433. News: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter

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433. News: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter

Leda Glyptis and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter; Starling and Marqeta’s new raises; and TrueLayer team up with the UK Government on Open Banking.

Our expert hosts, Leda and Simon, 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:

  • Nicolai Rygh, EVP and CTO of Personal Banking at DNB
  • Shefali Roy, CCO and COO at TrueLayer
  • Alex Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling

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

  • Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter;
  • Starling Bank raises £40 million as SME banking business picks up
  • Marqeta raise to gain a $4.3 bn valuation - and we hear directly from their CMO Vinya Peters to tell us more 27:10
  • UK Government and TrueLayer strike open banking deal 34:55
  • Brazil’s Nubank reaches 25m customers across Latin America 46:00
  • Stories we didn’t have time to cover: 54:16

Links to those organisations we mentioned at the top of the show are as follows:

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

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Special Guests: Alexandra Frean, Nicolai Rygh, and Shefali Roy.