Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nasir Ahmad, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include:
Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank 
Sophie Winwood, Investor, Anthemis
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
Small business lender Allica raises £110m as it quickens growth 3:16
FCA boosts Open Banking by removing 3-month re-authentication requirement 14:38
British Business Bank Finds UK Venture Capital Fund Performance has Increased 27:10
Afterpay releases BNPL for subscription services in the US and Australia 35:55
Thought Machine closes $200M for its cloud native banking SaaS and becomes a unicorn 47:10
India’s Slice becomes unicorn with $220M funding from Tiger Global, Insight Partners and Advent 48:44
Moneybox and Plaid give customers greater control over their finances 50:41
Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster, dies 53:10
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Special Guests: Richard Davies and Sophie Winwood.