877. News: Nala raises $40M to expand, and does Australian open banking need to go back to the drawing board?

Join hosts Laura Watkins, Kate Moody and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week.

Topics covered include: Nala raises $40M to expand their B2B offering, Deutsche Bank launches a €500 million social bond to boost sustainable finance, Index Ventures raises $2.3 billion to chase AI breakthroughs, and whether Australian open banking needs to go back to the drawing board.

This week's guests:

1. Simone Joyce - Founder and CEO of Paypa Plane  
2. Benjamin Fernandes - Founder and CEO of Nala

Plus a soundclip from

1. James Allen - CEO of Zing

Stories covered on the show:

Nala to use $40m Series A to build B2B payments platform & scale remittances services

Deutsche Bank launches €500 million social bond to boost sustainable finance

Australian Banking Association says Open banking rules need new pathway forward

Index Ventures raises $2.3bn to chase AI breakthroughs

California now forces credit cards to assign special code to gun stores as 16 states ban it

HSBC partners with Visa to develop international money app Zing 

Banco Santander and Google launch free AI course

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