Benjamin Ensor
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
Research Director in Consulting & Research
Benjamin Ensor has hosted 31 Episodes.
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644. News: Should Open Banking become a legal requirement for credit assessment?
July 11th, 2022 | 52 mins 42 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Agricultural bank Oxbury raises £20m in a funding round, Payl8r calls for open banking to be legally required for credit assessing, and the world's first fintech sitcom!
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639. How do we make financial services more LGBTQ-inclusive?
June 24th, 2022 | 47 mins 30 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, Queer Money Podcast, Emerald Life, and Euphoria, to discuss the issues faced by the LGBTQ community when it comes to financial services.
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638. News: Allica bank raises for SMEs and Backbase raises to transform the back end of banking
June 20th, 2022 | 58 mins 21 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: SME lender Allica Bank secures £55m in equity and debt round, Backbase earns a €2.5bn valuation, and Deadmau5 is launching his own online bank
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632. News: Klarna announces big layoffs while Chase bags UK customers
May 30th, 2022 | 57 mins 48 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests, from Tranch and Anthemis, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Klarna lays off 10% of its workforce via video message, Chase marks 500,000 UK customers, and our panel answers your questions!
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630. News: Griffin goes for banking licence and InDebted looks to disrupt UK debt collection
May 23rd, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Benjamin Ensor are joined by some great guests, from Griffin, Indebted and Redpoint Ventures, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Griffin applies for UK banking licence, Digital debt collection agency InDebted looks to shake up the UK market, and Goldman Sachs offers senior staff unlimited holiday!
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628. News: Does the market have Tiger Global by the tail?
May 16th, 2022 | 58 mins 46 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests, from Celero, Paymob and TechCrunch, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Neo Financial raises $185 million to shake up Canada’s Big Five, Egypt’s Paymob raises $50 million with an eye on SMEs, and the Vatican steps into the metaverse. All this and more on today's show!
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626. News: Stripe vs Plaid and Apple vs The EU
May 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests, from Moneybox and Payments Solved, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Stripe and Plaid face off on Stripe's new product, Moneybox to launch crowdfunding campaign and Swiss banker put strip club visits on expenses. All this and more on today's show!
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624. News: Stripe steps back into crypto with Twitter and fintech for good Helios raises seed round
May 2nd, 2022 | 59 mins 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Stripe steps back into crypto, fintech for good Helios raises seed round, and football fans tip their cup-winning manager via his banking app. All this and more on today's show!
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622. News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansion
April 25th, 2022 | 56 mins 3 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests to talk about he most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Amazon adds inflation charges in the US, SEON raises $94m for fraud prevention and first tweet NFT flops at auction. All this and more on today's show!
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617. Insights: How banks paved the way for a Singapore fintech revolution
April 8th, 2022 | 42 mins 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from F10 and JiPay, to deep-dive into the Singapore fintech ecosystem!
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613. Insights: The rise of 'fintech for good'
March 25th, 2022 | 44 mins 38 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Sarah Habib are joined by some great guests, from Toucan and Algbra, to talk about the growing relationship between charitable giving and fintech.
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611. Insights: Running the Canadian fintech 'ultramarathon'
March 18th, 2022 | 38 mins 51 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from Celero, National Bank of Canada, Brim Financial and Koho, to deep-dive into the Canadian fintech scene!
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610. News: Kenya's M-Pesa marks milestone anniversary
March 14th, 2022 | 56 mins 30 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Benjamin Ensor are joined by some great guests, from M-Pesa, Atomic and Verdict, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Kenya's mobile money success story celebrates 15 years, Russian banks turn to China to sidestep cutoff from payments systems and Limewire returns as NFT marketplace!
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608. News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for Ukraine
March 7th, 2022 | 54 mins 23 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech, swift
Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests, from Anthemis and Zopa, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: The West’s sanctions sever Russia’s economy from much of the world, wider fintech community responds to the invasion of Ukraine and Klarna’s widening losses driven by rapid expansion.
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605. Insights: Looking ahead to the future of fintech in UAE
February 25th, 2022 | 42 mins 6 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Tristan Brandt are joined by some great guests, from Fintech Galaxy, ZAND and Souqalmal, to explore the landscape of financial services in the United Arab Emirates!
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604. News: Banked and Agreena raise Series As – but does fintech have a problem with copying?
February 21st, 2022 | 59 mins 58 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Tim Heard are joined by some great guests, from Banked and Agreena, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Banked raises $20M Series A led by Bank of America for US expansion, 'farmer fintechs' are turning Europe’s farms into carbon sinks and JPMorgan opens its metaverse lounge!