Ep250 – If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put A Blockchain On It

In this episode We discuss what a challenger bank really is – drawing a line in the sand for who is and who isn’t in the cool kids club. Alipay seems to be taking over the world through tourism, we discuss how that strategy might be the best route into the west. Debit cards are finding into the hands on children, how do we make sure kids don’t go crazy with (and power) – is this the new way for banks to acquire customers? All this and more on the news this week. Guests Elizabeth Lumley FinTech commentator & Author of girl-disrupted.com Ajit Tripathi, Director, Fintech and Digital Banking at PwC Dave Tonge,  CTO at Moneyhub James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific Fintech Leader at EY Julian Sawyer, COO at Starling Bank Our community contribution was from Nina Mohanty this week (@ninamohanty) News this week Banking Technology – FinTech companies blast banks over PSD2 direct access angst – Link The Telegraph – Upstart Challenger Banks eye consolidation – Link Banking Technology – Deutsche Bank leads charge for pan-industry e-identity platform – Link Bloomberg – Apple Can Thank Alipay for Shopping – Link Global Times – WeChat expands in US, EU – Link MacRumours – Visa and Payments Startup ‘Current’ Launch Debit Card for Kids That Ties to Parental Control App – Link Banking Innovation – Barclays Gives Users Total Control Over Debit in Effort to Stop Card Fraud – Link FT – Aviva chief executive hits out at personal insurance market – Link Recode – Square is rolling out its first debit card – Link Finextra – Starling opens payment services unit – Link Reuters – Top French bank chief attacks no-frills rivals for freeloading – Link The post Ep250 – If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put A Blockchain On It appeared first on 11:FS.