381. News: Zopa funding drama

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis, are joined by some new and returning guests to talk about the latest goings-on in the world of fintech, financial services and banking. This week's guests include:

• Andrew Bud - Founder and CEO, iProov
• Livia Benisty - Global Head of Business AML at Banking Circle
• Jamie Campbell - CEO of Fronted

Together, they cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

• Natwest and RBS suffer outages on Black Friday (04:37)
• Goldman taps the brakes on Marcus expansion in the UK (10:55)
• Zopa secures last-minute licence renewal (15:45)
• First Direct tops the charts twice in a week (24:26)
• Apple Pay speeds up payments on the tube (35:20)
• Monzo announce their US CEO (40:40)
• Roger Federer coins make a mint (46:30)

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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, 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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Special Guests: Andrew Bud, Jamie Campbell, and Livia Benisty.

Links:

• Natwest and RBS suffer outages on Black Friday
• Goldman taps the brakes on Marcus expansion in the UK
• Zopa secures last minute licence renewal
• First Direct tops the charts twice in a week
• Apple Pay speeds up payments on the tube
• Monzo announce their US CEO
• Roger Federer coins make a mint (and break one, too)

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