580. News: Is fintech now more popular than Netflix?

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver, 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:

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan, Capital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times

David Jarvis, Founder & CEO, Griffin

With soundclips from:

Karl Turnbull, Head of Banking Services, Starling

Keith Grose, Head of International, Plaid

Darren Westlake, CEO, Crowdcube

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

Standard Chartered taps Starling BaaS platform for green savings product (soundclip from Karl Turnbull, Head of Banking Services, Starling) - 3:47

Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO - 15:35

Crowdcube expands across Europe as EU crowdfunding takes flight (soundclip from Darren Westlake, CEO of Crowdcube) - 27:35

Plaid report: Fintech adoption helps break money taboo (soundclip from Keith Grose, Head of International at Plaid) - 36:28

Robinhood says millions of customers’ names and emails addresses taken in data breach - 44:30

New neobank Monument readies for launch after regulator lifts restrictions - 47:30

Square makes its Cash App available for teen use - 48:40

Microsoft’s Own Metaverse Is Coming, and It Will Have PowerPoint - 49:50

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Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email [email protected]! Special Guests: David Jarvis, Ewan Silver, and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan. Links:Standard Chartered taps Starling BaaS platform for green savings productPaytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPOCrowdcube expands across Europe as EU crowdfunding takes flightPlaid report: Fintech adoption helps break money tabooRobinhood says millions of customers’ names and emails addresses taken in data breachNew neobank Monument readies for launch after regulator lifts restrictions Square makes its Cash App available for teen useMicrosoft’s Own Metaverse Is Coming, and It Will Have PowerPoint