Show notes
Our expert hosts, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor, 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:
Gemma Godfrey - Business Advisor & FinTech Entrepreneur
Freddy Kelly - CEO at Credit Kudos
Lois Ollerenshaw - Venture Principal, Nationwide
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
Amazon unveils small business credit line with Goldman in latest tie-up between tech and Wall Street (02:05)
Unicorn challenger bank Monzo has closed a $76 million funding round at a 40% valuation drop (13:01)
Stripe takes on rivals with UK direct debit launch (24:31)
CUTAWAY Stripe EMEA Business Lead Matt Henderson (25:09)
WhatsApp finally launches payments, starting in Brazil (37:09)
Klarna partners with Raisin to open savings accounts in Germany (46:20)
Stories we didn’t have time to cover (53:16)
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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, 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 into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.
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Special Guests: Freddy Kelly, Gemma Godfrey, Lois Ollerenshaw, and Matt Henderson.
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Links:
Amazon, Goldman unveil small business credit lines up to $1 million
Monzo: Unicorn fintech bank raises fresh funding amid coronavirus - Business Insider
Exclusive: Stripe takes on rivals with UK direct debit launch - AltFi
WhatsApp finally launches payments, starting in Brazil | TechCrunch
Klarna partners with Raisin to open savings accounts in Germany
Uber Africa launches Uber Cash with Flutterwave and explores EVs – TechCrunch
BlackRock backs Trustly, bank transfer payments platform now valued at over $1B | TechCrunch
Tonik raises $21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines | TechCrunch
FCA imposes £37.8m fine on Commerzbank London for AML failures - FinanceFeeds
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