On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host David M. Brear is joined by Simon Bumfrey, Head of Technology & Life Sciences at HSBC Innovation Banking UK. In June 2023, HSBC Innovation Banking UK was launched at London Tech Week, following HSBC's acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank UK in March. It was one of the fastest and smoothest acquisitions ever with fintechs, banks, regulators and more coming together to make the transaction over a weekend. And just 3 months later HSBC...

Join hosts Laura Watkins, Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Stripe is now worth $70 billion, gig worker fintech OCN raises $86 million Series A, BNP Paribas partners with Ant International, 13Books Capital raises a £121 million fintech fund, and Monzo is launching a bank account for kids. This week's guests: Miguel Armaza - Co-Founder and General Partner at Gilgamesh Ventures &...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about FedNow. In July last year the Federal Reserve launched Fednow, a new instant-payment service promised as the biggest update to the US Central Bank’s system since the 1970s. When it launched we released a podcast asking whether or not FedNow would flop.  So, one year on and with 800 financial institutions signed up, has it flopped, has it not? Or is it still too early to tell?  This...

In this episode, in collaboration with Visa, 11:FS host David Barton-Grimley, alongside Eddie Onaga, Vice President, Head of Digital Partnerships - Europe at Visa, is looking at the growth, rise and future of digital wallets in Western Europe. Digital wallets aren’t new, but with the rise of mobile technology and customers turning more and more to digital and contactless payment options post-pandemic the market is set to grow and grow.  Digital wallets are set to account for up to 30% of...

Join hosts Laura Watkins, Kate Moody and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Nala raises $40M to expand their B2B offering, Deutsche Bank launches a €500 million social bond to boost sustainable finance, Index Ventures raises $2.3 billion to chase AI breakthroughs, and whether Australian open banking needs to go back to the drawing board. This week's guests: Simone Joyce - Founder and CEO of Paypa...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to take a look at SMEs. It's a tough funding landscape for SMEs in the UK and beyond right now, and the downturn in funding from big banks despite increasing demand. But it’s not all doom and gloom, the big banks’ hesitancy is creating an ideal opportunity space for fintechs, neobanks and alternative lenders to play in and become market leaders, further disrupting the banks, and furthering their growth...

Join hosts Benjamin Ensor and Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Monzo launching three new controls to protect their users from fraud, Revolut posting record profits as IPO rumors swirl, Plaid growing its enterprise business, Nubank and Robinhood both acquiring AI startups and Wise stating that some customers have been affected by the Evolve Bank and Trust data breach. This week's...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests to discuss Credit Unions. And in-particular, Credit Unions based in North America. We look at what they are, how they work and most importantly, how they can compete against the banks and fintechs that are increasingly offering better, faster and cheaper digital services to credit unions’ customers... This week's guests: Mitch Rosenbaum - Senior Vice President of Marketing and Digital Services...

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts. continue to shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In this episode we are continuing our deep dive into the European payments space. 11:FS host Rachel Pandyan alongside Lynsey Verrillo, Visa Europe's Head of Enabler & Small Business Growth, is taking a look at e-commerce for small businesses in France. France has a vibrant e-commerce market, the third largest in Europe and the sixth...

Join host David Barton-Grimley and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Klarna sells Klarna Checkout, US supermarket Sainsbury's is selling most of its banking arm to NatWest, banking app for older people Charlie launches a new anti-fraud product, and Revolut is seeing a valuation of more than $40 billion. This week's guests: Dave Morris - Global Head of Technology at 11:FS  Lucinda Guthrie, Head of...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, we're answering your questions! Host Laura Watkins is joined by Fintech Insider regulars Kate Moody and Jamie Campbell to answer the questions you wanted to know about. When will Revolut IPO? Are banks doing enough to support vulnerable customers? Is fintech becoming a bit too much like Pep Guardiola? Tune in now to hear what we think! Got a question for our hosts? Email [email protected], and we might answer it on a future...

Join host Ross Gallagher and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Wells Fargo and Bilt denying the breakup rumours, Atom Bank posting their best results yet, a look at some of the biggest buy now, pay later stories of the week featuring Zilch, LayBuy, and Apple, and Martin Lewis topping NatWest's scam league. This week's guests: Mark Mullen - CEO of Atom Bank Emily Nicolle - Crypto/Fintech Reporter at...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor is joined by Wio Bank CEO Jayesh Patel. Profitability is what every fintech strives for, but it took Starling Bank and Revolut over seven years to achieve it, and Monzo has just announced its first annual profit in their 2024 annual report. So how did a digital bank based in the UAE achieve profitability after just one year? We wanted to get to the bottom of this massive achievement, so we invited Wio Bank CEO Jayesh Patel...

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts. continue to shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In this episode we are continuing our deep dive into the European payments ecosystem by looking at the opportunity space created by the new PSD3 regulations. 11:FS host David Barton-Grimley, alongside Eddie Onaga, Vice President, Head of Digital Partnerships - Europe at Visa is digging into this alongside a panel of expert guests. We want...

Join host Benjamin Ensor and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Apple launches 'Tap to Cash' and more at their annual Worldwide Developer Conference; Mastercard reimagines online checkout; the latest on the huge money laundering case that has rocked Singapore; fractional real estate investment startup Stake raises $14 million; and AliPay+ unveils the trophy for Euro 2024's top scorer. This week's...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, in partnership with Alloy, host David M. Brear is joined by some great guests live at Money2020 Europe in Amsterdam to discuss embedded finance and compliance. We’re talking about the growth of embedded finance use cases, the huge opportunity space it provides, but also the critical importance of getting it right on the compliance and data security side so you don’t fall foul of regulation. Recently, we’ve seen more and more headlines of...

Join host David M. Brear and some great guests as we discuss the biggest announcements from this year's Money20/20 Europe conference live in Amsterdam. Topics covered include: Mastercard and bunq announcing a partnership to create an open banking and AI tool; Marqeta announcing a new leader after seeing 86% growth in Europe and Papara launching US stock investments on their way to becoming a financial super app. This week's guests: Marcin Glogowski - SVP, Managing Director Europe and UK...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host David Barton-Grimley is joined by some great guests to take a look at Australian fintech. It’s been a wild couple of years for the whole global fintech industry, and Australia is no exception. We’ve seen a big slowdown in new startups, and a pretty severe drop in investment. So, is the optimism still strong with those who are in this space? Well we knew just who to ask…  Fintech Australia, the country's fintech advocacy group, exists to...

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts. continue to shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In this episode we are continuing our deep dive into the European payments space. 11:FS host David Barton-Grimley, alongside Lynsey Verrillo, Visa Europe's Head of Enabler & Small Business Growth, is taking a look at Cross Border payments in Southern Europe. This is a growing area of innovation but it’s still ripe for disruption and...

Join hosts Benjamin Ensor, Kate Moody, and some great guests as we discuss the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Topics include: German fintech N26 says regulatory action cost it ‘billions’ in lost growth; Ozone API, a global leader in open banking, has partnered with Engine by Starling, Starling Bank’s SaaS-native banking platform; ABN Amro acquires Germany’s Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe for €672 million; and Revolut has partnered with Airtel, Orange...

On this special Fintech Insider Insights episode, host David M. Brear is joined by Boe Hartman, Co-Founder and CTO at Nomi Health. After a distinguished career in financial services, Boe left the industry to co-found Nomi Health, a company on a mission to fix the US healthcare system and make it accessible to millions of Americans who feel unable to get the help they need. We last spoke to Boe back in 2021 when Nomi was still new, so we’re catching up with him to find out how it’s going and...

Join hosts Kate Moody, Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein and some great guests as we discuss the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Topics include: Ember and HSBC team up to launch tax tools for UK businesses, Stripe announce plans to expand their UK presence alongside new credit options for businesses, Visa unveil loads of new products at their annual payments forum and Bank Muamalat are launching an Islamic finance super app. This week's guests...

David Barton-Grimley is joined by some great guests to discuss how fintech has grown in LATAM over the past 2 years. We last covered this market in a dedicated insights show in February 2022 (episode 603 if you want to listen back). At the time Brazilian fintech giant Nubank had 48 million customers, now they have a whopping 100 million. So, what else has happened since then? This week's guests include: Juan Pablo Ortega, Co-Founder and CEO at Yuno Cinthia Merlos - Co-Founder and COO...

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts, 11:FS' Benjamin Ensor alongside Visa's Matthieu Altwegg, Vice President, Head of Product and Solutions for UK & Ireland, shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In this half of the series we are looking closer at Europe, and in each episode we will explore a particular country or region within Europe to explore each topic in more detail. On today’s episode we want to start with a...