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London Fintech Podcast
Interviews with key players shaping Fintech. Every episode helps you stay ahead as technology and regulation change how money moves and financial services are built, so you don't have to spend hours researching every development yourself. Every other Thursday, Tony Clark brings you a focused conversation about one important shift in FinTech: what is happening, what it means and whether it will last. You finish each episode knowing what deserves your attention and what doesn’t. The London…
Episodes
London Fintech PodcastLFP068 – The London Fintech Podcast’s 2016 Highlights and 2017 Awards
Happy New Year boys and girls
London Fintech PodcastLFP067 – Rethinking Banking: Marketplaces and App-Only Banks with Tom Blomfield CEO Monzo Bank
Reformation or refactoring of banking is the Holy Grail of the Fintech Revolution. Do that and the revolution is a big deal. Get nowhere near and its all…
London Fintech PodcastLFP066 – Solving Fintech’s Profitability Problem with Bob Jones CEO & Founder Blue Motor Finance
2016 is the year Fintech realised it had to aim for making a profit. Very few do and for the tiny handful that do its mostly “minimal”. Solving this problem is…
London Fintech PodcastLFP065 – Special Episode! Creating Society – Policy, Regulation & FS with Lord Turner former Chairman of the FSA
Everything exists in a context. FS is a social construct that has differed massively over time and space, always existing in a context of Policy and…
London Fintech PodcastLFP064 – P2P in the US, China and UK with Peter Renton
After organising nearly 1,000 folks in the O2 for Europe’s largest P2P conference ever I managed to grab Peter long enough to have a fascinating tour of the…
London Fintech PodcastLFP063 – Special Episode! A Deep-Dive into AI, Machine Learning, Big Data & FS w/Dr Tristan Fletcher Research Director Thought Machine
I am delighted to be joined today by Dr Tristan Fletcher Research Director at Thought Machine to talk about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in…
London Fintech PodcastLFP062 – “Hard Fail” Provision Funds Revisited with Rhydian Lewis CEO Ratesetter
I am delighted to be joined on the show today once again by Rhydian Lewis CEO at Ratesetter to talk about the ultra-hot topic of provision funds in…
London Fintech PodcastLFP061 – InsureTech the 30,000 Feet Guide with Jonathan Howe UK Insurance Lead at PwC
I am delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Howe UK Insurance lead at Price Waterhouse Coopers. As long time listeners will know I am very reluctant to give…
London Fintech PodcastLFP060 – PSD2 & Open Banking in UK & Europe with Paul Thomalla ACI Worldwide
I’m delighted to be joined by Paul Thomalla expert on the upcoming changes in open-banking, SVP at ACI Worldwide, member of the Payments Strategy Forum (PSF)…
London Fintech PodcastLFP059 – How Smart Pension got 75,000 Fintech Clients in under 2yrs with Will Wynne Co-Founder
I have the pleasure to be joined today by Will Wynne MD and co-founder of Smart Pension who have had the fastest 0-60 of any Fintech that has been on the show…
London Fintech PodcastLFP058 – Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): Tutorial, Bitcoin, Blockchain & Fintech with Laurent Kssis CEC Capital
Today I have the pleasure to be joined today by Laurent Kssis MD of CEC Capital who has worked in the ETF industry for 14years. We’ve spent a few episodes…
London Fintech PodcastLFP057 – Five Reasons Corporate Governance is Essential for Fintech with Geoff Miller CEO Afaafa
I have the pleasure to be joined today by Geoff Miller, CEO of Afaafa and former CEO of GLI Finance which he built from having no presence in AltFi to having…
London Fintech PodcastLFP056 – “Everything You Wanted to Know About Fintech Venture Capital But Were Too Afraid To Ask” with Rob Moffat Partner at Balderton Capital
I am delighted to welcome Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton Capital to dive into the topic of Venture Capital and Fintech. As I aim to present London Fintech in…
London Fintech PodcastLFP055 – How Fintech Could Become Far Greater by Re-Forming FS with Professor John Kay
I am delighted to be joined this week by Professor John Kay – one of the UK’s leading economists and outstanding authority on Financial Services to discuss the…
London Fintech PodcastLFP054 – Special Episode! Do we need Fintech 2.0? What are Brexit’s impacts? with Giles Andrews Zopa Chairman
Less than a week ago the UK voted to leave the EU. This comes against a background of severe problems for listed US marketplace lenders, a worlwide tailing off…
London Fintech PodcastLFP053 – Innovating In P2P with Cormac Leech Co-founder Liberum Alternative Finance
Cormac Leech is co-founder of Liberum Alternative Finance who are a (the?) specialist strategic adviser and development partner to the UK Alternative Finance…
London Fintech PodcastLFP052 – The Realpolitik of Fintech Scaleup with Jon Vollemaere CEO R5FX
This week I am delighted to welcome Jon Vollemaere CEO of R5FX to talk about the realpolitik of Fintech Scaleups, Asia Fintech and how relevant the “Fintech”…
London Fintech PodcastLFP051 – The SME Overdraft Crisis & the Fintech Solution with James Sherwin-Smith CEO Growth Street
This week we dive deep into business overdrafts with James Sherwin-Smith CEO of Growth Street. If you overdrafts sound dull consider the fact that they are the…
London Fintech PodcastLFP050 – Is P2P FX All It’s Cracked Up To Be? With John Booth Founder of Midpoint
Did you know that the world’s first P2P FX firm was formed in 1998 and is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange and cross-listed on the Frankfurt Stock…
London Fintech PodcastLFP049 – Fair & Equal Access to the Payments Infrastructure for Fintechs with Rich Wagner Chairman Emerging Payments Association
I am delighted to welcome Rich Wagner chairman of the Emerging Payments Association to discuss “fair access to the payments network for Fintechs”. The EPA…
London Fintech PodcastLFP048 – A Deep-Dive Into Corporate Venturing & Insurance with Ben Luckett MD Aviva Ventures
What is corporate venturing perchance you ask? One definition is an “internal VC arm of a corporate” – although this hides some major differences with VC per…
London Fintech PodcastLFP047 – The Impacts of the UK IFISA on P2P with Jake Wombwell-Povey CEO Goji
I am delighted to welcome Jake Wombwell-Povey co-founder and CEO of Goji to dive into the fascinating subject of –the Innovative Finance ISA. Goji’s aspiration…
London Fintech PodcastLFP046 – Payments -Theory, Practice & Laughs with Hiroki Takeuchi CEO GoCardless
This week we have a super-clear dive into Fintech Payments companies with Hiroki Takeuchi CEO and co-founder of GoCardless. GoCardless, founded in 2011, are…
London Fintech PodcastLFP045 – A Deep-Dive into APIs with Stephane Dubois CEO Xignite
I am delighted to welcome Stephane Dubois founder and CEO of Xignite on the show to take a deep-dive into APIs which are not only the very Lego building blocks…
London Fintech PodcastLFP044 – How can Fintechs Scaleup, get more Robust yet preserve their Culture? Alex Langridge Director at Digital Recruitment Firm The Up Group
Today I am delighted to welcome Alex Langridge Director of The Up Group on the show to talk about the very hot topic of whether Fintechs can grow up without…
London Fintech PodcastLFP043 – Reality vs Hype in UK Fintech Startups with Ruzbeh Bacha CEO CityFalcon
On London Fintech Podcast episode 43 I am delighted to have Ruzbeh Bacha CEO and founder of CityFalcon on the show. CityFalcon’s mission is to democratise…
London Fintech PodcastLFP042 – Bumper Fun-Packed New Years Show On Fintech & Star Wars, Beer, Media, 2015 review & 2016!
This is London Fintech Podcast episode 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything. Well a bit of everything anyway. And I have the pleasure to be…
London Fintech PodcastLFP041 – The Dataless Desert – Equity Crowdfunding with Rupert Taylor CEO AltFi Data
In a Fintech Era when Big Data is all the rage Equity Crowdfunding rather looks like a very poor relation indeed. Less Small Data even and more No Data. As I…
London Fintech PodcastLFP040 – The 7 Strategies of Banks in Response to the Fintech Revolution with Anna Irrera Financial News
In episode 40 it’s a good time to turn to the response of the banking sector (used here as a proxy for all FS incumbents) to the Fintech revolution – both…
London Fintech PodcastLFP039 – A Deep Dive Into the World of Startup & Small Fintechs with Alexandre Gaillard CEO InvestGlass
In this episode we are taking a break from talking to the biggest players in London Fintech and dive instead into the far more numerous, if lower profile…
London Fintech PodcastLFP038 – Highlights from Lendit 2015 Europes Largest P2P Conference with Peter Renton
I am delighted to be joined by Peter Renton to discuss some key highlights from the Lendit Europe 2015 conference, especially for those of you who weren’t…
London Fintech PodcastLFP037 – Special Episode – Dealing with Crises and The Platform Black Story with John Regan
Platform Black is the UK's second largest invoice discounting marketplace having traded over 2,000 invoices and recently passing the £100m mark. On the show…
London Fintech PodcastLFP036 – The Direct Lending Model with Chris Rieche CEO of iwoca
I am delighted to be joined by Chris Rieche CEO and co-founder of iwoca. Iwoca is a Fintech lender but not a P2P. They raise finance and then can lend it out…
London Fintech PodcastLFP035 – A Deep Dive Into Stress Testing P2P Portfolios with John Goodall Landbay CEO
On the show today I am delighted to be joined by John Goodall CEO and co-founder of Landbay, a member of the P2PFA of leading UK P2P/marketplace lending…
London Fintech PodcastLFP034 – SME Lending in the Fintech Age with Andrew Mullinger Co-Founder of Funding Circle
Funding Circle need no introduction being the heavyweight SME marketplace lender in the UK and the only global player to have a large footprint in both the UK…
London Fintech PodcastLFP033 – A Deep Dive into Legal Risks in Fintech with Jon Segal Partner at Fox Williams
In a world where Fintechs are on a rapid startup-scaleup-mature company growth curve how does legal risk look? In a totally new scene how can we know how well…
London Fintech PodcastLFP032 – International Remittances in the Fintech Age with Alix Murphy WorldRemit
WorldRemit is one of the world’s leaders in the key sector of remittances. Remittances, to cut to the chase, is largely the province of often poor migrant…
London Fintech PodcastLFP031 – Payments & Non-Bank Banking with Rich Wagner CEO Advanced Payment Solutions
I am delighted to be joined by Rich Wagner founder and CEO of Advanced Payment Solutions (APS). In a world where some of the largest Fintechs were formed only…
London Fintech PodcastLFP030 – A Deep Dive into Invoice Financing in the Fintech Age with Anil Stocker CEO MarketInvoice
As this is London Fintech Podcast episode thirty and as it’s a big round number I am especially delighted to be joined by one of the giants of the London…
London Fintech PodcastLFP029 – Secured & Insured Lending/Borrowing with Angus Dent CEO ArchOver
New entrants into Fintech need a twist. ArchOver has an innovative (a word oft used but rarely accurate) and very interesting innovation of combining Credit…
London Fintech PodcastLFP028 – Alternative Finance as an Asset Class with David Stevenson Journalist and Head of the AltFi Empire
David Stevenson is a journalist extraordinaire and writes for a number of leading publications including the Adventurous Investor Column in the FT, the…
London Fintech PodcastLFP027 – Insurance Fintech and Social Insurance with Steven Mendel CEO Bought By Many
Insurance Fintech is something of a dog that doesn't bark much. As Steven Mendel, CEO and founder of Bought By Many a rare example of a successful and…
London Fintech PodcastLFP026 – Special Episode! “The Future of Banking” with Mike Laven CEO Currency Cloud
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Mike Laven CEO of Currency Cloud (who have always been my “Fintech insiders” Fintech of choice). Currency…
London Fintech PodcastLFP025 – Investor-led Equity Crowdfunding – a Deep Dive with Goncalo de Vasconcelos CEO Syndicate Room
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Goncalo de Vasconcelos CEO and founder of Syndicate Room who are one of my must-know-about equity crowdfunding…
London Fintech PodcastLFP024 – Lessons from my 25yrs in Fintech, #oldFS, #newFS and VC with Nigel Verdon Founder of Currency Cloud
I am delighted to be joined on the show today by Nigel Verdon founder and Chairman of Currency Cloud (who have always been my “Fintech insiders” Fintech of…
London Fintech PodcastLFP023 – FX In The Fintech Age with Philippe Gelis CEO Kantox
On this show we have an ideal guest to guide us through "FX in the Fintech Age". Philippe Gelis is the CEO of Kantox a B2B FX Fintech who recently passed the…
London Fintech PodcastLFP022 – 30,000 Feet Overview of Payments with Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion
Having done a few Alternative Finance shows recently it’s important to recall that there is another hardcore Fintech sector that is already changing the world…
London Fintech PodcastLFP021 – Special Episode! Consumer Credit and P2P Deep Dive with Giles Andrews CEO of Zopa
Giles and friends have really set one of the all-time Financial Services innovation high water marks with their invention of P2P – online lending and borrowing…
London Fintech PodcastLFP020 – UK SME Finance Referral Scheme with Conrad Ford CEO of Funding Options
In essence the (prosaically named) “UK SME Finance Referral Scheme” basically means that soon banks wont be able to tell SMEs to bugger-off any more (which was…
London Fintech PodcastLFP019 - Special Episode! P2P - Beyond the Metaphors with Rhydian Lewis CEO Ratesetter
P2P (online lending and borrowing) is plagued by media (old and new) descriptions in terms of what are often just metaphors - "P2P disintermediates banks"…
London Fintech PodcastLFP018 - Special Episode! Equity Crowdfunding Deep Dive with Karen Kerrigan of Seedrs
Equity Crowdfunding is one of the key areas in which the UK has a great lead and so we have a special, longer than usual, episode. I am delighted to be joined…
London Fintech PodcastLFP017 - Innovation Bridge Building between Startups and Incumbents with Samad Masood of Accenture
Innovation may be great but it leads to challenges – for #newFS how to get it out there (I think the “how to do it” is going well right…
London Fintech PodcastLFP016 - New Year’s Special - Behind the Scenes, UK Fintech 2015 and Occupy Fintech!
The New Year is a time of reflection, a time for looking forwards and a time to take stock. So in this light this will be a special, somewhat off-piste episode…
London Fintech PodcastLFP015 - Special Episode! The Amazing Story of US P2P With Peter Renton of Lend Academy
This is a mega-episode Xmas present special for London Fintech Podcast listeners  The world of Fintech has changed forever with this month’s successful…
London Fintech PodcastLFP014 - Lifting the Bonnet on Fintech Accelerators with Nektarios Liolios of Startupbootcamp
In the hot Fintech sector there are few places hotter than being a Fintech in a 3 month accelerator program. But what are they? What’s the inside track?…
London Fintech PodcastLFP013 - Kicking the Tyres of Alt. Finance P2P (Online Lending/Borrowing) with Christian Faes CEO of Lendinvest
For me Alternative Finance is the most exciting sector in Fintech by far in terms of near term impact as competition for the “Old FS” and as choice for…
London Fintech PodcastLFP012 - Gluing Fin & Tech Together, Next Gen Consultancy with Farid Tejani of Ignitr
Like a huge boulder dropped into the middle of a pond the ripples from Fintech spread far and wide and have plenty of implications, opportunities and threats…
London Fintech PodcastLFP011 - 5 Key Challenges to the Success of UK Fintech plc with Dr Louise Beaumont of GLI Finance
GLI FInance’s Platforms The Economist has described the emergence of huge numbers of Fintechs as a Cambrian Explosion. Will this be followed by a Mass…
London Fintech PodcastLFP010 - 3,000 Feet Overview of Alternative Finance with Rupert Taylor of AltFi
Alternative Finance is, in essence, Finance not provided by banks (and in a Fintech context, finance provided by “Fintechs”). As such it is one of…
London Fintech PodcastLFP009 - 12yrs At The Fintech Coal Face with William Lorenz of Kwanji
There are relatively few Fintech Founders/Co-Founders, even less that have done it for over a decade and even less that have formed two consecutive Fintechs. I…