May 17, 2021

528. News: The future of work in fintech & who is borrowing £1million from eBay?

1 hour 7 minutes

Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski 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:

Ruby Hinchliffe, reporter at Fintech Futures

Eva Ducruezet, Chief People Officer and VP of Strategy and Business Operations , GoCardless

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

The future of work in FS: GoCardless let staff work overseas for 90 days a year & Monzo becomes first UK bank to offer staff paid leave after pregnancy loss 3:39

eBay to offer UK sellers loans 19:25

Google Pay enlists Western Union and Wise for remittances 32:32

Visa Partners With Fintech Startup Tala To Drive Crypto Adoption In Emerging Markets 42:50

UK government kicks off NatWest share sale 51:35

Bill.com To Buy Expense Software Provider Divvy For $2.5 Billion 54:13

US Regulator tells Chime to stop using the word 'bank' 54:58

Freelance banking app Lili raises $55 million 57:18

Dogecoin tumbles after Elon Musk calls it a ‘hustle’ on ‘SNL’ show 59:20

This episode is sponsored by Temenos

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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: Eva Ducruezet and Ruby Hinchliffe.

Links:

The future of work in FS: GoCardless let staff work overseas for 90 days a year & Monzo becomes first UK bank to offer staff paid leave after pregnancy loss
eBay to offer UK sellers loans
Google Pay enlists Western Union and Wise for remittances
Visa Partners With Fintech Startup Tala To Drive Crypto Adoption In Emerging Markets
UK government kicks off NatWest share sale
Bill.com To Buy Expense Software Provider Divvy For $2.5 Billion
US Regulator tells Chime to stop using the word 'bank'
Freelance banking app Lili raises $55 million
Dogecoin tumbles after Elon Musk calls it a ‘hustle’ on ‘SNL’ show

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