Gwera Kiwana
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
Senior Ops Analyst, 11:FS
Gwera Kiwana has hosted 33 Episodes.
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597. Insights: How does fintech serve the creator economy?
January 28th, 2022 | 45 mins 31 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests, including Lotanna Ezeike and Kyla Scanlon, to discuss the relationship between the growing creator economy and banking.
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596. News: Visa and Amazon call a truce – but for how long?
January 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests, from Cornerstone Advisors, Verdict, and Spendesk, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Amazon backs off on Visa credit card ban, JP Morgan plots ‘astonishing’ $12bn tech spend to beat fintechs, and Selfridges sells NFTs over the counter. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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591. Insights: Predicting the future of fintech in 2022
January 7th, 2022 | 51 mins 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor, Gwera Kiwana, and Alex Hooper peer into their crystal balls to figure out what is going to happen in the world of fintech over the next twelve months!
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590. News: Global Super Apps on the rise as Nubank IPOs and Lydia becomes a unicorn
December 20th, 2021 | 57 mins 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests from Primer and Spiralem to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank makes its market debut on New York Stock Exchange, Primer launches no-code plugins for e-Commerce platforms, and FCA launches Christmas jingle to warn about fraud. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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587. Insights: Financial education is best served young
December 10th, 2021 | 45 mins 32 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests from Freetrade, GoHenry, and MyBnk, to talk all things financial education – a topic chosen by our listeners!
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580. News: Is fintech now more popular than Netflix?
November 15th, 2021 | 55 mins 59 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Standard Chartered taps Starling BaaS platform for green savings product, Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO, and Microsoft’s making a metaverse, and it will have PowerPoint. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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578. News: Challenger bank champion Nubank plans NYSE IPO
November 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank files for an IPO in the USA, Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX, and Quentin Tarantino auctions Pulp Fiction NFTs. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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577. Insights: Big Data is just getting started
November 5th, 2021 | 46 mins 56 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests from Temenos, Curinos, and our very own expert Eleven to take a deep dive into Big Data. What is it? What are the challenges? What does the future hold? Tune in to find out more!
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576. News: Fintech, assemble! Plaid, Stripe, and Klarna announce partnerships
November 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Alex Hooper are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Plaid builds a payment partner ecosystem, Klarna and Stripe announce ‘buy now, pay later’ partnership, and Monzo’s London bus campaign spawns Twitter hilarity. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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570. News: Fintech in flux? Google cancels Plex and Monzo withdraws US licence bid
October 11th, 2021 | 56 mins 31 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Cornerstone Advisors, Financial News and CCG Catalyst to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Google ditches its Plex checking account plan, Monzo withdraws U.S. banking license application, and 11:FS shares a boat with Bond. Tune in to find out more!
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568. News: Barclays and Anthemis backing female founders in the UK
October 4th, 2021 | 56 mins 24 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Gwera Kiwana and Benajmin Ensor are joined by some great guests from Anthemis and Deel to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Barclays and Anthemis bring female-focused fintech fintech fund to the UK, Citi launches tech hub in Bahrain, and a crypto-trading hamster outperforms Warren Buffett. All of this and much much more on today's show!
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566. News: Stripe and JP Morgan land in London
September 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Stripe, Wise, and OpenPayd to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Stripe opens London fintech development office, Wise launches a new feature called Assets, and UK restaurants to be banned from keeping tips made on card. All of this and much much more on today's show!
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560. News: More behemoths get into BNPL as Amazon team up with Affirm
September 6th, 2021 | 58 mins 40 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Flinks and Thomson Reuters Foundation to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: more big behemoths getting into BNPL as Amazon team up with Affirm, National Bank of Canada invests $103M in Flinks to help them expand, and a fake Banksy NFT was sold for over $300,000 via Banksy’s own website. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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556. News: Don’t bet against Jamie Dimon
August 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 43 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Adam Davis and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from LendInvest and Google Cloud to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Chime raises $750m at $25bn valuation, LendInvest secures £150m partnership with Barclays and HSBC, and JP Morgan and AmEx invest in Plaid. All of this and much much more!
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552. News: Square buys Afterpay - the difference between being monolithic and monopolistic
August 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Curl and Cornerstone Advisors to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Square to buy Australia's Afterpay in $29 billion deal, CMA mandates ‘Sweeping’ in big win for UK Open Banking and both Rapyd and Kuda boast huge funding rounds to boost their expansion plans. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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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!