540. News: Why are American behemoths buying European fintechs?

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540. News: Why are American behemoths buying European fintechs?

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Adam Davis and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: JPM Chase acquiring Nutmeg to help them launch a British digital banking service, Mollie’s new funding pushing them to a €5.4bn valuation, and brings a challenge to Stripe in the European payments space, and last but not least, we have a small announcement of our own. All of this and much more on today's episode!

Our expert hosts, Adam Davis and Simon Taylor, 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:

  • Shane Happach, CEO Mollie
  • Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News

Soundbites:

  • Anna Irrera, Chief Fintech Correspondent, Reuters

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

  • JPMorgan buys investment platform Nutmeg in UK retail push 1:43
  • Mollie’s Series C funding round puts it in the top 5 most valuable European startups, and top 20 worldwide 13:25
  • AML regulations driving up compliance costs across UK 29:26
  • Revolut's results show a “bumper year” as revenues grow… but so do losses 39:15
  • 11:FS Foundry, the Financial Service Operating System built by 11:FS, has today released its first drop, 11:Money 50:32
  • YES Bank launches musical logo 55:06

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Special Guests: Anna Irrera, Emily Nicolle, and Shane Happach.

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