David M. Brear
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
David is CEO and co-founder of 11:FS.
Named among the Top 100 most influential Fintech Leaders of 2016, he is one of the most recognised and influential people in financial services.
At Lloyds Bank and Aviva, David delivered large-scale digital transformations then led Gartner's Global Digital Banking Practice, before founding 11:FS.
David M. Brear has hosted 271 Episodes.
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805. Insights: One year of ChatGPT
November 24th, 2023 | 52 mins 34 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear joined by some great guests to talk about the one year anniversary of ChatGPT, how banks is utilising AI in its products and services, and how fintech can support the continued innovation of AI in finance.
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804. News: Exits for HSBC, Chip reaches profitability and is Klarna taking on Shopify?
November 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: HSBC pulls out of new markets in a bid to double down in Asia; Chip reach first monthly profit, and is Klarna taking on Shopify as it changes up its business model.
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799. Insights: The VC funding downturn
November 3rd, 2023 | 41 mins 19 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear is joined by some great guests to talk about recent data showing a drop in VC funding, and how this might be impacting fintech and finance.
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797. Insights: Is being a fast follower a bad thing?
October 27th, 2023 | 42 mins 19 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
11:FS CEO David M. Brear and Deputy CEO Jason Bates come together to discuss concept of fast following. Is it always a bad thing? How can you get it right, what pitfalls to avoid getting it wrong and what is the impact on the end customer?
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796. Focus: How to bridge the gap between banks and creators with Eric Wei and Will Kim, Co-CEOs of Karat Financial
October 25th, 2023 | 37 mins 22 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this second episode on our deep dive into the creator economy in the US, David Barton-Grimley and is joined by not one, but two fantastic guests, the Co-CEOs of Karat Financial to discuss how financial services can better understand creators and how financial education is the key.
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792. Insights: Putting services back into financial services
October 13th, 2023 | 40 mins 9 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear, CEO at 11:FS, is joined by our very own CTO Ewan Silver for a fireside chat to unpick what we mean when we say the services have fallen out of financial services.
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791. Focus: What does effective financial inclusion look like in the USA? (Rewind)
October 11th, 2023 | 45 mins 31 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this classic Focus episode, David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Visa and Capway, to really dig into the keys to successful financial inclusion in America.
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786. Focus: Is the US creator economy being underserved by traditional finance?
September 27th, 2023 | 40 mins 38 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
11:FS CEO David M. Brear and Visa's Sophie Schulman are joined by some great guests to look at how fintech can support and shape the US creator economy.
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785. News: After Dark: Monzo's £1 investments, solving financial inclusion, and is cash still king?
September 25th, 2023 | 46 mins 37 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Monzo's new investment platform, India hit their financial inclusion targets 41 years early, and cash payments are on the rise.
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781. Focus: Creating end to end access to finance in APAC with Vrutika Mody, Head of GoPay Global Partnerships
September 13th, 2023 | 41 mins 25 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this second episode on our deep dive into embedded finance in APAC, David Barton-Grimley and is joined by a fantastic guest, from GoPay, to talk about how embedded finance is opening up access for the unbanked in Indonesia and beyond.
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779. Insights: What AI can and can’t do in financial services
September 8th, 2023 | 55 mins 44 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear is joined by a panel of experts from Cleo, Feedzai and Starling Bank to look at how financial services need to adapt to the changes brought by AI, where it can have the most influence and where the human touch is still needed.
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776. Focus: How is embedded finance disrupting access to finance in APAC?
August 30th, 2023 | 38 mins 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear is joined by some great guests from Visa, BigPay and Wise to discuss the evolution and growth opportunities of embedded finance in Asia-Pacific!
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774. Insights: How are financial services players using blockchain?
August 25th, 2023 | 53 mins 31 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear is joined by some great guests from Fireblocks, DigitalX and Moniflo to talk about how financial services are actually using blockchain technology and how they choose an option that works best for them.
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771. Focus: How lived experience led to founding a mobile money company – with WeCashUp's Cedric Atangana
August 16th, 2023 | 37 mins 12 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this second episode on our monthly topic, David Barton-Grimley is joined by a fantastic guest, from WeCashUp, to look at the power of mobile in the African economy.
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Trailer: Announcing 'After Dark: Underground' – live in London!
August 15th, 2023 | 48 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Join David M. Brear, your favourite Fintech Insider podcast hosts, and big name guests for a live recoding of Fintech Insider news show at the Village Underground on Wednesday 20th September.
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769. Insights: How to build a US mobile bank
August 11th, 2023 | 55 mins 23 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David M. Brear and Jason Bates are joined by some great guests, from Milli, to bring you this deep-dive into setting up a new banking proposition in the USA!