666. News: After Dark: Credit card companies look to tackle gun control

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Jason Bates, are joined live on stage at the Village Underground in London by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news as part of Fintech Insider: After Dark! This week's guests include: Sarah Kocianski, Independent Fintech Strategy Consultant Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank Anna Irrera, Senior Editor, Crypto, Bloomberg News We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Lease-to-own fintech startup Kafene raises $18M to battle BNPL - 7:15 A new credit card code is a first step toward preventing gun violence, advocates say - 23:00 HSBC opens its account with Monese - 37:30 Jeff Bezos roasted for tweet about his first job at McDonald’s - 50:45 This episode is sponsored by Currencycloud Currencycloud is a cross-border payments platform that enables banks, fintechs and FX brokers to seamlessly collect, convert, hold, and payout in 35 currencies in over 180 countries around the world. We are the invisible pipes that power the payments of over 500 customers. These include some of the world’s leading fintech unicorns such as Revolut, Starling, Standard Bank and Freetrade, processing £7 billion of flow every month. Discover more online at currencycloud.com. This episode is sponsored by Tink As the leading open banking platform, Tink enables the largest banks, lenders and payments providers to offer exceptional user experiences. Tink offers the best way to connect to banks across Europe, to build seamless services that can reach more than 250 million consumers. And they're already doing this for the likes of American Express, PayPal and Revolut. To get started with data-driven solutions for customer onboarding, making better risk decisions, or for instant bank payments with the highest conversion rate in the industry - visit tink.com This episode is sponsored by LinkedIn As you gear up for Autumn, you need the right people on your team to help your small business fire on all cylinders. LinkedIn Jobs is here to make it easier. Tap into the world’s largest professional network with over 30 million people in the UK. Create a job post in minutes, and spread the word so your network can help you find the right people to hire. Just add the purple #Hiring frame to your LinkedIn profile. Simple tools, like screening questions, make it easy to find candidates with just the right skills and experience. It’s why small businesses rate LinkedIn Jobs #1 in delivering quality hires vs leading competitors. LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. And, you can post a job for free. Just visit Linkedin.com/FINTECH (https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/cx/21/01/jobs-single-cta-11-podcast-uk?src=re-pod&trk=fintech&veh=fintech&mcid=6963291076820369422). Terms and conditions apply. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher, Benjamin Ensor, and Kate Moody - as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Anna Irrera, Richard Davies, and Sarah Kocianski.