730. News: Is Apple a fintech now?

Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Benjamin Ensor, 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: Nilixa Devlukia, Chair, Open Finance Association Tim Chong, Co-Founder and CEO, Yonder With soundclips from: Alvaro Castillo, Innovation Manager, Caixabank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Apple launches high-yield savings account with Goldman in payments push 6:57 Open banking boost as UK regulators vow to support innovation and consumer protection 20:12 Credit card challenger Yonder scores £62.5m Series A 36:15 CaixaBank rolls out metaverse initiative to promote sustainability 49:45 Actor Ryan Reynolds adds payments company Nuvei to portfolio of business interests 58:08 Game of Thrones stars challenge big banks over fossil fuel links 1:00:40 This episode is sponsored by Blinkist The Blinkist app offers distilled audio content from over 5000 non-fiction books and podcasts, to get bitesized insights in just 15 minutes, across 27 different categories. Go to Blinkist.com/fintech to start your 7-day free trial and get 25% off of a Blinkist Premium membership. And now for a limited time you can even use Blinkist Connect to share your premium account with a friend or partner and get 2 premium subscriptions for the price of one. " 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Alvaro Castillo, Nilixa Devlukia, and Tim Chong. Links: Apple launches high-yield savings account with Goldman in payments push Open banking boost as UK regulators vow to support innovation and consumer protection Credit card challenger Yonder scores £62.5m Series A CaixaBank rolls out metaverse initiative to promote sustainability Actor Ryan Reynolds adds payments company Nuvei to portfolio of business interests Game of Thrones stars challenge big banks over fossil fuel links Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices