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ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski, 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:
- Stephen Lemon – Cofounder and VP at CurrencyCloud
- Carl Hazeley – VP at Finimize
- Caroline Plumb – CEO of Fluidly
- We also hear from Sam Maule, 11:FS MP and Wander Rutgers, VP MD at Robin Hood!
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- Remedies Pool C winners are announced (1:44)
- Goldman Sachs dips into subprime lending with Apple Card (11:52)
- Robinhood gains authorisation to open in the UK (21:45)
- Central Bank of Ireland to skip deadline for SCA rules (28:30)
- Venmo launches instant transfers to bank accounts (33:40)
- WeChat Pay and Alipay partner QFPay raises $20 million to develop new digital payment solutions (41:19)
- Hey Google, lend me a tenner? NatWest trials voice banking (48:45)
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, Leda Glyptis 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 in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.
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400. Insights: Love and partnerships in fintech
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399. Will Goldman Sachs and Amazon conquer the SMB space?
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398. Insights: Will Brexit break UK fintech?
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397. News: Is N26 challenging the US banks?
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Bluefin and Basis Theory Partner to Enable Unified Tokenization Across Digital and In-Person Payments
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ING’s AI Roadmap: Platform, People, and Agentic AI
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UK-fintech Provided Over £17.5m in Emergency Wage Advances to More Than 55,000 Employees in the Last Year
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