🦄 New fintech unicorn alert! UK SME lender Allica Bank has hit a $1bn valuation following its latest Series D fundraise. An incredible achievement for the entire team at Allica - and a much-needed dose of good news for UK fintech. CEO Richard Davies and the whole team at Allica are friends of ours (we even have the orange bowler hat on display in our podcast studio to prove it!). Last year, David M. Brear sat down with Richard to discuss what it’s like running the UK's fastest-growing fintech. 🎧 Listen to the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/erDFkDTh
11:FS
Financial Services
London, England 58,271 followers
Digital financial services are only 1% finished, and we've built the team who will shape the future.
About us
At 11:FS, we don’t just talk digital - we make it happen. We're building truly digital financial services by partnering with bold teams to take them from market insights to real-world products. Whether you're an incumbent innovating or a startup breaking new ground, we bring the strategy, research, design, and delivery to make it real. Less talk, more impact. Proud winners of the British Bank Award for Consultancy of the Year - five times and counting. We are also the creators of the world-famous Fintech Insider podcast, a bi-weekly show about all things fintech and financial services, which has been dowloaded over 25 million times in 180 countries.
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http://11fs.com
External link for 11:FS
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Banking, FinTech, Strategy, Insurance, Research, Benchmarking, Startups, Blockchain, Core Banking, Service Design, Podcast, Consulting, Design, Engineering, Product Design, and Product Management
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9 Appold Street
London, England EC2A 2EZ, GB
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"Proximity to salary is critical if you want to ‘own’ multiple parts of a customer’s financial world." Following the recent news of Stream's $90 million Series D funding round, Kate Moody decided to dive deeper into the ongoing battle between banks and fintechs to "win" the salaries of their customers. The challenge? The establishment of mobile banking and the rise of digital challengers has created a new - fragmented - normal. Read the full article now: https://lnkd.in/eUzv8bJB
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🎤 That's another Open Mic Night in the books! Thank you to everyone who joined us in London last night and took part in the conversation. There really is nothing like bringing the best community in financial services together. We covered all things AI, wealth, and product, diving into some of the insights uncovered in the 2026 11:FS Pulse Report, and people certainly weren't pulling their punches. And finally, thank you to our awesome hosts on the night Benjamin Ensor and Joe Colchester!
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🧠 How do you build a high-performance product team in 2026? On this week’s Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by a panel of experienced product leaders to unpack what it really takes to build - and scale - a product team that delivers. 🎙️ Melissa Stringer - Product Lead, 11:FS Ventures 🎙️ Alexandra Rivas-Gale - Director of Product, LHV 🎙️Nicole Bianchi - Senior VP of Product, Chip – your wealth app Together, they discuss: 🧭 What a product manager actually does - and how that’s evolving 🧩 How to structure multidisciplinary teams for scale 🤖 The role of data, AI and tooling in driving performance 📈 How to balance strategy, delivery and innovation 🎧 Listen now on all major podcast platforms!
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New characters unlocked 🎮 After Dark is just a few short weeks away - and it’s time to reveal who’s stepping onto the Village Underground stage. Joining David M. Brear and Ross Gallagher are three leaders shaping the future of financial services: 🕹️ Helen Bierton - Chief Digital Officer, Consumer Relationships, Lloyds Banking Group 🕹️ Clément Salaün - CTO & Co-Founder, Formance 🕹️ Julie Sutton - Head of Growth, Europe, Paymentology It’s all happening at London’s Village Underground on Tuesday 17th March. 🎟 Press start on your free ticket: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gMkknChh This edition is sponsored by Formance, Paymentology, and Backbase.
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Business leaders are losing a month every year to fraud. Payabl’s latest research shows fraud isn’t just rising - it’s reshaping leadership priorities. Breno Oliveira, CPO at payabl., explains why unifying data across ecosystems - and using AI against AI - is key to fighting fraud without adding checkout friction. 🎧 From this week's Fintech Insider News - out now!
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Two days to go until our first event of 2026! 🎤 Open Mic Night is your chance to grab the mic and tell us what we should all be paying attention to in financial services. This edition is an 11:FS Pulse special, diving into the product trends set to shape the industry in 2026 and beyond. 📍Shoreditch, London 📅 Wednesday 25 February 🍸 Free drinks + bar snacks 🤝 Pre and post event networking 🎙 Hosted by Fintech Insiders’ Benjamin Ensor and Joe Colchester Last remaining tickets here → https://lnkd.in/gxYMeE7u
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💳 UK banks seek alternatives to Visa and Mastercard amid Trump fears 📈 Global fintech investment rebounds in 2025 🚨 Business leaders lose a month to fraud each year, according to research from Payabl All this and more on this week’s Fintech Insider News - out now! Host Ross Gallagher is joined by: 🎙️ Sophie Condie – CEO of Shieldpay 🎙️ Samantha Emery – FS Executive and NED 🎙️ Breno Oliveira – Chief Product Officer at payabl. 🎧 Listen now on all major podcast platforms!
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We’re just under a month out from the next After Dark - a live recording of Fintech Insider News, live at Village Underground. Big announcement coming next week 👀 Beat the rush and sign up now! 👉 https://lnkd.in/exMhMA-r
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Missed Finovate Europe this year? No need to worry, Ollie Sebley is here to round up his main takeaways from the talks, demos, and conversations that happened at this year's event. Spoiler: they feature AI... https://lnkd.in/e_ziYDbS