To celebrate recording this just before International Women's Day 2024, our expert hosts, Laura Watkins and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by a stellar all-women panel to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including the feel good fintech story of the year so far, and Monzo are lining up a second crack at the US market. This week's guests include: Sarah Kocianski, CEO at Fintech Wales Phoebe Kitchen, Vice President of Growth Equity at Inovia And featuring soundbites from: Romi Savova, CEO at PensionBee Patricia Brolly MD, Head of Merchant Acquiring for EMEA at J.P. Morgan Sophie Winwood, Co-Founder and CEO at WVC:E We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: New research from Mastercard reveals just a quarter of women feel financially supported in the workplace (04:22) Online pension provider PensionBee and challenger bank Monzo announce US expansion plan (11:24) JPMorgan joins France's payments network CB to skirt Visa & Mastercard (28:30) UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reverses changes to angel investment rules (40:12) Indonesia fintech Wagely makes bank while helping the unbanked (54:15) Top fintech chiefs join Innovate Finance 'Unicorn Council' (56:26) Southampton-based dementia debit card wins £125k Dragons' Den investment (58:28) --------------------------------------- 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, 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices