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The Shifting Competitive Landscape in SME Banking

The Shifting Competitive Landscape in SME Banking

SME banking is a particular interest of mine, as long-time listeners know. We've covered it from a number of angles on Rebank, including challenger banking with OakNorth, digital lending with iwoca and Spotcap, payments with GoCardless and support services with Xero, to name a few. If one area

Europe's Most Valuable Fintech with Rishi Khosla

Europe's Most Valuable Fintech with Rishi Khosla

Rishi Khosla is co-founder and CEO of OakNorth, one of the world's best funded and fastest growing fintechs. We've had OakNorth on the podcast a few times before. In the past, I've generally referred to OakNorth as a challenger bank, which they were, but

Free Stock Trading and the Retail Investor Mindset

Free Stock Trading and the Retail Investor Mindset

Adam Dodds is the Founder & CEO of Freetrade, a free stock trading app and part of the trend toward intuitive, low cost retail investment solutions. This is an interesting discussion around providing value to customers, and what that means, especially in complex industries like investments. This episode feels less

Will Digital Challenger Banks Take Off in the US?

Will Digital Challenger Banks Take Off in the US?

We discussed this question with Colin Walsh, Founder & CEO of Varo Money. Listen to the audio version of the conversation here: https://apple.co/2R63BLk The US could be one of the most lucrative markets for digital banks, but few new entrants have launched there. Why? How ripe is

Is the Tech Startup Mindset Helping Us or Hurting Us?

Is the Tech Startup Mindset Helping Us or Hurting Us?

Nicolas Colin is co-founder of The Family, a European tech incubator with a different approach than most. Their mission is the educate, support and connect entrepreneurs in ways that build great global companies. The Family describes itself a platform that unites entrepreneurs across Europe in Paris, London and Berlin, with

The Continued Evolution of Banking with Anthony Thomson

The Continued Evolution of Banking with Anthony Thomson

Anytime I find myself thinking how much progress has been made in digital banking over the past 6 or so years, I stop to consider how much further we'll go from here. It feels like so much has happened since the paradigm shift brought about by the iPhone

What's Next in Fintech? with Augmentum

What's Next in Fintech? with Augmentum

We've seen a slow evolution in fintech from the early days - transitioning from disruptors and disintermediators to partners and platforms. Where do we go from here? Tim Levene is the Founder and CEO of Augmentum, a fintech venture capital firm. Prior to starting Augmentum, Tim worked for