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Recorded in October, this week's episode is with Nigel Verdon- Founder of Railsr (formerly known as Railsbank) who are pioneering something called ‘Embedded finance' - best described as the financial layer of the internet.Founding a startup is stressful, difficult and often painful at times - one of the most important skills of a founder, as many previous guests have said, is resilience.And after going through it once, you would understand if someone never wanted to go through it all again…Nigel, however, has started not one, not two but three businesses - giving him an expert view on the challenges entrepreneurs face at different stages on their journey.We'll talk in this episode about why you need to hire different types of people at different times, the difference between builders and operators & why Fintech may disappear. The topics we discuss in this episode are:Why Nigel rebranded from Railsbank to RailsrWhat is embedded finance?What is the future of FinTech?The future of currency and crypto - the great experiment of Bitcoin.How curiosity drove him to start a THIRD startup.The access to fast finance that embedded finance will power and how it's driving new experiences in sports.Nigel's advice to new entrepreneurs.Nigel's advice to himself aged 25 - don't fail your A-Levels!Deciding to break into FinTech. Jobs of the Future- the biggest learnings on hirings through 3 huge companies.The thesis of Builders and Operators.Giving back to the FinTech ecosystem.Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can up to Jimmy's substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsAlso make sure you subscribe to The Shift- you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Once again thank you to our series partner Octopus Group, a collection of 8 entrepreneurially minded businesses that look to back the people, ideas, and industries that will change the world.

Nigel Verdon is the CEO and co-founder of Railsr (formerly Railsbank) and is a 3x fintech founder and ‘Finance 4 Good' evangelist focused on building great ideas - first with Evolution (exited to BAE Systems), followed by Currency Cloud (exited to Visa), and now with Railsr. This episode of MoneyNeverSleeps is sponsored by SecuriCentrix. SecuriCentrix is a trusted cyber security company with offices in Dublin, Cape Town and London. SecuriCentrix provides expert advisory services, primarily in the finance and fintech industries, with tailored security solutions to fit your specific needs and regulatory challenges. In this episode, Nigel Verdon riffs with Pete Townsend and Eoin Fitzgerald on the foundational experiences that pushed him towards becoming a fintech founder before the word fintech even existed, the rebranding of Railsbank to Railsr, the impact of Railsr's $46mn Series C funding round and spending it on the right things, fintechs as public utilities, Nigel's view on the digital asset market and decentralized finance, and the difference between starting a startup and scaling a startup. LINKS: Follow Nigel Verdon on LinkedIn and learn more about Railsr Follow Railsr on Twitter Episode title inspired by Forever by Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem Amazon Bay (referenced by Nigel Verdon) - 2005 short video narrative written by Sean Park predicting the financial services landscape in the year 2015. Leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify Check out our MoneyNeverSleeps website and email us at info@moneyneversleeps.ie Follow us on Twitter: MoneyNeverSleeps | Pete Townsend | Eoin Fitzgerald --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moneyneversleeps/support

 Before co-founding Railsbank, Nigel was already a successful fintech entrepreneur, having previously founded Evolution and Currency Cloud, which were both sold to well-known publicly listed companies. He brings a wealth of capital markets experience gained at Nomura, Swiss Bank Corp and Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank. Nigel's ambition for Railsbank is to enable the world's most ambitious brands to deliver exceptional embedded finance experiences for their customers. His taste for adventure has taken him to many places, from 17,769 feet up in the Himalayas, to sailing across the world's oceans and flying paragliders over the skies of the UKConnect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

"Build something great, solve a real-world problem, and you'll make money." Nigel Verdon (CEO, Railsbank, a leading embedded finance experience platform) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis. 

In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show our host Alex Theuma is joined by Nigel Verdon, CEO and Co-founder at Railsr, to give us his lessons in growth as a three time entrepreneur.  Nigel shares:

Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast. This podcast episode is sponsored by Contis, the European leader in Banking-as-a-Service. Contis is proud to deliver process-pay, a brand-new standalone processing solution ready to cater for any organisations card processing needs. To find out more visiting www.contis.com today! THE NEWS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS Apple is turning into a fintech company. The company announced several new features for the iPhone's Wallet app at its developers conference Monday that directly compete with products from other fintech companies such as Affirm and PayPal. JUST IN: After raising over $100m from investors since 2016, embedded finance provider Railsbank unveiled a dramatic rebrand at Money20/20 yesterday. “In our fast-moving world of amazing customer experiences, the finance industry has failed to evolve,” said Railsr CEO and co-founder Nigel Verdon. “We've changed our name to Railsr, and we're making finance a phenomenal experience.” ALSO: Citi Group has completed the sale of its Australian consumer banking business to National Australia Bank (NAB). The business, including unsecured lending, residential mortgages, deposits, and wealth, is being transferred to NAB with approximately 800 Citigroup employees. WHAT ABOUT FUNDING ROUNDS AND INVESTMENTS? Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company Kushki has raised $100 million in an extension to its Series B round, more than doubling its valuation to $1.5 billion. Morocco-based WafR has raised $455,000 in its latest funding round. Yabie, a Swedish fintech company, secured €15M at a valuation of €91M in an oversubscribed funding round. VirgoCX has raised $7.95 million in a Series A funding round that will help the firm expand globally and add products and services. Stage is announcing the availability of its first product–flexible plans and packaging–as well as a $5.1 million seed round. Hourly.io has closed in on $27 million in funding. Zippi announced a $16 million (about BRL 82 million) funding round. NymCard raised $22.5M in its latest Funding round.

In this episode, Adam, Ryan, Nigel and Alex look at how Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) has evolved, where it is in the present day and where it is heading. -What percentage of transactions currently use BNPL? -When will the rate of growth for BNPL slow? -How do retailers and providers evolve to meet consumer needs? -How will regulators impact this new financial phenomenon?Timestamps below:- Divergence & convergence? The Bain answer first! (2:36) - Macroeconomic pressures (5:32) - The background of BNPL (6:16) - Credit modules (8:36) - What has led to the rise of BNPL? (10:20)- Effects of consumer experience on change (10:36) - Data analytics team overview (16:02) - Incorporating human psychology into algorithms (19:58) - Merchant benefits (23:06) & (24:07) - BNPLs are becoming platforms (23:47) - Where does BNPL fit in with retailer's payment strategies (27:00) - Where does your biggest cost space sit (29:26) - Generational shifts & future projections for growth (32:22) - Who should be getting into BNPL? (33:53)- Regulators (42:33) Please subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, and leave us a review if you enjoyed the first-ever episode of Deciphered. - You can find Adam Davis here- You can find Ryan Garner here- You can find Nigel Verdon here- You can find Alex Lang here

Nigel Verdon the co-founder & CEO of RailsBank, the world's leading Embedded Finance Experience platform. Nigel has spent decades learning everything there is to know about payments and foreign exchange, first through his experience as an investment banker and subsequently as an entrepreneur of multiple financial start-ups. The serial FinTech founder sat down with James and Hector and opened up on the motivation behind launching RailsBank so soon after his previous success with the now acquired Currencycloud. Nigel went on to explain why founders should always establish some emotional distance between themselves and their ‘baby'. Nigel, a keen rugby fan, also reflected on how sports management informs his approach to being a leader in his business. The trio rounded off the discussion by focusing on the importance of culture and why the role of a CEO centres around knowing when to relinquish control. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

Fintech is a digital business and Covid has helped propel change and adoption. In today's episode we do a deep dive into Embedded Finance Experiences, the next phase of growth for embedded finance with host Brett King and industry leaders and innovators Nigel Verdon, Railsbank, CEO and Co-Founder; Steven McLaughlin, FT Partners, Founder and CEO; and Amit Siwal, Sezzle, CPO EU. Listen as they discuss deeper and richer financial experiences, from their different perspectives, that can seamlessly be part of your brand's customer journey. Consumers are increasingly interested in accessing credit, loans or investment from brands they love and trust, not necessarily tradfi and legacy finance. Listen as these leaders chart the future and figure how you'd like to engage! https://youtu.be/qjwJ-elXHbc

For this episode of Talking Hedge, we were joined by Nigel Verdon, CEO and co-founder of Railsbank, the world's leading Embedded Finance Experience platform. Before Railsbank, Nigel was already a successful fintech entrepreneur, having previously founded Evolution and Currency Cloud, which were both sold to well-known publicly listed companies. We discussed the next stage of embedded finance and the recent announcement from Railsbank of Embedded Finance Experience and what this means for the industry and consumers. We looked at why finance is not about the product but about the experience and more. Hosted by Pritesh Ruparel, CCO of Assure Hedge. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out on future events: https://www.assurehedge.com/hedging-matters/talking-hedge/ --------- HIGH RISK INVESTMENT NOTICE Trading in leveraged financial instruments such as Options or other financial derivatives, carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Investors who make use of these financial products run the risk of substantial capital losses which may exceed your initial deposit. Assure Hedge (UK) Limited makes no claim or warranty regarding either the appropriateness or suitability of these instruments for your purposes whether commercial or otherwise. Assure Hedge (UK) Limited may provide general commentary or educational material available on its website or otherwise, which is not intended as investment advice. You should carefully consider your financial situation and needs and seek independent advice from a duly authorised financial adviser. Assure Hedge (UK) Limited assumes no liability for errors, inaccuracies or omissions; does not warrant the accuracy, completeness of information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. You should read and understand Assure Hedge (UK) Limited's Terms and Conditions prior to taking any further action.

Host Brett King leads us off this week with news and a chat with Nigel Verdon, CEO & Co-Founder, RailsBank. Railsbank has some exciting news for consumers. Thereafter we go back to M2020 and learn from industry leaders. David Reiling, Chairman and CEO, Sunrise Bank, a socially responsible bank, and also host of our NextGen Banker, on trends he's noted at M2020 -- BaaS, Crypto. Real-Time Payments, Identity, Data Privacy, Corporate Responsibility. DEI to name a few. Last, an insightful segment with Matt Wallaert, Head of Behavioral Science at frog on how banks can propel change and adoption with behavioral science. Desire, energy and curiosity are not just for the young and hip, leaders need to to encourage curiosity for change and innovation. All behaviors on table for change. Banks can't afford to NOT mess up. https://youtu.be/79xSEI3jNLg

Nigel Verdon is a three time FinTech founder - in 1996, he founded Evolution (now part of BAE Systems), in 2007, he started Currency Cloud, and in 2016, he began building his latest venture - Railsbank. Railsbank is a global Banking as a Service (BaaS) business that enables any company or brand to become a FinTech. The Railsbank platform enables marketers, product managers, developers, CEOs and founders to prototype, launch and scale financial products super fast through using an open finance platform, operations, regulatory licensing and rich set of simple APIs. Railsbank has raised over $120 million from leading investors including Anthos and Middlegame Ventures. We hope you enjoy the show.

Embedded finance is a relatively new term in fintech but it getting set to revolutionize finance. Today it is relatively easy to add finance functionality either within a financial or non-financial firm. And we are beginning to see large brands embrace financial services as a way to increase engagement with their customers. I think this is a trend that is unstoppable. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Nigel Verdon, the CEO and co-founder of Railsbank. Nigel has deep experience in the fintech space, this is his third fintech company, and he has created Railsbank to make it quick and easy to scale any financial use-case via simple APIs, which are at the heart of embedded finance. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Amy Gavin, 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: Ali Niknam, Founder & CEO, Bunq Nigel Verdon, CEO, Railsbank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Bunq celebrates $228 million funding! 2:40 Railsbank raises $70m in global expansion plans 12:21 NatWest launches carbon footprint tracker for its mobile banking app 26:06 The BuyNowPayLater roundup, starting with: Apple partners Goldman Sachs for BNPL play 35:30 US proptech Better HoldCo has acquired UK mortgage provider Trussle 45:18 NAB invests A$160m in branch revamp 46:38 Tide banking valued at $650m, after securing $100m in funding 48:20 Nude lets couples ‘Team-up' to see each other's savings progress 50:36 This episode is sponsored by Temenos. Temenos is the world's leader in banking software, helping over 3,000 banks serve over 1.2 billion people. Our purpose is to make banking better. Together with our community, we make banks more successful, individuals better banked, and society better served. With our software banks can create more human digital experiences, hyper-efficient business models, and transform their back-office. Our clients are the highest performing banks with cost-income ratios which are twice better than the industry average. Learn more at Temenos.com. (https://go.temenos.com/11fs) This episode is sponsored by Blueshift. Customers expect more from their digital experience and their personal finance is no exception. Blueshift empowers fintech and financial institutions to create secure customer profiles and intentional, relevant experiences for customers. Whether in app, on site, in branch, or anywhere else, Blueshift's SmartHub CDP helps brands like Lending Tree and ClearScore turn data into personalized experiences that increase retention, satisfaction, and revenue. Learn more about the Blueshift at blueshift.com (blueshift.com/11fs). 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 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 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 Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Ali Nikman and Nigel Verdon .

The recent report by Ron Kalifa, for the UK Govt to identify priority areas to support the UK’s Fintech sector and maintain the UK’s global reputation in re, gives us an excellent opportunity to zoom out from that to discuss The Past: why Fintech so successfully started in the UK; The Present: how well the […]

Nigel Verdon is the cofounder and CEO of Railsbank which is an open banking API and platform that gives regulated and un-regulated companies access to global banking. The company has raised over $14 million from top tier investors like Kima, Moneta VC, and Visa to name a few.

Nigel Verdon is the cofounder and CEO of Railsbank which is an open banking API and platform that gives regulated and un-regulated companies access to global banking. The company has raised over $14 million from top tier investors like Kima, Moneta VC, and Visa to name a few.

Simon Taylor hosts this episode and is joined by some great guests to talk about banking as a service with a particular focus on the US market. This week's guests include: Nigel Verdon - CEO of Railsbank Omri Dahan, Chief Revenue Officer at Marqeta Sankaet Pathak, CEO of Synapse Melissa Stringer, Product Lead 11:FS Kicking the discussion off, the panel recaps the market and establishes what banking as a service actually is, what it allows customers to do and how it differs from banking services. Diving deeper, they go on to discuss the reasons why BaaS is so popular in the industry right now and how BaaS operates differently in the US compared to the UK and Europe. Rounding off the discussion, Simon and guests talk about how BaaS is changing businesses and the future of financial services. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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 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 Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Melissa Stringer, Nigel Verdon , Omri Dahan, and Sankaet Pathak.

In episode 37 of the FinTech Australia Podcast Dexter chats with Shaul David, APAC Region Director of Railsbank.Railsbank enables every business to become a fintech. By solving the pain points of infrastructure, regulation, operation and integration, they help founders, CEO's, product managers and marketers at any company or brand prototype, launch and scale any financial product.Founded by Nigel Verdon (Founder of Currency Cloud) and Clive Mitchell, Railsbank set out to make it super simple to access financial services by giving "access to global banking with 5 lines of code".Shaul talks about some of the success stories so far and their plans for Australia.We are super excited to see Railsbank coming to Aus as open banking gains momentum.To find out more go to www.railsbank.comFollow Shaul; https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaul-david-a53262 and Twitter @ShaulDavidUKPS, if you like the show please leave a review, it helps us attract great guests!-------------------This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive SearchYour Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One PeopleThanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comJOIN THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY IN FINTECHThanks To Our Partners FinTech Australia We share a mission to build a strong Fintech community, foster connections and support innovation.Tier One People Advisory Services Helping founders get from seed to series B.

Railsbank is the pioneer and innovator in the global Banking as a Platform (BaaP) sector, enabling banks, businesses and brands to define the future of consumer and SME finance. Currently, Railsbank is live and enabling customers in the UK, Europe, SE Asia and the US. We spoke with their CEO, Nigel Verdon. You can find out more or connect to Nigel on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelverdon/ When you connect tell him you listened to this podcast and all of the others. We would be super grateful if you could take 2 minutes to write a quick review which will help this reach a wider audience and bring some value like hope it's done for you. Use the link below or write a review on iTunes directly: ratethispodcast.com/vineresources.

Nigel Verdon, CEO at Railsbank, on building an open banking and compliance platform for legacy financial institutions requiring programatic API accesses.---The information contained in this podcast is intended for discussion purposes only. It is not a recommendation, offer, or a solicitation for the purchase or sale of a security or any services of Motive Partners. All investing involves risk and there is no guarantee that past performance will be indicative of future results.The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are as of the date of recording, reflect the views and opinions of the persons expressing them, and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Motive Partners. Motive Partners makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information provided and undertakes no obligation to update, amend, or clarify the information in the podcast, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any securities, transactions, or holdings discussed may not represent investments made by Motive Partners. It should not be assumed that securities, transactions, or holdings discussed (if any) were or will be profitable, or that the recommendations or decisions made in the future will be similar or will equal the performance of the securities, transactions, or holdings discussed herein.This podcast may contain forward-looking statements that are based on beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates, and projections about the financial industry, the economy, Motive Partners or Motive Partners' investments. Nothing in the podcast should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, accounting, tax or other professional advice or in connection with any offer or sale of securities.

Aman Ghei is a Principal at Finch Capital, a Venture Capital firm with offices in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.    Nigel Verdon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Railsbank, a banking utility layer giving fintechs access to banking services in five lines of code.    Aman and Nigel are two extremely insightful guys. We explore a range of subjects in today’s conversation, including open banking, proptech, insurtech, platform banking and more.   As always, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or on our website at bankingthefuture.com.   If you like today's show, please subscribe on iTunes, or your podcast platform of choice, and leave us a review. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Aman Ghei and Nigel Verdon.

In this exclusive interview, we talk with Cameron Parry (Chief Executive Officer) Lionsgold Limited (AIM:LION) and ask him why the regulators put a Suspension of Trading in place on the 11th May 2018? He answers shareholders questions and acknowledges that the suspension is not ideal for investors who are locked-in, yet states it is business as usual and Lionsgold will continue to build company value, issue market updates. Cameron Parry will be presenting at Share Talk Investor Evening this weekend along with [@railsbank](https://twitter.com/railsbank?lang=en) CEO & co-founder, Nigel Verdon. This will give investors an opportunity to hear what both companies have planned for the near future.

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Welcome back after a week off last week - our first in a year. Wow. Hope everyone's having some fun this summer.   We've got some amazing guests lined up over the next few months, so stay tuned for that. We're increasingly active in our newsletter lately - if you'd like to be a part of that, you can subscribe on our website at www.bankingthefuture.com.   Today, we've got one for the entrepreneurs. We've had some great episodes with venture capitalists and founders going through the most interesting opportunities their seeing, ideas about areas of fintech ripe for further innovation, startup advice and more.   We're pulling all of that together in one place in a nod to our founder and aspiring founder listeners, of which there are many. A lot of the questions that come up most often in our community are around turning concepts into action. One of our core tenants at Rebank is that its delivery that matters. The discussion and analysis of high level ideas and trends are part of the work that takes place around and in support of execution, but with no action, the reflection is only so relevant.   Today, we hear from a number of past guests, including Michael Kent of Azimo, Steve Lemon of CurrencyCloud, Nigel Verdon of Railsbank, Alex Macpherson of Octopus Ventures, Carolina Brochado of Atomico, Michael Treskow of Eight Roads, Ameya Upadhyay of Omidyar, Charlie Delingpole of ComplyAdvantage and Aman Ghei of Orange Growth Capital.   As always, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or on our website at bankingthefuture.com.   If you like today's show, please subscribe on iTunes, or your podcast platform of choice, and leave us a review.   Please enjoy today's special episode on starting a fintech.

Shaun Weston interviews Nigel Verdon from RailsBank, who talks about the technology and potential behind APIs, London's fintech ecosystem, and mentoring.

Nigel Verdon is the co-founder and CEO of Railsbank, an API-layer connecting fintechs to a wide range of banking and payments services in five lines of code. Nigel is a pillar of the London fintech community. Prior to starting Railsbank, he founded and ran CurrencyCloud, an API-based FX and payments solution, invested as a venture capitalist at Orange Growth Ventures, advised startups in the UK and Europe and traded FX at Nomura and Swiss Bank. Banking-as-a-platform is regularly cited as the next phase of financial services evolution, and Railsbank is operating at the cutting edge of that trend. As always, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or on our website at bankingthefuture.com. If you like today's show, please subscribe on iTunes, or your podcast platform of choice, and leave us a review. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Nigel Verdon.

In this episode Onboarding a FinTech into a bank is expensive, due to acquisition and compliance costs, and the risks that come with different APIs. Railsbank,  which goes live in early 2017, will give banks access to the FinTech world through one API. We talk to Nigel Verdon, CEO and Co-founder of Railsbank, about how his company serves as the glue between FinTechs and banks. Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder Railsbank, @nigelverdon Enjoy the show! If you like what you hear, subscribe, review us on iTunes, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can always email us at fintechinsider@11fs.co.uk The post Ep127 – Giving Banks Fintech Access Through One API appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep127 – Giving Banks FinTech Access Through One API appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode Onboarding a FinTech into a bank is expensive, due to acquisition and compliance costs, and the risks that come with different APIs. Railsbank,  which goes live in early 2017, will give banks access to the FinTech world through one API. We talk to Nigel Verdon, CEO and Co-founder of Railsbank, about how his company serves as the glue between FinTechs and banks. Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder Railsbank, @nigelverdon Enjoy the show! If you like what you hear, subscribe, review us on iTunes, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can always email us at fintechinsider@11fs.co.uk The post Ep127 – Giving Banks Fintech Access Through One API appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep127 – Giving Banks FinTech Access Through One API appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode Are chatbots the last bridge to true AI? Or are we getting excited over nothing? We discuss whether chatbots are ready for primetime, as well as the latest fintech news. Guests this week Sam Maule, Director of Digital & FInTech at NTT DATA Americas @sammaule Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder of Railsbank @nigelverdon Leysa Li, Head of Content at Railsbank @LesyaLi News this week ValueWalk – Future of FinTech [INFOGRAPHIC] – Link Business Insider – Chancellor Philip Hammond says UK is ‘global fintech capital’ as Nutmeg raises £30 million – Link Banking Technology – More branches and jobs to go at Lloyds Banking Group – Link City AM – Most fintech employees don’t value diversity in the workplace – Link Mattermark – AI Is The New New Thing (And It’s Taking Over) – Link Finextra – PayPal sends cash with Siri – Link   HBR – Simple Digital Technologies Can Reduce Health Care Costs – Link Engadet – Twitter expands ‘mute’ and ‘report’ features to combat abuse – Link Why chatbots are the last bridge to true AI – Link Enjoy the show! If you like us, subscribe so you never miss an episode. And we’d love to see you on Facebook. The post Ep122 – I Like Chatbots and I Cannot Lie! appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep122 – I Like Chatbots and I Cannot Lie! appeared first on 11:FS.

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 choice and have now done over $10bn of business) and also partner at OGC Capital – Anglo-Dutch VCs. On LinkedIn Nigel modestly describes himself as: “Broad range of experience from tech guy to trader guy with deep industry experience in capital markets, foreign exchange, international payments and technology.” It's both novel and refreshing to see modesty in the modern world and (as generally) it's massively misplaced.  Nigel has been - on anyone's measure - a colossus in both the #oldFS and #new FS worlds and has now moved into the VC world. He wrote an excellent piece last year entitled So What Is Fintech? which I recall for having been clearly and deeply thought-through - as rare in s-called "social" (selfcast?) media as modesty.  Only having discussed his career journey on this episode with him do I realise what it has taken to achieve that degree of insight and understanding. In this wide-ranging and deeply insightful conversation about the long roots of Fintech we cover a broad range of topics including: - the relevance of Nigel's background in engineering - why spray-painting cars seems to me to be the missing link in FS crises in the past two decades - the influence of Swiss Bank Corp in the '90s on the development of "digital" (ie interweb/private lines) on banking right from the earliest days of the first use of chat in FX in the early 90s.  This chat facility as the origination of the whole "FX price rigging" scandals recently. - the rules of memos and emails (oft-forgotten) - FS as one of the leading examples of using new technology (despite its reputation currently) eg using Steve Jobs Next computers - what was lost by moving from floor-based trading into tech-based trading [a useful counterpoint to current overly simplistic adoration of tech for its own sake]; the role of this as leading to FS crashes, scandals, manipulation - the important of the experience of forming "digital markets" at Dresdner Kleinworts in the noughties; especially for how to handle plain-vanilla, increasingly unprofitable, trading [very pertinent to Fintech today] - the first Fintech and the people in it in that day (and how incredibly influential this diaspora is now) - how visiting a French tobacconist was key to Nigel founding FX Capital Group which later changed name to Currency Cloud (and the importance behind the name change of the strategic repositioning) - the importance of "solving hassle" versus "doing it cheaper" in the growth and sustainable strategic vision for Currency Cloud [Fidor Bank went live with Currency Cloud in two weeks (!)] - what does "transparency" mean - and the very variable standards that folks still label as "transparent" - why P2P was always a weak model for FX (and Nigel's very early conversations with Transferwise and Kantox in re) - the decision-making process around chosing the CEO for Currency Cloud - a tech guy who understand fin? or a fin guy who understand tech? or a total tech guy? - the weaknesses of P2P re lending and borrowing and whether a "P2P 'interbank' market might ever arise" or whether "P2P lending/borrowing firms" will end up "just" being deal originators for more "API-ed" banks - the comparison between an API-ed vision of banking and the iPhone - worth the price of admission alone - "a lot of Fintech misses the importance of safety/trust" - Nigel's view that banks don't get disrupted; the longevity of banks through all sorts of crises - Nigel's family example of ANZ bank; "Fintechs need to work with the banks"; the importance of creating "coincidence of purpose" between Fintechs and banks - what drove Nigel's decision to move into VC; OGC as not from an "investor background" but an operator VC; the various types and flavours of VC firms; where added value can come from