David M. Brear

328. The F'in Debate - Live from Money20/20 Europe

June 7th, 2019  |  46 mins 44 secs

banks, challenger, fintech, money2020, regulators

Welcome to the F'in Debate, straight from the stage at Money20/20 Europe! In this episode, we bring you a live debate between industry experts questioning: How do you transform traditional banks to compete in the digital banking battlefield?

327. News: Boom Time

June 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 5 mins

acquisition, challenger, complaints, fintech, incumbents, regulations

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories from the last 7 days. Including: Global Payments buy TSYS, NatWest apologises for patronising women, by patronising women, and are Revolut the most complained about fintech?

325. News: Apple has my face

May 27th, 2019  |  55 mins 55 secs

banking, finance, fintech, monzo, revenue

David and Sam are bringing you this episode directly from New York! Joined by some great guests they will talk you through some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Big bank investments into savings programmes and !

322. Insights: Are mortgages broken?

May 17th, 2019  |  47 mins 44 secs

consumer, market, mortgages, processes, regulations

David and Jeff are joined by some great guests to talk about mortgages. What works, what doesn’t and where things could get better. All this started with a tweet put out by Mr Jeff Tijssen himself.

321. News: Everything takes money

May 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

cashless, fintech, mortgage, regulators

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: OakNorth branch out into mortgages, RBS getting into payments...10 years after leaving and Singapore might follow in HK’s virtual footsteps.

319. News: I'm sorry, banks

May 6th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

fintech, news, open banking, wearable

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including, central banks join the Extinction revolution, Amazon takes on India and how to make your own wearables.

317. News: Nettles and dock leaves

April 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 2 mins

fintech, france, gold, payments

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including Paris tries to come for London’s fintech crown, Robin hood applies for a banking charter as T-Mobile tries to get back into banking and Germans hold more gold than Fort Knox.

311. News: Make tax great again

April 8th, 2019  |  49 mins 58 secs

charity, digital, fintech, tax

David and Ross are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Revolut keeps on spinning, Xero is making tax great again, and UK MPs are 'very likely' to launch probe into RBS remedies fund allocation.

310. Insights: Finastra takeover

April 5th, 2019  |  47 mins 26 secs

David and Simon are joined by Finastra for a takeover show. At their offices in London Paddington, we're with some of the top tier of Finastra's team to bring you insight into the mega-vendor. Including what that term means to them.

309. News: Sassy AI

April 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

fintech, hong kong, licences, partnerships

David and Leda are joined by a few great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: How do you like them apples? Apple launches Apple Card, Monzo and OakNorth team up to offer savings accounts and Erica’s a hit in America.

307. News: Tinder for banking

March 25th, 2019  |  59 mins 14 secs

alipay, china, fintech, worldpay

David Brear and Jason Bates are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: WorldPay sells to FIS for $35bn, Alipay does a thing with Barclaycard and a German bank lets its customers decide the dress code.

301. News: Not cashless but less cash

March 4th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins

big four, fintech, funds, technology

David and Sarah are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: We take a look at the fallout of the RBS Remedies fund pool A results, Goldman Sachs takes a bite out of the credit card market by teaming up with Apple and Lithuania reveals its' Top Gear-inspired strategy to become a fintech hub

300. Insights: This. Is. Fintech.

March 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 13 mins

It's our 300th episode! That calls for something a little bit special so we have a roundtable of our hosts plus the person who's the reason Fintech Insider exists.

299. News: Buzzwords for everyone

February 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

fintech, rbs fund, smb banking

David and Simon are joined by Tom Blomfield and Romi Savova to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Britain's banks predicted to reveal the biggest profits since the financial crisis, the latest announcements from the RBS Remedies fund and Santander pays IBM $700M to help them transform.

296. After Dark: Digital Love

February 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

after dark, couples, digital love, fintech, valentine

We have an incredible After Dark episode for you. It's the first we've done in a while and sets the tone for what we believe will be the key aspects of fintech in 2019. Partnerships and digital love between banks and fintechs, two (or more!) companies coming together and working together to make each other stronger.

295. News: The Revolut will be advertised

February 11th, 2019  |  59 mins 49 secs

David and Simon are joined by Iona Bain, Mel Palmer, Viktor Nebehaj and Saumeel Pachigar to chat through the biggest stories of the last 7 days. Including: Revolut’s Valentine’s day ad scandal, the banking backlash Down Under and BB&T's super merger and much much more.