Show notes
Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nasir Ahmad, 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:
Samim Abedi, Chief Investment Officer at Wahed
Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, AND snaps up Meta exec to serve as its head of product - 2:50
Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq - 14:50
Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation - 29:14
Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries - 35:45
UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants - 47:14
Citi to sack unvaccinated staff at the end of the month - 48:42
UK parliament launches crypto group - 50:50
A technical issue sees a bank accidentally hand out £130m on Christmas morning - 52:40
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Special Guests: Kate Drew and Samim Abedi.
Links:
Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, AND snaps up Meta exec to serve as its head of product
Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq
Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation
Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries
UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants
Citi to sack unvaccinated staff at the end of the month
UK parliament launches crypto group
A technical issue sees a bank accidentally hand out £130m on Christmas morning
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