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Apr 7
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951. News: Monzo enters insurance, WeeFi...

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About this episode:

Host David Barton-Grimley is joined by an expert panel of guests as we dive into some of the biggest stories from the worlds of fintech, banking, and wider financial services.


Stories covered on the podcast this week include:

Robinhood is expanding beyond stock trading, introducing wealth management, private banking, and an AI investment tool. UK challenger bank Monzo has launched Contents Insurance. WeeFin, a fintech that helps financial institutions manage their sustainability strategies, has completed a €25m Series B financing round. Hull-based thankyü has launched, claiming to be the first decentralised peer-to-peer tipping platform. OpenAI has raised $40bn in funding, led by SoftBank, valuing the ChatGPT developer at $300bn.


This week's guests:

Andy Smart - CPO of Monzo 

Grégoire Hug - CEO, and Co-Founder of WeeFin

Hannah Duncan - Award-winning freelance journalist 


Plus soundbite from:

Joe Colchester - Head of Product at 11:FS Pulse


Timestamps/stories

Intro - (00:00)

Robinhood moves into wealth management and private banking - (05:57)

Monzo reveals half of renters are unprotected as it launches contents insurance - (16:49)

Sustainability fintech WeeFin raises €25 million - (31:58)

Wearable UK tipping fintech launches - (44:41)

OpenAI raises $40bn in deal with Softbank that values it as $300bn - (54:22)

Big drop in child surgery for swallowed objects - (56:54)

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