806. News: Alphabet's mega Monzo deal and The Rock's Mighty Oak

Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

This week's guests include:

• Iana Dimitrova, CEO of OpenPayd
• Ralph Rogge, CEO at Crezco

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

• Google's parent company Alphabet are set to invest £300m in UK digital bank Monzo
• Crezco raises £12m and partners with New Zealand tech firm Xero
• Revolut brings bond trading to millions of European customers
• Canadian fintechs are demanding open banking regulation
• US credit card company Petal is looking for a buyer
• China allows Mastercard to offer domestic payment processing
• The Rock and Acorns launch the Might Oak debit card

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Special Guests: Iana Dimitrova and Ralph Rogge.