373. News: Robinhood's 'free money' glitch

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373. News: Robinhood's 'free money' glitch

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Leda Glyptis and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Robinhood traders find “infinite leverage” glitch, Digital banks grow as fintech funding slows and Westpac announces banking-as-a-service platform! All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!

Our expert hosts, Leda Glyptis and Adam Davis 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:

  • Jasper Martens - CMO at PensionBee
  • Francesca Carlesi - Co-founder and CEO at Molo Finance
  • Ryan Edwards-Pritchard - Fintech nomad and friend of the show

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

  • MPs urge refunds for victims of bank transfer fraud (01:51)
  • Robinhood traders find “infinite leverage” glitch (10:51)
  • Freetrade closes $15M in Series A funding (16:24)
  • Digital banks grow as fintech funding slows (23:18)
  • Westpac announces banking-as-a-service platform (32:22)
  • Goldman Sachs leads $50M round for credit card platform (40:35)
  • M&S teams with Clearpay on “buy now, pay later” option (49:58)
  • The London Mint will give out historic threepence pieces for free (56:35)

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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, Jason Bates, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Adam Davis, Francesca Carlesi, Jasper Martens, and Ryan Edwards-Pritchard.

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