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Oct 2019
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368. News: 2008 throwback special

11:FS
About this episode

Our expert hosts, David Brear, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the week of the financial crisis in 2008! This week's guests include:

  • Caroline Plumb - CEO Fluidly
  • Nick Ogden, most recently - and excitingly - Founder RTGS

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space from 2008:

  • Lehman Brothers File for Bankruptcy (03:23)
  • Bush Wants Bailout for Banks (08:15)
  • The UK Nationalises Bradford & Bingley… to sell them to Santander (19:58)
  • Stocks Take Record Tumble, Down 777 points (27:27)
  • Bernard Madoff Arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud (36:12)
  • Sale of PPI with Loans ‘To be banned’ (41:04)
  • Man’s ‘Pants’ password is changed (48:10)

Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS.

Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Caroline Plumb and Nick Ogden.

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