I think generally my feeling is that well I used to not believe in quotas quite a lot and I think like I felt like quotas are artificial we should all be married based. But then I started to think about it from you know okay let's use a metaphor think about driving or fastening your seat belts when you're in a car. We have to maybe sometimes enforce things and set some norms before they become really kind of adopted at scale on mass at all of the organizations. So basically the moment when you introduce a little bit of that framework I think it helps massively. The lack of diversity in the board in general comes from the lack of diversity at senior positions of women and senior positions,
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and David Barton-Grimley, 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:
- Irina Chuchkina, Chief Marketing Officer, Thunes
- Natasha Jones, Early-Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- Apple Card has cost Goldman Sachs over $1bn in losses - 5:00
- Cashed-up banks ready to buy UK fintech firms on the cheap in 2023, says VC chief - 18:20
- Women pass 40% mark on European financial services boards but hurdles remain - 31:15
- US tech firms are replacing workers with cheaper talent in Latin America - 42:00
- Revolut is assembling a new team to address its workplace culture - 50:10
- Amazon to widely launch 'Buy with Prime', says offering improved merchant sales - 51:50
- Keep cake away from office, suggests food watchdog head - 54:25
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