London Fintech Podcast
Episodes
LFP095 – The 5 Keys to Successful International Expansion w/Jonathan Quin CEO WorldFirst
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Which Fintech started in a basement in Stockwell, has done over £65bn of FX business, do over 1 million transfers a year with 600 staff in 7 offices,...
LFP094 – 2018 New Year Special! Fintech Tour d’Horizon, Report Card & Its Context
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this New Year Special I’ll survey the state of the art and present a report card for each of the main Fintech sectors – P2P, Bitcoin, Blockc...
LFP093 – Data: The Realpolitik Beneath the Hype and Marketing Spin with Max Pell CEO Validis
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Data is the new oil ‘innit. Fintechs use it by the bucketload don’t they? Incumbents are slow off the blocks aren’t they? What if a lot of this ...
LFP092 – A Seminar on Innovation Economics, Deconstructing Shareholder Value & Equitable Growth w/William Lazonick Professor UMass Lowell
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week a bumper-packed Tour d’Horizon/Tour de Force. William Lazonick is best known for his iconic “2014 Harvard Business Review’s best arti...
LFP091 – Securitisation in the Fintech Age with Oliver Schimek CEO CrossLend
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Much Fintech (online wealth managers qv) is just “putting lipstick on a pig” – digitising existing processes at oldskool prices. No-one can say ...
LFP090 – Pensions in the Gig Economy Age with Romi Savova CEO Pension Bee
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The ONS has stated that the average UK worker will end up with eleven pension pots in their life. What a nightmare to track and manage for decades! Wh...
LFP089 – Dating and Mating with Fintechs Alexander Ball, Fintech Manager ING
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The best post-“post crisis” banks have leaped ahead and are well on the way to leveraging Fintech to make themselves even stronger. Alexander Bal...
LFP088 – Catastrophe, Acts of God & Parametric (Event-Based, Fixed-Payout) Insurance Adam Rimmer FloodFlash
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
52% of UK SMEs based floodplains don’t have flood cover! Insurers struggle to insure flood risk due to the difficulty of modelling and assessing the...
LFP087 – Passionate Advocacy that Open-Banking is really about Strategy (not Tech/Reg) Louise Beaumont SapientRazorfish
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago in LFP060 (currently the 2nd most downloaded episode) we covered Open Banking/PSD2 from a Regulatory perspective. In this episode Louise B...
LFP086 – What a 21stC Clearing Bank can do for you with Nick Ogden, Executive Chairman ClearBank
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Ogden is, inter alia, the founder of the FTSE Worldpay and a bunch of other interesting businesses. In 2014 he created ClearBank the UK’s first...
LFP085 – The Nature of Money, Economic Imbalances & will Central Bank Digital Cash alleviate them? With David Clarke Positive Money
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Money may or may not be “the root of all evil” but it is the root of FS and the economy – both of which are problematic. The nature of current...
LFP084 Insuretech – Using the Internet of Things to Protect your Home with Matt Poll CEO Neos
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The so-called Internet of Things is much hyped and early examples (smart toasters anyone?) are worthy of ridicule. However market-leading Neos have ta...
LFP083 – Matchmaking Lending and Borrowing with Conrad Ford CEO Funding Options
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad was on the show back in LFP020 since when he has built Funding Options (strapline “your free marketplace for business finance”) into one o...
LFP082 – Collateral Management, The Cloud and Scaling-Up Fintechs with Steve Husk CEO CloudMargin
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Husk has decades in IT and FS and in this tour d’horizon we dive into his experience of delivering IT solutions from design through to sales, ...
LFP081 – Trade Finance and Supplier Finance in the Digital Age with Guy Willans COO of Trade River
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Trade Finance is one of those less media-highlighted but vital areas of the economy – it really is the oil in the engine of international trade. It’...
LFP080 – The Science, Art and Regulation of Data Privacy with Jason du Preez CEO Privitar
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Data is to our age as steam was to the industrial revolution, just rather more intimate as, in extremis, your data reveals you and your life. It needs...
LFP079 – Diving Into UK Challenger Banks with Darren Meek London FS Lead at PwC
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty or so new banking licences have been granted since 2010. The UK Retail Banking Sector is incredibly diverse but this is often disguised by the ...
LFP078 – Special Episode! 30,000 Feet Guide to UK Property Investment in the Fintech Age with Alex Michelin, founder CapitalRise
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that buying a property in the UK is a nightmare, that property prices are through the roof, that a first time buyer in London has an avera...
LFP077 – Capital Markets Fintech with Mark Beeston founder Illuminate Financial
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we aim at the beating heart of FS – its IT systems. I am delighted to be joined by Mark Beeston founder of Illuminate Financial who has over ...
LFP076 – Convergence: Insuretech/MGAs as an Example of Straddling Old & New FS with Charlie Blackburn CTO Azur
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have to be either “a Fintech” or “an incumbent”? Increasingly as #newFS and #oldFS converge this duality becomes less meaningful a...
LFP075 – Managing Fintech Rebundling with Nikolay Storonsky CEO of Revolut
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of the founding ethos of Fintech was “unbundling” – the slicing of FS into single-issue firms. This is now looking old-hat. Revolut acquired...
LFP074 – Will Reinsurance as a Service Change InsureTech? Andy Rear, CEO Munich Re:Digital Partners
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can InsureTech change the landscape of insurance as a whole or will it just enhance parts of the value chain? Conventional wisdom says the latter but ...
LFP073 – The Second Wave of Digital Wealth Managers with Adam French co-founder Scalable Capital
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Investment management – despite its known deficiencies – has been least disrupted perhaps so far by “Fintech”. The first wave of I.M. Fintechs...
LFP072 – Socially Beneficial Fintech & Personal Cashflow Management with Emanuel Andjelic co-founder of Squirrel
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Squirrel’s self-description is: a smart new way of budgeting and saving that helps you resist that temptation to spend. We work in partnership with ...
LFP071 – Going Beyond Startup & Scaleup – A Growth Master Class with Faisal Husain CEO Synechron
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Many Fintechs have successfully gone from Startup to Scaleup. But none have gone to true Growth company yet. Today we are joined for a Master Class by...
LFP070 – Fintech & the UK Mortgage Advice Market with Ishaan Malhi Founder & CEO Trussle
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Trussle are the UK’s first online mortgage broker, have just raised £4.5m in a Series A and have an exclusive partnership with the FTSE listed prop...
LFP069 – IFAs, Fintech & Roboadvisers with Dan Kiernan Research Director Intelligent Partnership
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“Everyone” frets over financial advice in the Fintech Age. Regulators set out to “protect the consumer”, worthy bodies talk no end about the n...
LFP068 – The London Fintech Podcast’s 2016 Highlights and 2017 Awards
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year boys and girls
LFP067 – Rethinking Banking: Marketplaces and App-Only Banks with Tom Blomfield CEO Monzo Bank
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Reformation or refactoring of banking is the Holy Grail of the Fintech Revolution. Do that and the revolution is a big deal. Get nowhere near and its ...
LFP066 – Solving Fintech’s Profitability Problem with Bob Jones CEO & Founder Blue Motor Finance
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
2016 is the year Fintech realised it had to aim for making a profit. Very few do and for the tiny handful that do its mostly “minimal”. Solving th...
LFP065 – Special Episode! Creating Society – Policy, Regulation & FS with Lord Turner former Chairman of the FSA
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Everything exists in a context. FS is a social construct that has differed massively over time and space, always existing in a context of Policy and R...
LFP064 – P2P in the US, China and UK with Peter Renton
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After organising nearly 1,000 folks in the O2 for Europe’s largest P2P conference ever I managed to grab Peter long enough to have a fascinating tou...
LFP063 – Special Episode! A Deep-Dive into AI, Machine Learning, Big Data & FS w/Dr Tristan Fletcher Research Director Thought Machine
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Dr Tristan Fletcher Research Director at Thought Machine to talk about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learni...
LFP062 – “Hard Fail” Provision Funds Revisited with Rhydian Lewis CEO Ratesetter
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined on the show today once again by Rhydian Lewis CEO at Ratesetter to talk about the ultra-hot topic of provision funds in p2...
LFP061 – InsureTech the 30,000 Feet Guide with Jonathan Howe UK Insurance Lead at PwC
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Howe UK Insurance lead at Price Waterhouse Coopers. As long time listeners will know I am very reluctant...
LFP060 – PSD2 & Open Banking in UK & Europe with Paul Thomalla ACI Worldwide
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I’m delighted to be joined by Paul Thomalla expert on the upcoming changes in open-banking, SVP at ACI Worldwide, member of the Payments Strategy Fo...
LFP059 – How Smart Pension got 75,000 Fintech Clients in under 2yrs with Will Wynne Co-Founder
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I have the pleasure to be joined today by Will Wynne MD and co-founder of Smart Pension who have had the fastest 0-60 of any Fintech that has been on ...
LFP058 – Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): Tutorial, Bitcoin, Blockchain & Fintech with Laurent Kssis CEC Capital
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have the pleasure to be joined today by Laurent Kssis MD of CEC Capital who has worked in the ETF industry for 14years. We’ve spent a few ep...
LFP057 – Five Reasons Corporate Governance is Essential for Fintech with Geoff Miller CEO Afaafa
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I have the pleasure to be joined today by Geoff Miller, CEO of Afaafa and former CEO of GLI Finance which he built from having no presence in AltFi to...
LFP056 – “Everything You Wanted to Know About Fintech Venture Capital But Were Too Afraid To Ask” with Rob Moffat Partner at Balderton Capital
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to welcome Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton Capital to dive into the topic of Venture Capital and Fintech. As I aim to present Lond...
LFP055 – How Fintech Could Become Far Greater by Re-Forming FS with Professor John Kay
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined this week by Professor John Kay – one of the UK’s leading economists and outstanding authority on Financial Services t...
LFP054 – Special Episode! Do we need Fintech 2.0? What are Brexit’s impacts? with Giles Andrews Zopa Chairman
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a week ago the UK voted to leave the EU. This comes against a background of severe problems for listed US marketplace lenders, a worlwide ta...
LFP053 – Innovating In P2P with Cormac Leech Co-founder Liberum Alternative Finance
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cormac Leech is co-founder of Liberum Alternative Finance who are a (the?) specialist strategic adviser and development partner to the UK Alternative ...
LFP052 – The Realpolitik of Fintech Scaleup with Jon Vollemaere CEO R5FX
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am delighted to welcome Jon Vollemaere CEO of R5FX to talk about the realpolitik of Fintech Scaleups, Asia Fintech and how relevant the “...
LFP051 – The SME Overdraft Crisis & the Fintech Solution with James Sherwin-Smith CEO Growth Street
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive deep into business overdrafts with James Sherwin-Smith CEO of Growth Street. If you overdrafts sound dull consider the fact that the...
LFP050 – Is P2P FX All It’s Cracked Up To Be? With John Booth Founder of Midpoint
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that the world’s first P2P FX firm was formed in 1998 and is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange and cross-listed on the Frankfurt S...
LFP049 – Fair & Equal Access to the Payments Infrastructure for Fintechs with Rich Wagner Chairman Emerging Payments Association
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to welcome Rich Wagner chairman of the Emerging Payments Association to discuss “fair access to the payments network for Fintechs”....
LFP048 – A Deep-Dive Into Corporate Venturing & Insurance with Ben Luckett MD Aviva Ventures
07 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is corporate venturing perchance you ask? One definition is an “internal VC arm of a corporate” – although this hides some major difference...
LFP047 – The Impacts of the UK IFISA on P2P with Jake Wombwell-Povey CEO Goji
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to welcome Jake Wombwell-Povey co-founder and CEO of Goji to dive into the fascinating subject of –the Innovative Finance ISA. Goji’...
LFP046 – Payments -Theory, Practice & Laughs with Hiroki Takeuchi CEO GoCardless
15 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a super-clear dive into Fintech Payments companies with Hiroki Takeuchi CEO and co-founder of GoCardless. GoCardless, founded in 2...
LFP045 – A Deep-Dive into APIs with Stephane Dubois CEO Xignite
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to welcome Stephane Dubois founder and CEO of Xignite on the show to take a deep-dive into APIs which are not only the very Lego buildi...
LFP044 – How can Fintechs Scaleup, get more Robust yet preserve their Culture? Alex Langridge Director at Digital Recruitment Firm The Up Group
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am delighted to welcome Alex Langridge Director of The Up Group on the show to talk about the very hot topic of whether Fintechs can grow up w...
LFP043 – Reality vs Hype in UK Fintech Startups with Ruzbeh Bacha CEO CityFalcon
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On London Fintech Podcast episode 43 I am delighted to have Ruzbeh Bacha CEO and founder of CityFalcon on the show. CityFalcon’s mission is to democ...
LFP042 – Bumper Fun-Packed New Years Show On Fintech & Star Wars, Beer, Media, 2015 review & 2016!
15 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is London Fintech Podcast episode 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything. Well a bit of everything anyway. And I have the pleasure t...
LFP041 – The Dataless Desert – Equity Crowdfunding with Rupert Taylor CEO AltFi Data
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a Fintech Era when Big Data is all the rage Equity Crowdfunding rather looks like a very poor relation indeed. Less Small Data even and more No Dat...
LFP040 – The 7 Strategies of Banks in Response to the Fintech Revolution with Anna Irrera Financial News
26 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 40 it’s a good time to turn to the response of the banking sector (used here as a proxy for all FS incumbents) to the Fintech revolution ...
LFP039 – A Deep Dive Into the World of Startup & Small Fintechs with Alexandre Gaillard CEO InvestGlass
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are taking a break from talking to the biggest players in London Fintech and dive instead into the far more numerous, if lower prof...
LFP038 – Highlights from Lendit 2015 Europes Largest P2P Conference with Peter Renton
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined by Peter Renton to discuss some key highlights from the Lendit Europe 2015 conference, especially for those of you who wer...
LFP037 – Special Episode – Dealing with Crises and The Platform Black Story with John Regan
14 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Platform Black is the UK's second largest invoice discounting marketplace having traded over 2,000 invoices and recently passing the £100m mark. On...
LFP036 – The Direct Lending Model with Chris Rieche CEO of iwoca
30 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined by Chris Rieche CEO and co-founder of iwoca. Iwoca is a Fintech lender but not a P2P. They raise finance and then can le...
LFP035 – A Deep Dive Into Stress Testing P2P Portfolios with John Goodall Landbay CEO
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On the show today I am delighted to be joined by John Goodall CEO and co-founder of Landbay, a member of the P2PFA of leading UK P2P/marketplace lendi...
LFP034 – SME Lending in the Fintech Age with Andrew Mullinger Co-Founder of Funding Circle
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Funding Circle need no introduction being the heavyweight SME marketplace lender in the UK and the only global player to have a large footprint in bot...
LFP033 – A Deep Dive into Legal Risks in Fintech with Jon Segal Partner at Fox Williams
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where Fintechs are on a rapid startup-scaleup-mature company growth curve how does legal risk look? In a totally new scene how can we know ...
LFP032 – International Remittances in the Fintech Age with Alix Murphy WorldRemit
06 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
WorldRemit is one of the world’s leaders in the key sector of remittances. Remittances, to cut to the chase, is largely the province of often poor m...
LFP031 – Payments & Non-Bank Banking with Rich Wagner CEO Advanced Payment Solutions
23 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined by Rich Wagner founder and CEO of Advanced Payment Solutions (APS). In a world where some of the largest Fintechs were for...
LFP030 – A Deep Dive into Invoice Financing in the Fintech Age with Anil Stocker CEO MarketInvoice
09 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As this is London Fintech Podcast episode thirty and as it’s a big round number I am especially delighted to be joined by one of the giants of the L...
LFP029 – Secured & Insured Lending/Borrowing with Angus Dent CEO ArchOver
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
New entrants into Fintech need a twist. ArchOver has an innovative (a word oft used but rarely accurate) and very interesting innovation of combinin...
LFP028 – Alternative Finance as an Asset Class with David Stevenson Journalist and Head of the AltFi Empire
11 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
David Stevenson is a journalist extraordinaire and writes for a number of leading publications including the Adventurous Investor Column in the FT, th...
LFP027 – Insurance Fintech and Social Insurance with Steven Mendel CEO Bought By Many
29 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Insurance Fintech is something of a dog that doesn't bark much. As Steven Mendel, CEO and founder of Bought By Many a rare example of a successful a...
LFP026 – Special Episode! “The Future of Banking” with Mike Laven CEO Currency Cloud
15 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Mike Laven CEO of Currency Cloud (who have always been my “Fintech insiders” Fintech of choice). ...
LFP025 – Investor-led Equity Crowdfunding – a Deep Dive with Goncalo de Vasconcelos CEO Syndicate Room
30 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Goncalo de Vasconcelos CEO and founder of Syndicate Room who are one of my must-know-about equity cro...
LFP024 – Lessons from my 25yrs in Fintech, #oldFS, #newFS and VC with Nigel Verdon Founder of Currency Cloud
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Nigel Verdon founder and Chairman of Currency Cloud (who have always been my “Fintech insiders” F...
LFP023 – FX In The Fintech Age with Philippe Gelis CEO Kantox
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this show we have an ideal guest to guide us through "FX in the Fintech Age". Philippe Gelis is the CEO of Kantox a B2B FX Fintech who recently pas...
LFP022 – 30,000 Feet Overview of Payments with Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Having done a few Alternative Finance shows recently it’s important to recall that there is another hardcore Fintech sector that is already changing...
LFP021 – Special Episode! Consumer Credit and P2P Deep Dive with Giles Andrews CEO of Zopa
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Giles and friends have really set one of the all-time Financial Services innovation high water marks with their invention of P2P – online lending an...
LFP020 – UK SME Finance Referral Scheme with Conrad Ford CEO of Funding Options
20 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In essence the (prosaically named) “UK SME Finance Referral Scheme” basically means that soon banks wont be able to tell SMEs to bugger-off any mo...
LFP019 - Special Episode! P2P - Beyond the Metaphors with Rhydian Lewis CEO Ratesetter
10 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
P2P (online lending and borrowing) is plagued by media (old and new) descriptions in terms of what are often just metaphors - "P2P disintermediates ba...
LFP018 - Special Episode! Equity Crowdfunding Deep Dive with Karen Kerrigan of Seedrs
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Equity Crowdfunding is one of the key areas in which the UK has a great lead and so we have a special, longer than usual, episode. I am delighted to ...
LFP017 - Innovation Bridge Building between Startups and Incumbents with Samad Masood of Accenture
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation may be great but it leads to challenges – for #newFS how to get it out there (I think the “how to do it” is going well r...
LFP016 - New Year’s Special - Behind the Scenes, UK Fintech 2015 and Occupy Fintech!
12 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The New Year is a time of reflection, a time for looking forwards and a time to take stock. So in this light this will be a special, somewhat off-pis...
LFP015 - Special Episode! The Amazing Story of US P2P With Peter Renton of Lend Academy
19 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is a mega-episode Xmas present special for London Fintech Podcast listeners  The world of Fintech has changed forever with this month’...
LFP014 - Lifting the Bonnet on Fintech Accelerators with Nektarios Liolios of Startupbootcamp
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the hot Fintech sector there are few places hotter than being a Fintech in a 3 month accelerator program. But what are they? What’s the insi...
LFP013 - Kicking the Tyres of Alt. Finance P2P (Online Lending/Borrowing) with Christian Faes CEO of Lendinvest
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
For me Alternative Finance is the most exciting sector in Fintech by far in terms of near term impact as competition for the “Old FS” and...
LFP012 - Gluing Fin & Tech Together, Next Gen Consultancy with Farid Tejani of Ignitr
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Like a huge boulder dropped into the middle of a pond the ripples from Fintech spread far and wide and have plenty of implications, opportunities and ...
LFP011 - 5 Key Challenges to the Success of UK Fintech plc with Dr Louise Beaumont of GLI Finance
10 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
GLI FInance’s Platforms The Economist has described the emergence of huge numbers of Fintechs as a Cambrian Explosion. Will this be followed by ...
LFP010 - 3,000 Feet Overview of Alternative Finance with Rupert Taylor of AltFi
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alternative Finance is, in essence, Finance not provided by banks (and in a Fintech context, finance provided by “Fintechs”). As such...
LFP009 - 12yrs At The Fintech Coal Face with William Lorenz of Kwanji
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There are relatively few Fintech Founders/Co-Founders, even less that have done it for over a decade and even less that have formed two consecutive F...
LFP008 - London Fintech’s Strengths and Weaknesses with Richard Goold of Wragge Lawrence Graham
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I have given this episode a huuuge write-up as it’s such a vital topic. So if you don’t want to read 2,500 words, listen instead Letâ€...
LFP007 - Dot Coms to Fintechs, Lessons Learned by Michael Nulty, 40yrs+ as an Entrepreneur, Investor and Angel
26 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Special agent Michael Nulty (well in his dreams anyway :-D) Wisdom is massively under-rated in our data-driven society. Data, information, even knowle...
LFP006 - Innovation in Insurance with John Shaw of Direct Line
19 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Although this episode is entitled “innovation in insurance” – there is much food for thought of far wider applicability. Fintech na...
LFP005 - Innovating in Fintech & Emerging Market FX with Jon Vollemaere of R5FX.com
10 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There are some huge misunderstandings in the Fintech scene right now. Innovation is (often) misunderstood. The importance of domain expertise and...
LFP004 - Fintech The 3,000 Feet Overview - 3yrs of New Finance with Eddie George
29 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In LFP001 – Fintech The 30,000 Feet Overview I mentioned that the first reference I had seen of the word Fintech in its modern sense was by a m...
LFP003 - Lifting the bonnet on Digital Currencies with Dr James Smith of elliptic.co
15 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Should have gone to Specsavers? Hysteria The Daily Mail hasn’t yet written about how Bitcoin causes cancer. I’m rather surprised given the...
LFP002 - Innovation Matchmaking with Warren Bond of matchi.biz
25 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have the great pleasure of being in conversation with Warren Bond, co-founder of matchi.biz. It’s a great way to start the London F...
LFP001 - FinTech The 30,000 Feet Overview
06 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When I told folks I was going to be launching a FinTech Podcast the most common reply was “What’s FinTech?” and “WhatR...