733. News: Super raises $85M and First Republic scrambles to be saved

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733. News: Super raises $85M and First Republic scrambles to be saved

Kate Moody joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Super.com’s $85M raise for a super app for savings; Could First Republic be the next SVB as the US scrambles to save it; and Klarna roll out a suite of AI-enabled personalisation tools for shoppers and merchants.

Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS is 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:

  • Sophie Guibaud, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial & Growth Officer, Fiat Republic and Co Author of the Embedded Finance Book: When Payments Become An Experienc
  • Hussein Fazal, CEO, Super.com
  • Tui Allen, VP of Product at Ampla

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

  • Super.com raises $85m for savings super app
  • Could First Republic be the next SVB? -
  • Shopify launches eCommerce payments tool with help from Israeli fintech Melio
  • More Banks Join European Instant Payments Pilot From End 2023
  • Klarna unveils AI-powered personalised shopping feed

*This episode is sponsored by Thredd
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Find out more at Thredd.com. *

Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher, Benjamin Ensor, and Kate Moody - as well as 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.

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Special Guests: Hussein Fazal, Sophie Guibaud, and Tui Allen.

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