502. News: Are Elon Musk and Tesla driving bitcoin mainstream?
Simon Taylor and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Elon Musk buys $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, Yolt opens up Open Banking to the mortgage market, and Monzo, Klarna and Millions show us how to spend investor cash.
Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
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Show Notes
Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Kate Moody 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:
- Rhian Lewis - Author of the Cryptocurrency Revolution & Co-developer of altcoin portfolio tracker CountMyCrypto
- Nicolas Weng Kan - CEO of Yolt and Yolt Technology Services
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- Tesla says it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin
- Yolt brings Open Banking to mortgage lending
- Monzo on course to raise a further £50 million
- Klarna opens first bank account; eyes $500 million fund raise
- Anonymous fintech start-up Millions raises $3 million and gives away cash on Twitter
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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 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 into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.
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Special Guests: Nicolas Weng Kan and Rhian Lewis .
Links:
- Tesla says it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin
- Yolt brings Open Banking to mortgage lending
- Monzo on course to raise a further £50 million
- Klarna opens first bank account; eyes $500 million fund raise
- Anonymous fintech start-up Millions raises $3 million and gives away cash on Twitter
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