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Our 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 community organisations stay above water. So today we’re talking about what charitable giving looks like today, what are the challenges still to overcome and the rise of 'fintech for good'. This week's guests include: Sarah Habib, Customer Strategist, 11:FS Matt Crate, CEO, Toucan Fizel Nejabat, Co-founder & COO, Algbra Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Si

Our 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 Nordic Neobank Lunar raises $77M, reaches $2B valuation AND launch a crypto platform - 13:00 eBay and Klarna partner to bring flexible payment options to Germany - 24:40 Revolut given thumbs up by the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for helping refugees open accounts - 32:30 Softbank turns fund for diverse entrepreneurs into evergreen opportunity - 38:05 The FCA searches for head of new crypto dept - 41:15 One in 12 now use BNPL to play for essentials - 42:30 HSBC buys a virtual plot of land in the m

Our 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 Tarique Khan, Director of Business Development, Brim Financial Ryan Tevel, Director of Partnerships, Koho Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or d

Our 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-Pesa: Kenya's mobile money success story celebrates 15 years - 3:55 Russian banks turn to China to sidestep cutoff from payments systems - 15:20 Atomic lands $40m in funding, just five months after its Series A, to connect banks and fintechs to consumers’ paychecks - 26:00 Money transfer fintech launches in London to take on Wise and PayPal - 37:05 Indian fintech CredAvenue turns unicorn with fresh $137m funding - 46:25 New roadmap unveiled to take Scottish fintech from 'strength to strength' -

Our 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 future? This week's guests include: Nicole Perry, Strategy Director - Digital Business Design, 11:FS Martin Häring, CMO, Temenos Mary Agbesanwa, Fintech Growth Lead, Seccl Josh Williams, Chief Banking Officer, Seattle Bank This episode is sponsored by CompyAdvantage What role will blockchain play in the future of financial services? How are innovative fintechs expanding access to online banking in Africa? And would more bankers in orange jumpsuits change the way money laundering is perceived? Subscribe to

Our 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 community responds to the invasion of Ukraine - 17:33 Klarna’s widening losses driven by rapid expansion - 31:10 Freetrade’s European expansion given the green light - 40:30 Women overtake men in UK start-up volumes, NatWest data shows - 49:20 Payhawk becomes Bulgaria's first ever unicorn - 50:50 This episode is sponsored by CompyAdvantage What role will blockchain play in the future of financial services? How are innovative fintechs expanding access to online banking in Africa? And would more

In 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 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 that will shape the year ahead in financial crime, as well as showing what’s changed in the last year. So today, we’re using this report to kick off a whole discussion on financial crime. This week's guests include: Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO, ComplyAdvantage Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO & Co-founder, Alliance for Innovative Regulation Matthew Redhead, Associate Fellow, RUSI This episode is sponsored by CompyAdvantage What role will blockchain play in the future of financial services? How are innovative fintechs expanding access to online banking in Africa? And would more bankers

Our 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 investor platform PrimaryBid wins SoftBank backing - 4:40 New Flux CEO calls paltry number of female fintech bosses "insane" - 13:10 UK’s leading fintech bosses call on government to ramp up efforts to overhaul regulation - 31:55 Twitter adds Paga as a payment provider for its "Tips" feature in Nigeria - 40.25 Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians - 49:05 Dock Financial prepares for the launch of a new Banking-as-a-Service platform - 53:22 The pocket money

Our 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, Co-founder, Fintech Galaxy Olivier Crespin, Co-founder and CEO, ZAND Ambareen Musa, CEO of Souqalmal This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many oth

Our 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 - 15:30 Primer co-founder hits out at "brazen" copying in fintech - 28:15 Four buy now, pay later firms change ‘potentially unfair terms’ - 39:30 Revolut acquires Indian money transfer company Arvog Forex - 50:25 BBVA invests $300m in Brazil's Neon - 51:40 Sustainable finance app Novus raises $5m in 9 months and is now officially live - 52:58 JPMorgan is the first bank into the metaverse - 54:25 Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financi

Our 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 billion. How did LATAM fintech get to this point? Is everything really as utopian as it seems? And what comes next for the newest global fintech player? This week's guests include: Jag Duggal, Chief Product Officer, Nubank Ximena Aleman, Co-Founder, Promoteo Bruno Diniz, Managing Partner, Spiralem This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that resul

Hey 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 In association with Jack Henry Digital, the pioneer of personal digital banking, helping financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from megabanks, big techs, and fintechs. Find out more: https://discover.jackhenry.com/digital/ Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, who are joined by a range of brilliant guests. We cover t

Our 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 - 3:00 GoCardless enters unicorn club with $312 million funding and $2.1 billion valuation - 14:45 Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe - 28:30 Fly Now Pay Later inks deal with booking site Alternative Airlines - 38:40 Apple and Stripe team up for tap to pay on iPhones - 48:20 New neobank Coupl set to launch in India - 49:45 Pakistani BNPL Firm QisstPay Expands to US - 50:50 Will Ferrell invests in Danish challenger bank Lunar - 52:00 This e

In 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 to overcome, and what the future holds for the industry. To find out more about Mastercard Cross-Border Services visit crossborder.mastercard.com. This week's guests include: Stephen Grainger, Executive Vice President, Mastercard Bill Thomas, Chief Member Operations Officer at UNFCU Naushad Contractor, CEO, Fable Fintech This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in onl

It'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: Turning iPhones into payment terminals - 4:15 Wayflyer becomes latest Irish tech unicorn after $150m fundraise - 17:15 11:FS sits down with Monzo Co-Founder/CTO Jonas Templestein - 30:20 Jack Dorsey’s Block completes $29bn Afterpay acquisition - 56:20 Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO - 58:00 Serena Williams backed fintech Esusu hits unicorn status, procures $130M to bridge racial wealth gap - 59:50 Predicting Fintech Insider Episode 6000! - 1:01:30 This

Our 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 markets come with their own challenges, as well as opportunities. This week's guests include: Wiza Jalakasi, VP, Developer Relations, Chipper Cash Aditi Sholapurkar, Co-Founder, Salt Anna Hibino, Middle East & Africa - Expansion & Partnerships Lead, Wise All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result

Our 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 card in the UK - 4:10 Bank of America Says a Digital U.S. Dollar Is ‘Inevitable’ - 16:25 Everything Raises €2M to Re-Invent Premium Bonds in the UK - 27:45 JPMorgan agrees to acquire 49% stake in Greek fintech Viva Wallet - 38:55 Huawei turns to Curve for NFC payments in the wake of Google ban - 48:40 Tanzanian fintech NALA raises $10M seed to build Revolut for Africa - 50:05 Pakistani Digital Banks Finally Able To Get a Banking License Following SBP’s Announcement - 51:53 Bolt CEO called Y Comb

Our 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 challenges are there still to overcome? And what does the future look like for financial services for the creator economy? This week's guests include: Lotanna Ezeike, Founder and CEO, XPO Kyla Scanlon, Creator and Investor All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding

Our 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: Amazon to continue accepting Visa credit cards in UK as it bids to resolve payment dispute - 5:10 JP Morgan plots ‘astonishing’ $12bn tech spend to beat fintechs - 17:00 Spendesk is the fifth French startup to reach unicorn status this month - 31:30 Accrue Savings raises $25m to offer consumers “a responsible” purchasing option - 41:10 Ghanaian fintech Float raises $17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa - 51:10 No “convincing case” for Central Bank Digital Currencies, says Lords commit

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to get under the skin of the debate into who is currently leading the fintech revolution. With the recent success stories of Chime, Current, Bond, Unit, Ramp, Brex, Persona, Alloy, Plaid, MX, and many many more – there's a velocity to the USA right now. However it has also been argued that the US are late to the party and Europe was having this glut of success 3-5 years ago and the US are just catching up. So with this in mind – we’re asking who is currently ahead when it comes to fintech, the USA or Europe? This week's guests include: Peter Lord, CEO, Codat Amon Ghaiumy, Co-Founder, Ophelos Valentina Kristensen, Director, Growth & Communications, OakNorth All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best bu