405. News: Is the fintech M&A bubble about to burst?

Will White is in New York and 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:

• Jon Zanoff - Managing Director, TechStars
• Adam Granoff - Senior Vice President of Digital Payments, Mastercard
• Hayden Field - Associate Editor, Entrepreneur Magazine
• Edwina Johnson - Chief Operating Officer, Alloy

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

• Intuit to buy Credit Karma for $7.1 billion (01:36)
• JPMorgan in talks for UK digital bank (09:48)
• Monzo introduces new credit score tool (18:21)
• Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade (23:54)
• Grab raises money amid Gojek merger rumours (30:59)
• Revolut achieves $5.5 billion valuation (35:33)
• From hole-in-the-wall to hotspot (44:48)

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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 into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Adam Granoff , Edwina Johnson , Hayden Field, and Jon Zanoff.

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Links:

• Intuit to buy Credit Karma for $7.1 billion
• JPMorgan in talks for UK digital bank
• Monzo introduces new credit score tool
• Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade
• Grab raises money amid Gojek merger rumours
• Revolut achieves $5.5 billion valuation
• From hole-in-the-wall to hotspot

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