1098. News: Chime buys Stride Bank, Molten raises £175m, UBS puts AI on the job spec

About this episode:

Host Ross Gallagher - Head of Consulting 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:

Nadia Edwards-Dashti - Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Star

John Reynolds - Fintech reporter at Tech.eu

Jason Mikula - Publisher of Fintech Business Weekly 

Stories/timestamps:

Revolut backer Molten Ventures hits £175M first close of growth fund - (04:06)

Chime to buy nationally chartered Stride Bank⁠ - (⁠20:12)⁠

⁠UBS makes AI proficiency a hiring requirement for junior bankers⁠ - (37:45)

⁠Meta launches Muse AI agent with Plaid integration ⁠- (51:54)

⁠Trump becomes first living US president on a coin in a century⁠ - (54:40)