About this episode

The episode discusses major news in financial services, including Klarna's US banking license application and LemFi's acquisition of Wealth8.

About this episode: Host Ross Gallagher - Head of Consulting at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week. This week's guests: Dave Morris - CEO of FoundryOS Kaley Addo - Head of UK operations of Upvest Jason Mikula - Publisher of Fintech Business Weekly Plus voice note from: Bernadette Smith - Chief Customer and Banking Officer of Starling Stories/timestamps: Klarna applies for US banking license - (03:20) Financial platform for immigrants LemFi buys Wealth8 - (17:41) Santander publishes AI projects on GitHub - (32:49) Starling Bank Debuts UK-First ‘Snatch Theft Detector’ to Combat 64% Surge in Summer Phone Fraud - (45:44) ‘Tooth fairy’ payout nears £5 as UK childhood finances overtake inflation - (49:12) Links to check out: Join our WhatsApp community, where you can get the inside track on all all things 11:FS, as well as having your say on the things we should be paying attention to. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/KpA4gFbbWDlLFm7kx39raf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Fintech Insider: Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast that covers everything from finance and banking to…

People in this episode

Host: Ross Gallagher

Guests: Dave Morris, Kaley Addo, Jason Mikula

Topics covered

• Klarna
• banking license
• LemFi
• Wealth8
• Santander
• AI
• financial services

Keywords

• Klarna
• banking license
• LemFi
• Wealth8
• Santander
• AI
• financial services
• Starling Bank
• phone fraud
• childhood finances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Klarna, LemFi, Wealth8, Santander, Starling Bank, 11:FS

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