Category : Podcast

News & Views | Episode 182: Fintech in Scotland & FV Bank Stablecoin Capabilities

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about fintech continuing to boom in Scotland and FV Bank users now being able to convert PayPal USD into USD in real-time as the digital bank expands its stablecoin capabilities. The conversation started...

News & Views | Episode 180: UK Neobank Rise & Inclusivity Within Banking Services

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News& Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about UK neobanks edging out traditional legacy banks in app downloads, according to a recent study by global software company SplitMetrics and explore whether enough is being done regarding inclusivity within banking services. The...

News & Views | Episode 179: LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Ryanair TrueLayer Integration

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, the trust management and compliance platform, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about some of the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ professionals in the workplace & Ryanair integrating TrueLayer to offer customers Pay By Bank at checkout. For the final...

News & Views | Episode 178: Combatting First-Party Fraud & GenZ Borrowing

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about TransUnion revealing firms are still battling against first-party fraud & Gen Z increasingly borrowing to survive, with many relying on loans from the ‘bank of mum and dad’. Polly kicked off the conversation this week...

News & Views | Episode 177: Eligibiles New Conversations & Future of Digital Economy

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Eligible launching ‘Conversations’, a new product helping mortgage lenders engage borrowers and ensure they are making informed decisions & where the future of the digital economy may be heading as Checkout.com reveals early Generation Alpha...

News & Views | Episode 176: Smarter Than Scams & 2025 Identity Fraud Report

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about The Financial Technology Association launching its annual campaign, ‘Smarter Than Scams’ and The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute’s ‘2025 Identity Fraud Report’, which found that attacks involving deepfakes happened every five minutes in 2024. Down to two...

News & Views | Episode 175: 2024 Wealthtechs, Financial Literacy & Virgin Money Mobiliser Fund

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team discuss experts’ thoughts on wealthtechs they are most excited about, Vault22 launching in South Africa with the goal of improving financial literacy and Virgin Money‘s new mobiliser fund. For the first time, in what feels like a...

News & Views | Episode 174: Mastercard Pay Local and Affirm UK Launch

Dominic Brough
On this week’s episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speaks about Mastercard Pay Local, which makes it easy for customers to use local digital wallets and make card payments to merchants, and why Affirm, a responsible credit provider, has officially launched in the UK. After a short break, the News &...