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This week we’re joined by Bill Sullivan (@WFSULLIVAN3) Global Head Financial Services Market Intelligence @Capgemini, Dominic Lindley (@DominicLindley) Financial Services Consumer Panel and friend of the show appearing for her hat-trick Anna Irrera (@annairrera) Trading and tech reporter for @FinancialNews (part of @wsj). Key stories this week: Finextra – Bitcoin and Blockchain “pose little risk to payments players” Credit Suisse Blockchain Report: LINK TechCrunch – 200m revenue for Pokemon go – LINK Business Insider – Fintech funding has declined except for one key area : LINK Mashable – Apple Pay fights back against Australian banks LINK How fintech could cash in on BoE rate cut – How fintech could cash in on BoE rate cut : LINK Finextra – RBS scraps W&G carve out : LINK Coin Telegraph – IBM to Launch One of the Largest Blockchain Implementations in the World : LINK Qapital integration – The thin edge of the wedge for APIs: LINK Tech Crunch – Mondo get’s its banking licence … with restrictions : LINK If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe below using your favourite podcasting app, follow the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch and tell us what you think at [email protected] The post Ep106 – CMA Special: How will APIs change banking? appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep106 – CMA Special: How will APIs change banking? appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Key stories this week: Bitcoin drops 20% on news of another exchange hack: TransferWise gets direct access to Faster Payments Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June A seven year old idea comes of age: Bank-as-a-Service Venmo Will Soon Be Larger Than Any Bank P2P Service German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant Why Australia’s Biggest Banks Are Going After Apple Barclays rolls out voice biometrics for phone banking If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe below using your favourite podcasting app, follow the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch at [email protected] The post Ep105 – Putting the brakes on accelerators appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep105 – Putting the brakes on accelerators appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: This week we talk to some of the best people in banking and Fintech with Dave Birch, Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion (@dgwbirch) and Izabella Kaminska, Financial Times Alphaville (@izakaminska). We also interviewed Antonio Fratta Pasini from CheBanca! (@chebanca) We hoped you like Episode 104 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch on [email protected] In the news we chatted through: Mark Andreesen and a16z go long on chat http://a16z.com/2016/07/24/money-as-message/ Break up the financial watchdog over HBOS failures, MPs urge http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/07/25/break-up-the-financial-watchdog-over-hbos-failures-mps-urge/?WT.mc_id=e_DM143962&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Cit_New_Tue_9Sections&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Cit_New_Tue_9Sections_2016_07_26&utm_campaign=DM143962 As goes correspondent banking so goes globalisation http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/07/26/2170875/as-goes-correspondent-banking-so- Italian finance minister rejects need for banks bail-in – Financial Times http://goo.gl/yQPlDI Engineers vs urban geometry http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/07/22/2170732/engineers-vs-urban-geometry/ Fidor fuels O2 mobile banking launch http://goo.gl/NuQU6I Fintech sector sees 23 deals worth $184 million till June this year – Economic Times http://goo.gl/F4Df3F Mark Carney Has Started A Revolution By Embracing Fintech – Forbes http://goo.gl/okTLI8 Drop in internet banking as rise in banking apps use is recorded http://goo.gl/BGu4WN We hoped you like Episode 104 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch on [email protected] The post Ep104 – Lots and lots of news appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep104 – Lots and lots of news appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1) BT fault hits broadband users and banks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36844712 2) Pokemon Go’s McDonald’s Partnership Points To A Promising Business Model http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2016/07/20/pokemon-go-mcdonalds-japan-nintendo-revenue/#3e0f226160d5 3) Apple Pay says bonjour to France and nei ho to Hong Kong http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-pay-says-bonjour-to-france/ 4) Oaknorth : first challenger bank to use Facebook at Work http://www.bankingtech.com/536972/oaknorth-first-challenger-bank-to-adopt-facebook-at-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oaknorth-first-challenger-bank-to-adopt-facebook-at-work 5) Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is doubling down on a German fintech startup http://uk.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-billionaire-peter-thiel-increases-investment-in-germanys-deposit-solutions-2016-7 6) Google’s DeepMind trains AI to cut its energy bills by 40% http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-deepmind-data-centres-efficiency 7) Santander’s fintech VC firm got another $100 million to invest http://uk.businessinsider.com/santander-innoventures-mariano-belinkey-new-fund-brexit-fintech-2016-7 8) A huge US bank is ignoring Brexit warning signs and is buying a new £300 million London HQ http://uk.businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-buys-new-london-office-despite-brexit-2016-7 9) Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Boost GDP, Bank of England Says http://www.coindesk.com/central-bank-digital-currencies-boost-gdp-bank-england-says/ 10) UK Legislators Cast Critical Eye on Bitcoin and Blockchain at Parliament Event http://www.coindesk.com/committee-talks-blockchains-government-ethics-house-lords-hearing/ We hoped you liked Episode 3 – Subscribe and follow @obussmann) Marcus Treacher (@marcus_treacher) who is the Global Head of Strategic Accounts at @Ripple and we also chat through the news with Oscar Willams Grut (@OscarWGrut) who is the FinTech reporter for Business Insider. We hoped you like Episode 3 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders and keep letting us know what you think. The post Ep103 – Blockchain, Blockchain, Blockchain. appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep103 – Blockchain, Blockchain, Blockchain appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Articles we discuss in the news: 1. The Financial Brand – What can banks learn from Pokemon? https://thefinancialbrand.com/59873/banking-mobile-social-pokemon-go-app-engagement/ 2. Overdrafts more expensive than payday loans says ‘which’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36746372 3. Fred Wilson says “Corporate VCs are the devil” https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/corporate-venture-capital-investment-disadvantages-fred-wilson-usv/?utm_source=The+Financial+Revolutionist+Weekly+Briefing&utm_campaign=23e67c8e48-Weekly_Briefing_No_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbba91202b-23e67c8e48-76962253 4. Amex gets into SME lending http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160705/TECHNOLOGY/160709995/amex-challenges-square-on-deck-with-small-business-oans-online?utm_source=The%20Financial%20Revolutionist%20Weekly%20Briefing&utm_campaign=23e67c8e48-Weekly_Briefing_No_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbba91202b-23e67c8e48-76962253 5. US Founder in London says no intention to move post Brexit http://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/249475/heres-how-brexit-will-impact-the-us-vs-uk-fintech-rivalry 6. Revolut got funding – is fintech funding drying up? http://uk.businessinsider.com/fintech-revolut-series-a-brexit-crowdfund-2016-7 & https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/29165/revolut-breaks-uk-crowdfunding-record-with-over-12-million-pledged 7. The US government says if you make less than $20 an hour, a robot is probably going to take your job http://qz.com/730399 We hoped you liked Episode 2 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders The post Ep102 – Bitcoin halving, Bud and Pokemon Go! appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep102 – Bitcoin halving, Bud and Pokemon Go! appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At 11:FS, we don’t just talk digital - we make it happen. We're building truly digital financial services by partnering with bold teams to take them from market insights to real-world products. Whether you're an incumbent innovating or a startup breaking new ground, we bring the strategy, research, design, and delivery to make it real. Less talk, more impact.Proud winners of the British Bank Award for Consultancy of the Year - five times and counting. 👉 Learn more at ⁠11fs.com/ventures⁠ -- This week we are joined by Anna Irrera from the Wall Street Journal as well as Sophie Guibaud from Fidor to talk about how they see Brexit impacting Fidor and the Fintech world. Articles we discuss in the news: Apple Pay: Payment’s dirty little secrethttp://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-payments/2016/apple-pay-adoption-usage-2016/ Fixing the hole in Ethereumhttp://www.coin-desk.com/ether-prices-plunge-dao-soft-fork-warning/ We hoped you liked Episode 1 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders The post Ep101 – Brexit Special appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep101 – Brexit Special appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices