News: Zopa reaches profitability, Chime get fined and Ant goes to Saudi Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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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