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Nov 2024
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915. News: LATAM fintech is booming, Met...

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Join hosts Laura Watkins and Benjamin Ensor alongside some great guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week.


Topics covered include: a LATAM fintech roundup featuring news from Nubank, Ualá, and Tako; Klarna announcing plans to IPO in the US; UK SME lending fintech iwoca raising £200M in funding; Metro Bank facing a substantial fine; and GoHenry advocating for improved financial education for children in schools.


This week's guests:

  • Miguel Armaza - Co-Founder and General Partner at Gilgamesh Ventures & Fintech Leaders Podcast Host 
  • Valentina Kristensen - Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth


With soundclips from:

  • Mark Di-Toro - Strategic Communications Director at iwoca
  • David M. Brear - Group CEO at 11:FS


Stories covered on the show:

Nubank reaches 100m customers in Brazil alone

Argentine star fintech Ualá wins fresh funding round from Allianz and Alan Howard

Brazilian fintech Tako emerges from stealth with seed round led by a16z and Ribbit Capita

Klarna files for IPO in the United States

SME lender iwoca secures new £200m funding led by Citi, increasing investment into the business to almost £1.5bn

Metrobank fined £16 million by city watchdog for poor money laundering controls

GoHenry urges government to make financial education compulsory in all schools at parliamentary reception

Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple

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