About this episode:
Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.
This week's guests:
David Sullivan - Data Director of Starling
Cem Güler, Head of PMO - DenizBank AG
Merusha Naidu - Global Head of Partnerships at Paymentology
Stories/timestamps:
Intro - (00:01)
Starling Launches UK’s First Agentic AI Financial Assistant - (04:14)
EU Proposes Turkey Joins SEPA to Deepen Economic Integration - (17:55)
Paymentology Partners with Chikwama Pay to Launch Africa’s First WhatsApp-Based Neo-Bank - (29:23)
Australian Fintech Sector to be Worth $71 Billion by 2035 - (43:43)
US lawmakers move to ban sports betting on prediction markets - (53:57)
The AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint - (56:40)
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