Laura Watkins
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
Laura is Executive Producer at 11:FS. She previously managed all digital content for Research Now's global B2C brands. She also created content in partnership with internationally recognised brands including Google, American Airlines, Aimia, Nectar, and Hilton. At 11:FS Laura creates the content our audience wants to see across all channels for 11:FS and 11:FS Pulse, including the Fintech, Blockchain and Insurtech Insider podcasts.
Laura Watkins has hosted 12 Episodes.
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783. News: Adyen’s new banking licence, Perfios’ raise, and the secret to fintech success
September 18th, 2023 | 1 hr 18 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Laura Watkins is joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Adyen get a UK banking licence, Perfios eye UK & US expansion, and a new campaign tackles the gender investment gap.
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389. Interviews: Kosta Peric, Financial Services for the Poor, Gates Foundation
January 6th, 2020 | 37 mins 10 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Laura Watkins is at Fintech Connect 2019 at the ExCeL London where she is joined by Kosta Peric, Deputy Director of Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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339. News: Take that, cash. Card is great!
July 15th, 2019 | 57 mins 18 secs
banks, finance, fintech, gdpr, regulators
Simon and Laura are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Deutsche Bank braced for severe cull as head quits, Government-owned bank 'forging signatures' in repossession cases, and Fintech is the ‘new normal' with 55% of consumers regular users! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!
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332. Interviews: Money20/20 CEO special
June 21st, 2019 | 1 hr 22 mins
banking, ceo, fintech, money2020, regulators
In today's episode, we bring you a series of interviews with some brilliant CEO's of exciting companies, straight from Money20/20 in Amsterdam! Interviews include Ralph Hamers from ING, Anne Boden from Starling , Zach Perret from Plaid and many more!
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308. Insights: Fintech Friday in Luxembourg
March 29th, 2019 | 54 mins 34 secs
Host and producer Laura Watkins flew to Luxembourg to attend the LHoFT's Fintech Friday event to see what's changed in the region and what the country is planning to do next for fintech.
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302. Insights: Women in financial services
March 8th, 2019 | 53 mins 57 secs
feminism, finance, fintech, international women's day, women
It's International Women's Day and we have a show packed full of content and views from some great women working in financial services today.
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Ep. 246. Insights: Digital Identity
August 24th, 2018 | 1 hr 13 mins
civic, digital identity, evernym, finance, fintech, meeco, post office, visa
On today’s show, our hosts Ryan and Laura are going to take a bit of a deep dive into the world of digital identity, what is it, why do we need it and how is it changing? We’ll also look at the future of digital identity and see whether it looks bright or dystopian.
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Ep. 242. Insights: Challenging the Banking Battlefield
August 10th, 2018 | 48 mins 29 secs
86400, atom bank, bank, banking battlefield, challenger bank, fintech, metro bank, monzo, starling
Today's show take a deep dive on the issue of challenger banks. David M. Brear and Laura Watkins guide us through what it means to be a challenger bank by speaking to those who've built them from the ground up.
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Ep. 223. News: More Popular than Beyoncé
June 4th, 2018 | 49 mins 44 secs
david brear, fintech, fintech news, gdpr, google, izettle, jason bates, paypal, square
Jason Bates and David Brear are back together after what seems like an eternity! They're joined by the wonderful Caroline Plumb as well as debutants Ryan Edwards-Pritchard from Funding options and Kirsty Grant from Seedrs. We also bring you an awesome snippet with CEO of Rooster Money Will Carmichael!
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Ep. 218. News: From Loot To Hoot
May 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
banking, banks, digital, fintech, funding, gambling, monzo, mortgage, news
In this week's episode, Laura Watkins, Sarah Kocianski, and David M. Brear are joined by Charlie Wood from Capco and Simon Vans-Colina from Monzo.
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Ep. 200. 11:FS Turns TWO! Company culture, consultancy, and cupcakes
April 9th, 2018 | 59 mins 5 secs
11:fs, b11rthday, challenger, consultancy, fintech, fintech insider, growth, insights, startup
It’s our Second Birthday and we’ve hit 200 episodes! To celebrate this brilliant occasion and totally planned event we’ve got something a little bit different for you. Bringing you the very best in 11:FS talent we have a panel made up of the least camera shy of our staff members.
Hosts Simon, Jason, and David are joined by an allstar group of 11:FS staff including:
Ross Methven, Co-founder and Research Lead
Ross Gallagher - Principal Consultant
Jeff Tijssen, Head of Consultancy
Ollie Judge, Head of Media
Laura Watkins, Head of Content Creation
Sophie Theen, HR & TalentSadly Sam Maule couldn’t make it to London for the show but we have an interview with him to outline the challenges of consulting and making a startup work in the USA.
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Ep. 197. News: Clickbait
April 2nd, 2018 | 59 mins 13 secs
In this episode Laura Watkins and David Brear take a look at the last week’s top stories, alongside Jeff Tijssen, Monzo’s Leah Templeman and Bud’s Ed Masleveckas.