Sarah Kocianski
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
Sarah Kocianski is the Head of Research at 11:FS.
Sarah Kocianski has hosted 112 Episodes.
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548. News: Get funding and build more!
July 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski is joined on her last show as a host by Adam Davis and some great guests from Soldo and CCG Catalyst Consulting to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Revolut raising $800 million to become UK's most valuable fintech, Soldo raisesing $180M for its business expense platform, and an IPO roundup as Robinhood seeks a valuation as high as $35 billion while Paytm wants to raise $2.2 billion! All of this and much more on today's episode!
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546. News: Where there is a product, there is capital.
July 19th, 2021 | 56 mins 32 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests from Bunq and Railsbank to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Bunq celebrating $228 million funding, Railsbank raising $70m in global expansion plans, and Apple partnering Goldman Sachs for BNPL play. All of this and much much more on today's episode!
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543. Insights: Why is the gig economy so underserved?
July 9th, 2021 | 40 mins 10 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests from Gigwage, Lance and Branch to discuss the gig economy and how the market has been largely underserved by traditional finance, as well as looking at one of the big reasons why the gig economy has exploded in the last year. During Covid-19 we saw more and more people embarking into gig work, for reasons ranging between increased flexibility, having lost their job or just to gain a side hustle. What has this meant for financial services aimed at gig workers?
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542. News: Is Open Banking significantly eroding the dominance of card?
July 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 24 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Ross Gallagher and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Visa acquiring Tink, The FCA banning Binance, and A Federal Reserve official warning that CBDCs could be an “embarrassing fad”and compares them to MC Hammer’s trousers. All of this and much more on today's episode!
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537. Insights: After Dark: New World Order
June 18th, 2021 | 59 mins 24 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
After Dark is back! On our latest instalment of Fintech Insider After Dark we talk all about innovation and how customers' lives, wants & needs have drastically changed in the last few months. Who is leading innovation, are we all longing for a Super App and what new business models have we seen disrupt the market?
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536. News: Is Nubank driving a banking revolution in LatAm?
June 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 35 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Ross Gallagher and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank’s $750M “megaround”, Klarna taking on credit card fees with its new in-app shopping product, and Marqeta’s IPO tripling its valuation. All of this and much more on today's episode!
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535. Insights: Rethinking AML
June 11th, 2021 | 49 mins 4 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to talk about anti-money laundering — or AML — practices in banking and financial services and how they can be rethought. We want to lift the lid on the impact of the pandemic and the increase in digital services on AML. To do that, we're going to look at the data sources that go into AML practices, why AML has a bad rep and what the future of AML could look like.
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532. News: Tink partners with Wealthify & Lanistar breaches advertising rules
May 31st, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Wealthify embedding Open Banking from Tink in investment app, Lanistar breaching advertising rules and, “Charlie bit my finger” video sells for £500,000. All of this and much more on today's show!
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528. News: The future of work in fintech & who is borrowing £1million from eBay?
May 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: a further dig into the future of work in financial services, eBay offer loans to its UK sellers
and Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live debut sends DogeCoin prices tumbling when he called it a “hustle”. All of this and much more on today's episode! -
525. Insights: Is insurtech the new fintech?
May 7th, 2021 | 52 mins 51 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about insurtechs and fintechs, what the two industries can learn from each other, how they can work together and where insurtech is going.
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524. News: PensionBee's IPO celebrates female leadership & Current raises £220 million!
May 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: PensionBee’s IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange, Current tripling its valuation with its Series D round, GoCardless breaking into Open Banking with new InstantPay initiative and much more!
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523. Insights: Open Finance - who will fund it?
April 30th, 2021 | 46 mins 56 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to revisit Open Finance, drawing on the FCA’s feedback from their call for input. How can we maximise the potential of Open Finance and most importantly: who is going to pay for this?
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520. News: The B2B Payments space Ramps up
April 19th, 2021 | 59 mins 42 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including Ramp joining the fintech Unicorn club, Modulr receiving strategic investment from FIS Ventures, and much more!
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517. Insights: How can digital financial service brands build trust?
April 9th, 2021 | 40 mins 47 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests from Mitek, ANNA Money and Yapily to talk about trust in digital financial services. Trust in the Financial services industry is rising while trust in the tech industry is falling. How can we create balance for customers?
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514. News: Fintechs face the dark side of BaaS & Nigerian challenger Kuda raises $25m
March 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Adam Davis and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: One third of European fintechs have faced regulatory intervention because of their partner bank, Nigeria’s Kuda Bank raises $25m in Series A funding and Monty Python meets NFTs. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News.
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511. Insights: After Dark - Open Finance: fact or fantasy?
March 19th, 2021 | 53 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Welcome to our latest instalment of Fintech Insider After Dark!
Sarah Kocianski and Adam Davis are joined by an awesome panel to talk about Open Finance. Is the industry ready? What are the opportunities, and equally important, how do we ensure that customers' data is protected?