milestone anniversary
March 14, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO, M-Pesa Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic Eric Johansson, Fintech Editor, Verdict With soundclips from: Patrick Kavanagh, CEO, Atlantic Money Nicola Anderson, CEO, Fintech Scotland We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: M...
609. Insights: What makes partnerships work?
March 11, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBOur expert host Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about partnerships all across the ecosystem between fintechs, service providers, banks, non-banks and more. What once might have been perceived as rivalries between the old guard and the new school are now looked on as opportunities to learn and develop through working together. So, today we’re talking about what partnerships look like in 2022, what challenges are still to overcome and how could partnerships look in the futur...
608. News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for Ukraine
March 07, 2022 15:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Yann Ranchere, Partner, Anthemis Clare Gambardella, Chief Customer Officer, Zopa With soundclips from: Ali Niknam, CEO, Bunq We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: The West’s sanctions sever Russia’s economy from much of the world - 1:54 Wider fintech co...
607. Insights: The state of financial crime
March 04, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode (in association with ComplyAdvantage), our expert host Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests to look at the latest trends in financial crime. ComplyAdvantage recently released their annual The State of Financial Crime (https://complyadvantage.com/insights/the-state-of-financial-crime-2022/) report for 2022 – in which they surveyed 800 C-suite and senior compliance decision makers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The report provides insights into trends tha...
606. News: Flux's new CEO calls out the gender gap at the top of fintech
February 28, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBOur expert hosts, David M. Brear and Nasir Ahmad, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Kevin Chong, Co-Head, Outward VC Veronique Barbosa, CEO & Co-Founder, Flux With soundclips from: Tayo Oviosu, CEO, Paga Marko Wenthin, Co-Founder, Dock Financial Will Carmichael, CEO, RoosterMoney We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Retail inves...
605. Insights: Looking ahead to the future of fintech in UAE
February 25, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Tristan Brandt, are joined by some great guests to delve into the fintech landscape in UAE. The Middle East is home to a number of exciting fintech companies and the UAE has rapidly established itself as a leading hub for fintech startups in the region. So, today we’re talking about how things look in 2022, what challenges there are to overcome, and what’s next for one of the region’s hottest fintech ecosystems. This week's guests include: Mirna Sleiman, ...
604. News: Banked and Agreena raise Series As – but does fintech have a problem with copying?
February 21, 2022 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Tim Heard, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Brad Goodall, CEO, Banked Julie Koch Fahler, Co-founder, Agreena We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Banked raises $20m Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion - 3:00 'Farmer fintechs' are turning Europe’s farms into carbon sinks ...
603. Insights: LATAM can become world-leaders in fintech
February 18, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBOur expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Mauricio Magaldi, are joined by some great guests to get under the skin of the rise and rise of LATAM fintech. According to the Financial Times, 2021 saw VCs invest $15.3 billion into Latin American firms—triple the funding raised in 2020. A staggering 75% of that investment went into fintech, proptech, and e-commerce. Nubank, LATAM’s largest fintech, raised $1.15 billion in the region's biggest ever deal – then floated on the NYSE at a valuation of $40 ...
Bonus: Trailer | Decoding: Banks
February 16, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.81 MBHey Fintech Insider fans. We want to tell you all about our new video series - Decoding: Banks. Tune in to see us and industry experts put banks under the microscope and ask - what challenges are traditional banks facing in 2022 and what can they do about them? To know where we're headed, you need to understand how we got here. Our 11 episodes unpack the landscape today with unrivalled insight from our great selection of guests. Watch the full series right now at 11FS.com/decoding (https://ww...
602. News: GoCardless, Stitch and Vivid Money raise funding to solve money movement friction
February 14, 2022 15:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBOur expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Deepa Anikhindi, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Kiaan PIllay, Co-Founder/CEO, Stitch Catherine Birkett, CFO at GoCardless With soundclips from: Alexander Emeshev, Co-Founder, Vivid Money We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: South African fintech Stitch raises $21 million in Series A funding -...
601. Insights: Unpacking cross-border payments
February 11, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBIn this episode in assocation with Mastercard, Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests to look at everything to do with cross-border payments. Once the source of headaches for businesses globally – today cross-border payments are so prevalent that recent research suggests $156 trillion is expected to cross international borders annually by the end of 2022. So – with this staggering amount in mind – we’re asking what cross-border payments look like today, what are the challenges still t...
600. News: Apple muscles in on merchant payments and Monzo lays out the future
February 07, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBIt's episode 600 of Fintech Insider and our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Jonas Templestein, Co-Founder/CTO, Monzo Bank Alex Marsh, Head, Klarna UK Ruth McCarthy, CEO, Fexco Corporate Payments We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Next up in Apple’s plan for financial domination: Tu...
599. Insights: In emerging markets, payments move in innovative ways
February 04, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBOur expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to break down the payments sector in emerging markets. The payments sector remains at the forefront of financial services and the sector is evolving in many exciting ways. That evolution is especially eye-catching in the emerging markets, who are not laboured with antiquated infrastructure seen across Europe and North America – and have often leapfrogged these markets directly into the future. However, each of these emerging mar...
598. News: BNPL giant Klarna launches physical card in the UK
January 31, 2022 15:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times Michael Wilkinson, COO, Everything With soundclips from: Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Partner, Velocity Partners We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Klarna: ‘buy now, pay later’ firm to launch c...
597. Insights: How does fintech serve the creator economy?
January 28, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBOur expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher, are joined by some great guests to discuss the relationship between the creator economy and banking. According to figures from Signalfire, creators - which includes influencers, bloggers, videographers and anyone else monetising their online fanbases - now total 50 million worldwide. So – with the creator economy continuing to go from strength to strength – we’re asking what banking products are supporting this burgeoning sector? What chal...
596. News: Visa and Amazon call a truce – but for how long?
January 24, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBOur expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests are: Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer, Cornerstone Advisors Eric Johansson, Tech Editor, Verdict Paddy O’Neil, Country Manager UK, Spendesk With soundclips from: Michael Hershfield, Founder and CEO, Accrue Savings We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:...