News: Is Klarna a reality check for fintech IPO hopes?

News: Is Klarna a reality check for fintech IPO hopes?

1:07:41 Mar 2, 2026
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About this episode: Host David M. Brear, CEO of 11:FS, is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week. This week's guests: Joe Colchester, Head of Product, 11:FS Pulse Aditi Subbarao, Financial Services for Snowflake Albert Malikov, Founder and CEO of Stacks Stories/timestamps: Intro - (00:01) Stacks Raises $23 Million to Reinvent Finance Operations With Agentic AI - (08:28) Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments - (27:19) Buy now, sell off later. Where did Klarna’s IPO go wrong? - (38:39) Chase to open 160 branches in 2026 - (46:57) Allica Bank hits unicorn status - (58:23) JPMorgan Opened a Bar for Employees. If Only They Could Get In - (59:43) Listen to our interview with Allica Bank CEO Richard Davies Support our sponsors: Use code FINTECHINSIDER at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/fintechinsider -- Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to nordvpn.com/fintechinsider to get a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 additional months on top! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Links to check out: ????After Dark tickets???? Join our WhatsApp community, where you can get the inside track on all all things 11:FS, as well as having your say on the things we should be paying attention to. ???????????????????https://chat.whatsapp.com/KpA4gFbbWDlLFm7kx39raf?????? About Fi
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