592. News: Anne Boden comments anger fintech bosses and Tencent invests in Monzo

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi , 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: Abba Newbery, Chief Marketing Officer, Habito Wiza Jalakasi, VP, Developer Relations, Chipper Cash We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation 2:57 Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo 15:16 Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary 27:03 Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained 37:39 ING announces exit from French retail banking market 49:41 Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn WeLab To Enter Increasingly Crowded Indonesian Digital Banking Market 50:56 Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital raises $1.15B 52:30 BlackBerry: End of an era as company pulls plug on iconic handsets 53:50 This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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: Abba Newbery and Wiza Jalakasi. Links: Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained ING announces exit from French retail banking market Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn WeLab To Enter Increasingly Crowded Indonesian Digital Banking Market Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital raises $1.15B BlackBerry: End of an era as company pulls plug on iconic handsets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices