Simon Taylor
Co-Host of Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
Simon is Co-Founder and Blockchain Lead at 11:FS.
Previously at Barclays, he established the bank as one of the leaders in blockchain thought and action. Simon also serves as an advisor to central banks and governments, in addition to consulting the top 20 banks on blockchain. He's helped a variety of startups flourish through the Barclays Accelerator.
Simon Taylor has hosted 156 Episodes.
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429. News: Is it tough to be a challenger bank right now?
May 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: The challenges facing challenger banks in the current climate, Freetrade’s record-breaking raise
and PayPal sees a rise in 'silver tech' as older generations test digital payments for the first time. All this and much more on today's episode! -
428. Insights: Digital Identity - the evolution of verification, authentication & authorisation
May 22nd, 2020 | 58 mins 34 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by 3 great guests to talk about digital identity. What do we mean by digital identity, and how does it differ around the world? Listen on to find out!
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425. News: RBS close Bó - Why is building a new bank so hard?
May 11th, 2020 | 56 mins 23 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: RBS closes Bó, big banks book $50bn against bad loans in the wake of corona, and a round-up of the more international stories of the week.
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423. News: Global bank profits tumble as US deposits grow
May 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: 100% backed business loans; big banks results are in and corona is hitting their profit margins hard and even Animal Crossing's Bank of Nook is slashing its interest rates in an unwelcome reflection of the real world.
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421. News: US SMEs await new stimulus funds as fintech valuations soar
April 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sam Maule and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the biggest global stories of the last 7 days, including: new stimulus funding in the US; new fundraises and valuations for Stripe and Robinhood; and ShackShack give back their $10million stimulus.
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420. Insights: How the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate digital financial services
April 23rd, 2020 | 55 mins 55 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
11:FS's David Brear, Simon Taylor, Sarah Kocianski and Benjamin Ensor come together to talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial services industry.
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419. News: Fintechs step up to distribute relief funding
April 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
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: Starling and OakNorth join coronavirus loan programme, US fintechs to help distribute coronavirus aid, and a women-only neobank is coming to Brazil.
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418. Insights: Coronavirus and the impact on SME Financing
April 17th, 2020 | 48 mins 5 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this highly topical episode, Sarah Kocianski and Simon Taylor, dig into the impact COVID-19 is having on SME financing, and their access to government funding. They are joined by expert guests from Coconut, Quotevine and 1pm PLC.
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417. News: SoFi snaps up Galileo for $1.2b
April 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: SoFI's $1.2bn takeover of Galileo; Kabbage cuts off its funding and the FCA allow selfies as ID.
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410. After Dark 11 - Four fintech debates and a rant bucket
March 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 8 mins
11:fs, after dark, banking news, financial services, fintech
In a very special edition of Fintech Insider, we bring you the 11th instalment of After Dark, recorded live in London! Returning to our roots, the original 11:FS crew take the stage to talk about some of the most interesting fintech stories of late and have a little rant about the latest fintech trends and topics.
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404. Insights: Bank earnings: is the competitive tide turning?
February 28th, 2020 | 52 mins 59 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about big banks' earnings. Guests on today's show are Sharon Kimathi, Editor at Fintech Futures and Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK.
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401. News: N26 closes UK accounts, blaming Brexit
February 17th, 2020 | 49 mins 40 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: N26 is leaving the UK in April, Starling snatches up new funding, and Credit Suisse stuck in spying scandal.
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392. Insights: VC Roundtable: What makes a good fintech investment?
January 17th, 2020 | 50 mins 45 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor is hosting solo this week and is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of fintech VC investment.
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391. News: Singapore's big tech banking battlefield
January 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Simon Taylor are hosting again this week and are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Bids begin for Singapore’s digital banking licences, UK banks weather New Years crashes and RBS turns to influencers to publicise Bo.
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386. Bloopers 2019
December 27th, 2019 | 5 mins 51 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Season's greetings from 11:FS to all our listeners! Today we bring you a festive hamper of outtakes from our past year of podcasting!
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385. News: Does anyone trust banks anymore?
December 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: RBS to pay £40 million for foreign exchange rigging, WeLab raises $156 million ahead of virtual bank launch, and MasterCard launches mobile gift card ahead of Christmas. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!