Join hosts Laura Watkins and Benjamin Ensor alongside some great guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week.

Topics covered include: a LATAM fintech roundup featuring news from Nubank, Ualá, and Tako; Klarna announcing plans to IPO in the US; UK SME lending fintech iwoca raising £200M in funding; Metro Bank facing a substantial fine; and GoHenry advocating for improved financial education for children in schools.

This week's guests:
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<li>Miguel Armaza - Co-Founder and General Partner at Gilgamesh Ventures & Fintech Leaders Podcast Host </li>
<li>Valentina Kristensen - Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth</li>
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With soundclips from:
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<li>Mark Di-Toro - Strategic Communications Director at iwoca</li>
<li>David M. Brear - Group CEO at 11:FS</li>
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Stories covered on the show:
<a href="https://international.nubank.com.br/company/nubank-reaches-100-million-customers-in-brazil/#:~:text=S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%2C%20November%2011%2C%202024,already%20reached%20this%20milestone%20globally.">Nubank reaches 100m customers in Brazil alone</a>
<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c3ecfbb1-e621-48c4-b095-45c01bda8d7e">Argentine star fintech Ualá wins fresh funding round from Allianz and Alan Howard</a>
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/brazilian-fintech-tako-emerges-from-stealth-with-sizable-seed-round-led-by-a16z-and-ribbit-capital/">Brazilian fintech Tako emerges from stealth with seed round led by a16z and Ribbit Capita</a>
<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f0dc6df6-41b2-46ba-889f-385f2ca080c4">Klarna files for IPO in the United States</a>
<a href="https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/funding/sme-lender-iwoca-secures-new-200m-funding-led-by-citi-increasing-investment-in-the-business-to-almost-1-5bn/">SME lender iwoca secures new £200m funding led by Citi, increasing investment into the business to almost £1.5bn</a>
<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/metro-bank-fined-16m-by-city-watchdog-13252976">Metrobank fined £16 million by city watchdog for poor money laundering controls</a>
<a href="https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/fintech/gohenry-urges-government-to-make-financial-education-compulsory-in-all-schools-at-parliamentary-reception/">GoHenry urges government to make financial education compulsory in all schools at parliamentary reception </a>
<a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lena-dunham-sam-bankman-fried-movie-apple-a24-michael-lewis-going-infinite-1236207495/">Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple</a>
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Join hosts Laura Watkins and Benjamin Ensor alongside some great guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week. Topics covered include: a LATAM fintech roundup featuring news from Nubank, Ualá, and Tako; Klarna announcing plans to IPO in the US; UK SME lending fintech iwoca raising £200M [&hellip;]