Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 11:FS

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 include:


Dan Hogan - Co Founder and Co-CEO of Ember 

Jan-Pieter Lips - CEO of DNA Payments


We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Embedded finance is still trendy as accounting automation startup Ember partners with HSBC

Visa seeks to “revolutionise the card” with array of new product launches 

Stripe opens City of London office to step up UK expansion

Bank Muamalat signs long term partnership with Backbase for engagement banking platform

JP Morgan Chase commits £40 million more to boost economic growth in the United Kingdom 

FCA finalises sustainability disclosure rules to tackle greenwashing

Chinese social media companies remove posts showing off wealth and worshipping money

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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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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 at Vexi

Anabel Perez, CEO at Novo Payment


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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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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 look at the bigger picture, and discuss some of the biggest payments trends sweeping across the continent - AI, account to account (A2A) and digital wallets - and consider how they are shaping the way we pay.

This week's guests include

Siamac Rezaiezadeh, VP Product Marketing & Insights at GoCardless

Alex Rivas-Gale, Head of Product, Europe at Clearbank


Highlights from this episode:

The biggest payment trend of the last 3 years

AI

Account to account payments

Digital wallets

The payments landscape in 5 years' time


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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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Join hosts David Barton-Grimley, Will Jones and some great guests as we talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including: TabaPay pull out from buying bankrupt Synapse, Chime's new advance wage product, and the rise in ultra-long mortgages.

This week's guests include:

Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly 

Aditi Subbarao, Global Financial Services Lead at Instabase


We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:


Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse

Chime debuts advance wage product ahead of anticipated IPO

Rise in ultra-long mortgages ‘poses risk to UK retirement prospects’

AI roundup: Klarna says 90 percent of its’ employees are using generative AI daily , and Bunq makes GenAI assistant fully conversational 

. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour worth £1bn to UK economy, says Barclays 


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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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Rachel Pandyan is joined by some great guests to discuss how how Islamic financing works, what Western banks can learn from Shari’ah compliant services and the challenges of launching and scaling Islamic financial services in Western or non-Muslim countries.

Since the turn of the century, Muslim populations across Europe and North America have increased massively, with 44 million in the former, and over 5 million across the US and Canada.

As the needs of the population become more diverse, how does the financial ecosystem scale to meet those needs and what role can fintech play to fill the gaps where the incumbents are not supporting those needs?

This week's guests include:

Abdul Haseeb Basit - Co-Founder and Principal at Elipses, CFO at GDF and Partner at the Islamic Fintech Fund

Dr. Mohamad Sawwaf, Co-Founder & CEO at Manzil

Umer Suleman, Chief Risk Officer at Wahed


Highlights from this episode:

Definitions of islamic finance

The opportunity space to serve the Muslim population in Western markets

The impact Islamophobia has on Islamic Finance and Muslim customers

The role fintechs can play in providing solutions


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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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Benjamin Ensor and Jamie Campbell are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including: Zopa reach profitability and £4bn in deposits, Chime get fined for late refunds, iwoca reach £1bn in total funding and Ant Financial enter Saudi. And we discuss whether you should join an online community to help you save.

This week's guests include:

Sam Maule, Head of Business Development at Moov

Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst


We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Zopa Bank Amasses £4 Billion in Customer Deposits and hits annual profitability 

Chime is fined $3.25M for delaying refunds

iwoca Secures £270m From Citi and Barclays, Taking Total Investment Past £1bn

Ant International expands into Saudi Arabia

Banco Sabadell rejects €12bn takeover bid by BBVA

J.P. Morgan taps Visa Direct for faster payments

Chinese women are teaming up with strangers to save money


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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 podcasts@11fs.com!
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