Ep. 229. News: I wanna make Akoin right now now now

Simon and David sit down with Romi, Megan and Dave to discuss the intriguing and interesting stories from the fintech world this week, including: CYBG buys Virgin Money, Visa's broken switch, and Starling launches joint accounts.

Simon also has a quick interview with Francisco Carvalho Araújo, Product Manager at Monzo to learn all about Monzo Web.

All this and so much more on today's episode of Fintech Insider!

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Special Guests: Dave Cunningham, Francisco Carvalho Araújo, Megan Caywood, and Romi Savova.

Links:

• Virgin Money bought by CYBG for £1.7bn
• Visa’s European outage blamed on ‘very rare’ broken switch
• Square obtains NY State cryptocurrency license | Reuters
• Monzo – Access your account in an emergency with Monzo Web
• RESOLVED: No More Cash Advance Fees For Curve / Tesco Bank Customers - Travel Hacking Tutor
• Brex picks up $57M to build an easy credit card for startups
• Lenders warn buyers are being refused mortgages due to bank statement banter
• Akon launching cryptocurrency called Akoin to help African economy