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 139 Episodes.
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381. News: Zopa funding drama
December 9th, 2019 | 52 mins 57 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: Natwest and RBS problems on Black Friday, Goldman puts the brakes on Marcus’ UK expansion and Roger Federer breaks the Swiss mint.
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380. After Dark: A Fintech Christmas Carol
December 6th, 2019 | 1 hr
11:fs, after dark, banking news, financial services, fintech
In this very special edition of Fintech Insider, David Brear, Simon Taylor, Sarah Kocianski and Jason Bates are joined by some great guests at the Revolut HQ for the latest instalment of After Dark. In the spirit of Christmas, join us as we journey through the past, present and future landscape of financial services!
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379. News: Is Goldman Sachs going mass market?
December 2nd, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Simon Taylor and David Brear are joined by a trio of terrific guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Plaid's European expansion, Westpac chief quits amid money laundering scandal and RBS' Bo moo-ves into the market. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!
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375. News: Everything is fintech!
November 18th, 2019 | 52 mins 7 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Sarah Kocianski and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting fintech stories of the last 7 days. This week our stories include: Google's offering of checking accounts, Facebook launches Facebook pay, and HSBC and RBS' new digital banking platforms! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!
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368. News: 2008 throwback special
October 25th, 2019 | 51 mins 1 sec
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
David Brear, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests for this very special throwback episode! Today we are doing the news as if it were 2008, specifically focussing on the news from the week of the financial crash, including: Lehman Brothers files for Bankruptcy, Madoff Jailed over $50bn Fraud and - Note to self: Don’t slag your bank off…...in your online banking password! All this and much much more on today's Fintech Insider News - as if it were 2008!
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364. Interviews: SIBOS 2019 Industry leader special
October 11th, 2019 | 50 mins 24 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
This week we bring you our final interview mashup from SIBOS 2019 at the Excel in London! This week we have the pleasure of bringing you two fantastic interviews with two industry leaders!
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362. Interviews: International deep tech special
October 4th, 2019 | 59 mins 17 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
This week we bring you another interview mashup from SIBOS 2019 at the Excel in London! This week we are focussing on more international companies with a flavour of deep tech and infrastructure.
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361. News: Listen to your customers!
September 30th, 2019 | 59 mins 32 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Leda Glyptis and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests, coming to you straights from SIBOS 2019 in London! Together they cover the most notable news stories from the last 7 days, including: SWIFT’s gpi, Alison Rose is appointed RBS new chief exec and Monzo bins off Monzo Plus! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider.
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357. News: The financial sector’s meltdown
September 16th, 2019 | 58 mins 5 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Banks get taken by surprise by last-minute PPI claims, China’s richest man steps down from Alibaba and N26 Launch in Switzerland, but they do not support Swiss Francs! All this and much more on todays Fintech Insider!
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352. Insights: The future of cross-border payments
August 30th, 2019 | 59 mins 38 secs
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech
Leda Glyptis and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests on this insights show, where we take a deeper look at payments, specifically cross-border payments and where the innovation is coming from in this space.
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349. News: Get rich quick!
August 19th, 2019 | 59 mins 30 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: Remedies Pool C winners are revealed, Goldman Sachs dips into subprime lending with the Apple Card and NatWest trials voice banking with Google Home! All this and so much more on today's Fintech Insider News.
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345. News: This is how you make money.
August 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
11:fs, banking news, financial services, fintech, goldman sachs, lloyds, nubank, rakuten, revolut
Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank’s $400 MILLION mega-round pushes their valuation to $10 billion, US women pay 18% more in banking fees than men and noel edmonds reaches compensation deal with Lloyds over scam! All this, and so much more on today's episode!
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343. News: Trump’s gonna shut this down!
July 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 7 mins
banking news, challenger, financial services, fintech, regulators
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: Robinhood’s 7x unicorn valuation following a new funding round, Alibaba eyes US domination, how do you tally up your gold and so much more!
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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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337. After Dark: FINinTheSun
July 8th, 2019 | 52 mins 24 secs
banking, credit, fintech, libra, regulators
On our latest and greatest instalment of After Dark, Simon, Leda and Jason are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the past week. Including: Why can't big banks and fintech get along? Jaja pays £530M cash to acquire the Bank of Ireland's UK credit card business, Zuckerberg and Libra's world domination looms larger and much more!
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336. Interviews: Money20/20 International Entrepreneurship Special
July 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
entrepreneurship, fintech, money20/20, worldwide
In today's episode, we bring you a series of interviews with some of the most interesting players on the fintech scene, straight from Money20/20 in Amsterdam! Interviews include; Mattias Kroner, formerly of Fidor, Stephen Ufford, CEO of Trulioo, and more!