Sarah Kocianski

720. News: UBS snaps up Credit Suisse, while Stripe breaks the down round stigma

March 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins

11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech

UBS is buying Credit Suisse in bid to halt banking crisis, FCA warns payment firms over ‘unacceptable risk of harm to customers’, and Stripe now valued at $50B following $6.5B raise – Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

690. News: Sam Bankman-Fried and the dangers of celebrity founders

December 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech

Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests, from Chamber of Progress and Spiralem, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with defrauding investors, Brazil's Nubank announces $330 million equity capitalization in Mexico, and who in on the naughty or nice lists in financial services?

666. News: After Dark: Credit card companies look to tackle gun control

September 26th, 2022  |  59 mins 16 secs

11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech

David M. Brear and Jason Bates are joined live in London, by a panel Fintech Insider All-Stars, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: lease-to-own fintech Kafene raises Series B, a new credit card code to prevent gun violence in the US, and the big red button of news!

648. News: Starling pulls back from Ireland while Stori becomes Mexico's latest fintech unicorn

July 25th, 2022  |  58 mins 47 secs

11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech

Kate Moody and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Starling pulls Irish bank application, Stori becomes Mexico’s latest fintech unicorn, and ‘Eat The Rich’ popsicles are selling fast!

Ep. 190. News: Imagine if the Kardashians could code

March 12th, 2018  |  56 mins 42 secs

banking, finance, fintech, international women's day, open banking, women in fintech

For International Women's Day, Producer Laura and Sarah Kocianski co-host the news show alongside special guests, Caroline Plumb, CEO of Fluidly, Klarna's Laurel Wolfe and 11:FS' own Veronique Constans.

Ep. 184. Fintech Insider After IV - The Valentine's Day Edition

February 19th, 2018  |  44 mins 40 secs

after dark, alipay, ant financial, challenger banks, fintech, fintech insider, hsbc, monzo, traditional banks

In this episode, we bring you our fourth After Dark special, recorded in front of a live audience as Jason and Simon are joined by Niall Cameron, Ross Gallagher, Sarah Kocianski and Valentina Kristensen to discuss the week's biggest and silliest stories.

Ep. 169. FCA Crashes the BYOD Party

January 15th, 2018  |  1 hr 18 mins

bitcoin, cryptocurrency, david brear, fintech, investment, jason bates, kodak, millennial, transferwise

In this episode David and Jason were joined by colleagues Pete Townsend and Ross Gallagher (making his Fintech Insider debut), from our Pulse and Research Team, to tackle the latest news from the last week, alongside regular guests Sarah Kocianski and Charlie Wood. Regulatory based news unsurprisingly steals the limelight, however we also bring you that outrageous Kodak stock rise as well as and an interview with Claudia Bate- Author of "The Fads, The Fears and The Future" where overhyped trends and technologies are discussed.

Insurtech Insider - Ep. 6: Aviva Takeover

December 22nd, 2017  |  43 mins 54 secs

In this episode, host David Brear and co-hosts Nigel Walsh and Sarah Kocianski visit Aviva's Digital Garage for InsurTech Insider's very first takeover show!

Ep. 161. After Dark III Christmas Special

December 18th, 2017  |  1 hr 3 mins

It's the After Dark Christmas Special and that means we're bringing you a recap of all the top stories from 2017, recorded in front of a live audience. Regular hosts Simon Taylor, David M. Brear, Jason Bates and Chris Skinner are joined by friends of the show Sarah Kocianski and Leda Glyptis.

Insurtech Insider - Ep. 5: Insurance as a platform

December 1st, 2017  |  56 mins 57 secs

This week David is joined by longtime friend of 11:FS, Sarah Kocianski, and James York, Founder of Worry+Peace, to discuss insurance as a platform, and we also speak to Sascha Wischek, CEO of Fjuul.

Ep. 154. News: Winefield

November 20th, 2017  |  49 mins 19 secs

This week very special friend of the show Sarah Kocianski is in the hosting seat as neither David, Jason and Simon were available this week. She is joined by guests including Anna Bennett, Nina Mohanty, Liz Lumley and Sophie Winwood.

Ep. 141. The future will be tokenised

October 16th, 2017  |  54 mins 2 secs

Meaghan Johnson is joined by the 11:FS Pulse team's Benedict Shegog, as well as Fintech Insider favourites Liz Lumley, Sarah Kocianski and Charlie Wood.

Ep. 138. News: The Brexit Blame Game

October 9th, 2017  |  56 mins

This week David is joined by Bianca Lopes, Sarah Kocianski and Jamie Campbell.

Ep. 134. Fintech Insider: After Dark I

September 25th, 2017  |  45 mins 20 secs

This week's news show was recorded live in front of an audience at our offices in WeWork Aldgate! David, Simon and Jason were joined by special guests Sarah Kocianski, Liz Lumley and Jamie Campbell for this very special edition of the show.

Ep. 129. News: Double Ether and Cheese

September 4th, 2017  |  1 hr 10 secs

Monty Munford and Sarah Kocianski join the guys for an adventure into this weeks news.

Ep. 123. News: Data is the new oil

August 11th, 2017  |  1 hr 3 mins

David and Chris are joined by Andrew Ellis, Strategy Lead at RBS; Sarah Kocianski, Business Insider reporter, and Sameer Chishty, founder of Streeton Partners for this week's news.