On this bonus episode, David Brear is joined by Megan Caywood, Head of Digital Strategy at Barclays, to talk about a recent list made by LinkedIn - the top 25 startups in the UK!


They cover the following:



What companies made it to the list?

How many startup have been founded in the last year?

What were the qualifications to make it to the list?

Notable inclusions and exclusions

If Megan were to create the same list - what would it look like?





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 in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.


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Bonus: Top 25 startups in the UK!

Fintech Insider is your ultimate guide to the world of finance and fintech from 11:FS. Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including Visa, Monzo, Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, Wise, the Financial Times, and more to discuss breaking news and deep dive into the biggest topics and trends within the industry.
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Our expert host David Brear is joined by some great guests in the first of our two part special, 'How to Buy a Bank'.
We have already seen headlines on both sides of the pond this year; in the UK, Nationwide have bid £2.9 billion to take over Virgin Money, while in the US, Capital One hope to acquire Discover in a deal worth over $35 billion.
Fintech funding may be going down, but big money M&A is here to stay. So in this episode, we want to take a closer look at why and how banks do it.
What reasons do banks have to buy or sell?
What’s the process, and how long does it take?
And after all is said and done, how does this impact the customer?
To have this conversation I am joined by an amazing panel of experts, who have themselves been through a merger or reported on them!

This week's guests include:


Polo Rocha, Reporter at American Banker


Virginia Varela, community bank CEO and former federal regulator


Highlights from this episode:

Why do banks buy banks? (06:10)

A different type of M&A dynamic (14:10)

Bank partnerships is like dating... is this marriage material? (20:20)

Dealing with two sets of parents (26:50)

Do banks lose purpose and focus with M&A (30:15)

How to protect the consumer from a merger (35:00)

When M&A goes wrong (40:40)

Measuring the success of a merger (46:00)


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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services. 
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review
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849. Insights: How to Buy a Bank - Part 1

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts, 11:FS' Benjamin Ensor alongside Visa's Hasan Kazmi, shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In the first part of this season we hone in on the Middle East’s booming financial sector, and speak to the people right at the heart of it.
In this episode they take a closer look at Bahrain, a country which has championed open banking in the Middle East. They explore the fintech landscape in Bahrain and the impact open banking has had on it to date, the potential challenges they’ve had along the way, and what this tells us about how regulation and innovation can co-exist super effectively, and can foster a thriving financial ecosystem.

This week's guests include

Hasan Kazmi, Head of Digital Partnerships for CEMEA at Visa

Abdulla Almoayed, Founder and CEO of Tarabut


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This episode is sponsored by Visa
Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services. 
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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848. Focus: Using open banking and open data to transform access to financial services in Bahrain

Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including Revolut's new banking licence in Mexico, just as Nubank also ramp up in the region. Plus, the launch of Project Nemo, a new 12 month initiative aimed to improve disability inclusion in fintech.

This week's guests include:


Sophie Vo, This Week in Fintech


Joanne Dewar, Project Nemo Lead


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


Revolut receives a banking licence in Mexico (03:10)


Project Nemo launches to improve disability inclusion in fintech (14:02)


Ozone API and Thistle Initiatives to Help Banks Get Ahead of PSD3 (27:29)


Pipe Launches Embedded Solution to Make Funding More Accessible to Millions of SMBs (37:05)


Adyen and UNICEF Launch Partnership to Accelerate Progress for Children Worldwide  (47:06)


Canada to get open banking legislation this year (48:22)


Brazilian woman arrested after taking a corpse to sign a bank loan (49:47)


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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services. 
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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847. News: Revolut take on Nubank in Mexico as fintech heats up in LATAM

Our expert hosts Rachel Pandyan is joined by some great guests to talk about how ESG is being championed by financial services to create meaningful change, not just for our industry, but for the whole world.
ESG is a term most of us have heard, and it became a buzz word, a catch-all term to represent climate-conscious action and social responsibility. However, it's not just a cultural zeitgeist. Issues around climate change, gender parity, and corporate culture have also become key political battlegrounds around the world. These issues matter, and they resonate with huge numbers of people.
But what have we actually done to move the dial in making our industry, and our world, a more sustainable and equitable place?
As banks and other financial services providers invest more and more into ESG programmes, we want to take a look at what our industry has done, and what it continues to do, as ESG becomes evermore important to customers.
From new banks targeting environmentally-conscious Gen Z-ers, to how more established banks might implement the changes needed to build ESG into their culture, we are going to discuss how financial service providers are driving meaningful change, and the challenges they still face in doing so.

This week's guests include:

Lisa Stanley, co-founder at Good With Money and chief sustainability officer at Zero

Gail Gallie, Co-Founder at Project Everyone


Highlights from this episode:

How far has ESG come in financial services? (04:08)

"An ongoing inability at leadership level" (06:20)

The long term impact of staying as we are (10:17)

ESG is so much bigger than climate (13:00)

ESG in investment landscape (17:13)

Consumer-driven change (20:05)

The impact of not caring about ESG (24:05)

The tangible benefit to customers (28:00)

The UN sustainable development goals (31:38)

"The strength is in the collective" (36:22)

What can we do? (38:33)


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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services. 
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review
Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!
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846. Insights: The current state of ESG in financial services

Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Jamie Campbell, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon comparing AI with the invention of the steam engine, AND the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia go to quite dramatic lengths to name and shame their naughty customers.

This week's guests include:

Veronica Glab, Head of Partnerships, Investment Lead at Innovate Finance

Chris Skinner, best-selling author and CEO of The Finanser


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


Fintech funding is at a seven-year low (04:32)


Nubank partners with Wise to offer international card services (19:03)


AI could be as consequential to the economy as electricity or the steam engine, says Jamie Dimon (31:53)


The US launch a $20bn Green Bank lending programme to support climate tech (48:55)


Mocking the Abrdn name is ‘corporate bullying’, says its chief investment officer  (58:06)


UK tech companies have wider than average gender pay gap (59:47)


Commercial Bank of Ethiopia names and shames customers over glitch (01:02:28)


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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services. 
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review
Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!
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