442. Insights: Are fintech hubs dead?

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of fintech hubs. Up until now, London has been known as a global fintech hub where talent and business come to work in this booming fintech industry. As we've all gone remote, theoretically we are no longer constrained to offices and industry hotspots, so will the industry spread out more internationally after this? To talk about this, Simon Taylor is joined by a range of amazing guests, dialing in from all over the world: Freddy Kelly - CEO of Credit Kudos Marina Gracias - General Counsel at Varo Money Ned Phillips - CEO of Bambu This podcast is brought to you by Equinix. Equinix is the world's largest data center & colocation provider, enabling fastest application performance, lowest latency and a digital ecosystem for financial services. Its platform of 200+ data centres worldwide protects, connects and empowers the mission-critical infrastructure for over 10,000 businesses. Small business financial services are only 1% finished. Our latest research examines the Jobs to be Done and cultural insights on what US business owners need, and the digital services that will help them meet their goals. Download the research for free by heading to bit.ly/digitalsmb. 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email [email protected]! Special Guests: Freddy Kelly, Marina Gracias, and Ned Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices