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🏆 11:FS AWARDS 2024 SHORTLIST 🏆 You've had your say, submitted your nominations and now our panel of experts has put the rubber stamp on the shortlist for this year's 11:FS Awards.   This year, even more than previous years, we were overwhelmed with the quality and quantity of companies doing their best to improve people's relationship with money.   This shortlist truly represents the best of the best of our industry, those that are pushing for real change across financial services. Swipe through to see who made the cut. The winners will be announced live on stage in London on Wednesday 7th November 2024. #11FSAwards | 11fsawards.com

The final letter in our Digital RICHES framework is 'S' for Social. Social has nothing to do with Twitter (or X, but who’s really calling it X?). It’s about banks using the data to actually tell their customers how they’re doing. 🚀 To find out more, head over to 11fs.com/truly-digital and download our RICHES framework. #fintech #banking

🚀 Your weekly dose of fintech insights is here 🚀 Hosts Laura Watkins, Director of Media & Marketing at 11:FS, and Dave Morris, Global Head of Technology at 11:FS, are joined by: Alberto Dalmasso - CEO & Founder of Satispay  Jessica Cath - Partner, Financial Crime at Thistle Initiatives They discuss: 🛍️ Nationwide completes Virgin Money takeover to create high street banking titan 👩⚖️ Justice department files antitrust lawsuit against Visa 🚨 UK regulator fines Starling Bank £29 million over ‘shockingly lax’ crime controls’ 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago to roll out India’s UPI payments tech 🏢 Klarna partners with Adyen for in-store BNPL rollout 🤝 Chime taps Morgan Stanley to handle IPO in 2025 💚 It’s World Mental Health Day this week Listen now on Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts 🎧

‘’Nobody misses you.’’ On this week’s Fintech Insider Insights, Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS, catches up with Mark Mullen, Co-founder and CEO of Atom bank. Mark shares some of the biggest lessons he's learnt through his career, such as the importance of being resilient and adaptable. Listen now on Spotify or wherever you you get your podcasts 🎧

In 2023, 25% of all mortgages in the UK originated from a building society. But as they face stiff competition from the banks in the rates department, they need to start looking elsewhere to innovate and get ahead. In this article 11:FS Venture Manager Dominic Spanos unpacks where building societies currently find themselves in the market, what they need to change, and where they can start innovating. Featuring 5 of our favourite fintechs solving customer problems in the homebuying space and what building societies can learn from them, this is a must-read article. Check it out now!

🏁 The challenge of starting a brand from scratch 🤝 Looking after your colleagues and the 4-day work week 🔮 What the future holds On this week’s Fintech Insider Insights, Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS, reflects on 10 years of Atom bank with Co-founder and CEO of Mark Mullen. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you you get your podcasts! 

📽️ AFTER DARK 25 - HIGHLIGHTS 📽️ On Wednesday 25th September 2024, we packed out a beautiful, historic London church with fintech fans for our 25th After Dark event - a live recording of the Fintech Insider podcast. 🎤 A big thank you to everyone who joined us, our amazing panelists, and our sponsors OneBanx for their support. Missed out? Don’t worry - The full podcast is available to stream right now and After Dark will return early next year... 👀

✅ Educate  ✅ Keeping pace  ✅ Invest in keeping customers safe From #AfterDark25, Roisin Levine, Head of UK & Europe Partnerships at Wise Platform, explains how to protect customers from bad actors, following reports that 28% of UK adults have been targeted by voice cloning scams in the past year. Listen now 🎧

Before Monzo or Starling, there was Atom bank. ⚛️ Atom Bank turned ten this year, so we thought it was a good time to catch up with CEO Mark Mullen to take stock of what he's learned over the past decade. Mild spoiler: it’s a lot. 🎧 The full podcast is out now! Search for Fintech Insider on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

✅ Competitive on rewards  ✅ Focus on consumer design  ✅ No foreign exchange fees From #AfterDark25, Megan Caywood Cooper, Founder & CEO of Caywood, describes how Chase have continued to innovate, in light of the Chase credit card entering the UK market. Listen now to the full episode right now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!