Alexandra Frean
Special guest
Alexandra Frean is Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling Bank.
Alexandra Frean has been a guest on 8 episodes.
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579. Insights: Football and fintech collides
November 12th, 2021 | 47 mins 50 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear is joined by some great guests from Sokin, Copa90, and Starling to take a deep dive into the relationship between football and fintech – from sponsors, to cryptocurrency, to what the future may be. Tune in to find out more!
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550. News: If the talent walks, you’ve bought yourself a very expensive tin!
August 2nd, 2021 | 51 mins 49 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Solarisbank and Starling Bank to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Solarisbank raising $224M and acquiring its competitor, Starling acquiring Fleet Mortgages and Visa Acquiring Currencycloud, and the Chicago Bulls team up with Shopify for an NFT collection! All of this and much much more!
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547. Insights: Is fintech ready for influencer marketing?
July 23rd, 2021 | 55 mins 41 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Adam Davis and Mariette Ferreira are joined by some great guests from Klarna, Starling Bank and Current, to take a deep dive into influencer marketing, and if the fintech world is ready for it.
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510. News: Starling becomes a unicorn and So-Fi really want a licence
March 15th, 2021 | 59 mins 35 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Adam Davies are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Starling becomes a fintech unicorn, so does Flutterwave; So-Fi really want to get a banking charter, and we discuss the future of Open Banking in the UK.
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480. Insights: Path to profitability: are fintech business models sustainable?
November 20th, 2020 | 57 mins 52 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear is joined by some great guests to discuss the fintech path to profitability.
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443. News: Square’s $55bn valuation - a wakeup call for big banks?
July 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Tayor and Jason Bates are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Square's new valuation; 16 EU banks team up to take on Visa and Mastercard and we keep ypu updated with the new unravellings in the Wirecard story.
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433. News: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter
June 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
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.
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401. News: N26 closes UK accounts, blaming Brexit
February 17th, 2020 | 49 mins 40 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: N26 is leaving the UK in April, Starling snatches up new funding, and Credit Suisse stuck in spying scandal.