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Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

1092. News: Finally, the robots take over: Starling gets smarter, Stripe buys OpenRouter, and Visa and Mastercard unite on agentic payments

Aug 24, 2026 · 58m

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About this episode

Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 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: David Sullivan - Data Director of Starling Stefano Pasquali - Head of Financial Services at Domyn Aditi Subbarao - Financial Services for Snowflake Stories/timestamps: Starling to release weekly ‘Smart tools’ that supercharge money management - (03:19) Stripe agrees $7bn takeover of AI firm OpenRouter - (17:37) Visa and Mastercard back new Agentic Payments Alliance - (29:38) Seoul’s financial watchdog targets AI hallucinations - (45:41) Is £173k government spent on influencers good value? -…