Fintech Insider By 11:fs

Our expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to talk about all things Big Data. Large banks were some of the first big believers in the power of Big Data – but issues meant that initial hopes weren’t quite achieved. However, the potential of Big Data has progressed since those early days, and it’s time to revisit where we go from here. So what have been the successes? What has proved challenging? And how can Big Data help us unlock the future of AI among other innovations? This week's guests include: Richard Hamerton-Stove, Director of Consulting, 11:FS Todd Winship - Product Director, Analytics, Temenos Sarah Welch, Managing Director, Curinos All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 financial institutions. SCALE 2021 is Temenos' dedicated, virtual developer event, including: insights from industry leaders on current technology trends and how they impact banki

Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk about all things Cloud-based Banking. Cloud-based platforms have the potential to revolutionise the banking sector as we know it, but the findings of our latest report with nCino suggest there’s still a long way to go. So what is Cloud-based Banking? Why do banks need to embrace it? And what are challenges and opportunities? This week's guests include: Sim Rai, Senior Customer Strategist, 11:FS  Emmanuel Lambert, Digital Transformation Officer, CKV  Mo Fadaei, Head of Technology, Change & Transformation, Recognise All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 financial institutions. SCALE 2021 is Temenos' dedicated, virtual developer event, including: insights from industry leaders on current technology trends and how they impact banking; customer presentations; product demonstrations and road-map sessions and oppor

Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to take a deep dive into all things Agile. What is it? What are the pros and cons? Where does Agile fit into day-to-day operations? What do other solutions offer, what does the future look like, and what advice can our panel give to companies looking to scale with Agile? This week's guests include: Deepa Anikhindi, Lead Product Manager, 11:FS Alexa Guenoun, Chief Operating Officer, Temenos Lars Trunin, Head of UK Product, Wise All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 financial institutions. SCALE 2021 is Temenos' dedicated, virtual developer event, including: insights from industry leaders on current technology trends and how they impact banking; customer presentations; product demonstrations and road-map sessions and opportunities to speak with Temenos experts. Whether you're a developer, consultant or business user,

Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to to talk about Saudi Fintech. As part of its Vision 2030 initiative, the Saudi government has set ambitious targets aimed towards building a thriving and diverse economy and establishing a strong foundation for long term economic prosperity. This has had significant implications on financial services within the Kingdom – especially with regards to Fintech and digital transformation. But what does the Saudi banking market look like, what technologies are paving the way, and where are the real opportunity and growth areas for Fintech? This week's guests include: Henry Egan, Director, 11:FS Tristan Brandt, Chief Digital Officer, SABB Nahim Bassa, Group Head: Strategy & Digital Transformation, Bank AlJazira All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 financial institutions. SCALE 2021 is Temenos' dedicated, virtual dev

Our 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: Ron Shevlin, Director of Research, Cornerstone Advisors Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Google Is Scrapping its Plan to Offer Bank Accounts to Users 3:05 Monzo withdraws US banking licence application 15:21 Alloy raises $100 million at a $1.35 billion valuation to help banks and fintechs fight fraud with its API-based platform 27:27 Starling to launch banking-as-a-service package in Europe 36:50 AI-based mortgage overpayment app Sprive launches 47:40 Fintech firm Upgrade is getting into buy now, pay later with short-term installment loans 49:00 NatWest acquires pocket money app RoosterMoney 50:14 11:FS shares a boat with James Bond 51:50 T

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Jason Bates talk all about the Truly Digital Manifesto! They unpack what 'truly digital' means, an overview of the manifesto, and get into all the details. Who needs to see this? What brutal realities do companies need to address? And, what is digital R.I.C.H.E.S? Tune in to find out more! To read the Truly Digital Manifesto, click here. This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 financial institutions. SCALE 2021 is Temenos' dedicated, virtual developer event, including: insights from industry leaders on current technology trends and how they impact banking; customer presentations; product demonstrations and road-map sessions and opportunities to speak with Temenos experts. Whether you're a developer, consultant or business user, discover the latest technology opportunities and how this can help you deliver bigger, better, faster. Register to attend here. (https://tem.mn/3jYLZlm) This episode is s

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: Katie Palencsar, Managing Director & Global Head of Venture Studio, Anthemis Dan Westgarth, COO, Deel We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Barclays and Anthemis bring female-focused fintech fund to UK and Europe Citi launches tech hub in Bahrain to develop its digital platforms Oraan raises $3M to increase financial inclusion Santander unplugs payments challenger PagoFX after 15 months Claro takes anti-BNPL campaign to London's streets FinTech Startup Highnote Launches and announces $54M in Funding Ant-Backed Ascend Money Becomes Thailand’s First Fintech Unicorn A Crypto-Trading Hamster Performs Better Than Warren Buffett And The S&P This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world leader in banking software, serving over 3,000 fina

Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk about French Fintech. Paris is home to more than 1,000 fintech companies and the French capital is looking to close the gap on the UK and eventually the US, according to leading figures. But what does the market look like, what technologies are paving the way, and what opportunities does the market offer fintech founders? This week's guests include: Didier Lallemand, Managing Director at Société Générale Ventures Clement Boulais, General Manager France, TrueLayer Paddy O’Neill, Head of Sales UK & Ireland, Spendesk All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences,

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Matt Henderson, EMEA Business Lead, Stripe Arun Tharmarajah, Head of European Banking at Wise Sophie Guibaud, Chief Growth Officer at OpenPayd We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe opens London fintech development office 4:16 Wise launches feature that lets users spend money invested in stocks 17:15 JPMorgan launches Chase in the UK 31:03 TrueLayer raises $130M and becomes a unicorn 43:13 Curve joins the BNPL scramble 49:20 Monese moves into banking-as-a-service 51:20 61% of UK Children Use an App to Manage Pocket Money 53:16 Restaurants to be banned from keeping staff tips 55:12 This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpos

This Friday, we're switching it up a bit! Not too long ago on Spotlight, our expert host - David Brear - was joined by Charley Ma, GM of Fintech at Alloy. The pair dive into Charley's career to date, and also unpack what it means to be an angel investor supporting early stage companies. The conversation was so insightful and interesting, that we wanted to share it with all of you. What does angel investing really mean? How do you get started out? How do you choose what to invest in? All of this and much much more on today's show! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper-efficient business models, and transform their back-office. Our clients are the highest performing bank

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Roger De’ath, Head of eCommerce at Truelayer Oscar Williams-Grut, City Editor at Evening Standard Polly Jean Harrison, Journalist at The Fintech Times We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Monzo unveils buy now, pay later product with £3,000 limit - 5:35 QED announces $1 billion fintech war chest - 19:35 TrueLayer teams up with Cazoo to power open banking payments and refunds - 27:30 Varo raise $510M in Series E funding - 36:15 One in five consumers blocked from paying with cash, raising concerns for the elderly and vulnerable - 41:57 Former Wise employees raise $8.5M for multicurrency investing app - 44:00 Ripple vets unveil global micropayments network for Web 3.0 - 45:18 Russian bank VTB is piloting ‘face pay’ technology - 48:00 This epi

Welcome to the latest installment of After Dark, called Starting from Scratch. We are joined by the best and the brightest in fintech and financial services industry to talk all about starting from zero, and building better financial systems. What do we mean by that? Well, just imagine… The year is 2040. We have exhausted nearly all of the earth’s natural resources. Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos/Richard Branson and others like them have won the space race and the first colony has now arrived on Mars. Billions will follow over the weeks and months. There is much to be done. We are getting on our rocket to head off to Mars, tasked with building the planet’s first banking ecosystem. There are no rules, no regulations and no limits. We have the opportunity to shed the baggage of the existing systems on Earth and completely start again. To build a whole new banking system from scratch: What do you do? Where do you begin? Our fantastic panel conists of; Hosts: David Brear, 11:FS Group CEO Jason Bates, 11:FS

Our expert host, David Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about Australian fintech. The market has grown exponentially over the last few years, with the pandemic pushing Austailians further into digital and providing a major catalyst for tech companies. But what does the market look like, what technologies are paving the way, and what opportunities does the market offer fintech founders? This week's guests include: Dexter Cousins, Founder, Tier One People Simone Joyce, CEO & Co-Founder, Paypa Plane & Chair of Fintech Australia Matt Baxby, Country CEO of Revolut Australia All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper

Time for a bonus episode! Our expert host, David Brear, is joined by Lotanna Ezeike, Co-Founder and CEO at XPO, to talk all things social media influencers, the creator economy & banking. Join us for some myth-busting about influencers, challenge David's opinions from a few episodes back, and shed some light on the subject for our listeners. All of this and much more on today's episode! 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, Jason Bates and Sarah Kocianski and joined by 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 digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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: Frederick Lavoie, co-founder and COO, Flinks Sharon Kimathi, Inclusive Economies Editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon partners Affirm to offer customers BNPL option 4:32 National Bank of Canada invests $103M in Flinks, including $30M in growth capital 15:45 Alpaca raises $50m; moves into crypto trading 28:32 Wombat to raise £10 million to expand into Europe 38:52 Nubank seeks $55bn valuation in IPO 47:12 Invest at PayPal could compete with Robinhood and Square’s retail stock trading 48:34 Railsbank and Status Money create credit card with crypto investment rewards 50:27 Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k 52:25 This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in ban

Our expert hosts, David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, come together to answer all of your burning question in this Ask Me Anything episode. How surprised are they by the rise of the neobanks in the US? Is there a grave danger all the best engineers get sucked into and away from traditional FS businesses? When Hollywood decides to make 11:FS The Movie, who would David, Simon and Jason want to play them? Tune in to hear so much more, and hey - maybe next time, we'll be answering your questions! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper-efficient business models, and transform their back-office. Our clients are the highest performing banks with cost-income ratios which are

Our expert hosts, David Brear and Pierre Legrand, 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: John Waupsh, CEO and founder, Nerve Colin Kennedy, Chief Business Officer, Ramp We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ramp raises $300M and acquires Buyer to offer "negotiation-as-a-service" 3:30 Revolut introduces salary-advance feature in the UK 13:25 Nerve, World’s First Neobank Created for Musicians Launched 24:49 World Remit rebrands as Zepz and raises £292M 36:49 Socially conscious fintech Aspiration to go public via a SPAC merger 41:45 Balance raises $25 million in Series A funding 42:51 African fintech OPay valued at $2bn after a $400m raise 43:50 Hargreaves Lansdown creates confusion with ad campaign citing a Monzo IPO 45:00 Al of this and much more more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s

Our expert hosts, David Brear and Amy Gavin, are joined by some great guests to talk about innovation in the buy now pay later products. Most people think of huge players such as Klarna & Afterpay, but increasingly we are seeing more and more specialised providers entering the market, and in new geographies. We wanted to revisit this topic, to find out where the innovation is really coming from. This week's guests include: Arad Levertov, CEO & Co-Founder, Sunbit Timothy Davis, CEO & Co-Founder, Butter.co.uk All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper-efficient business models, and transform their back-office. Our clients are

Our expert hosts, Adam Davis 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: Rod Lockhart, CEO at LendInvest Sam Maule, Key Account Exec at Google Cloud We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Chime raises $750m at $25bn valuation 3:04 LendInvest secures £150m partnership with Barclays and HSBC 16:01 JP Morgan and AmEx invest in Plaid 30:27 UK banks plan to share branches as regulator seeks to block closures 41:35 Brex buys Israel’s Weav 50:45 'Personalised credit' startup Keebo raises £5 million in seed funding 52:00 Starling tops CMA ratings for business banking quality 53:45 HSBC joining the bank card accessibility push with new ‘vertical’ designs 54:44 This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make bank

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to talk about AI and machine learning in the context of financial services. We cover how AI/ML will change financial services, what the difference between AI & ML in Financial Services is, what the biggest benefits of AI/ML are, how do we work with bias and how far can we take it? This week's guests include: Amanda Cercas Curry, PhD student Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and co-host of the podcast Let's Chat Ethics Teddy Flo, General Council, Zest AI Dorel Blitz, VP Strategy & Business development, Personetics All of this and much much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world’s leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper-e