588. News: Seedrs acquired by Republic to fuel European expansion - a podcast by 11:FS

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Tim Heard, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include:
Kirsty Grant, CIO, Seedrs Ruby Hinchliffe, Reporter, FT Adviser
With soundclips from:Lisa Jacobs, CEO of Funding Circle
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:Republic acquires UK’s Seedrs in $100M deal to push into Europe - 2:45
Former TSB CEO launches money-sharing social network Loop - 15:50Wealthsimple quits the UK market - 25:49
Zopa pulls out of P2P consumer lending - 36:25Majority raises $27 million for migrant mobile banking service - 46:12
Funding Circle launches embedded finance solution (soundclip from Lisa Jacobs, CEO of Funding Circle) - 47:35Monzo valuation hits $4.5bn on back of drawing thousands of new customers - 49:00
Harrods agrees buy now pay later tie up with Klarna - 51:14This episode is sponsored by Primer.
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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, who are joined by a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review
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Special Guests: Kirsty Grant and Ruby Hinchliffe.

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