This week Liz Lumley is joined by Prakash Pattni, global managing director for financial services digital transformation at IBM. They discuss the nuances of bank-fintech partnerships, the regulatory challenges to fintech evolution, digital transformation in transaction banking, the massive impact AI will have on all aspects of financial services and how we may be falling out of love with working from home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The driving force of the fintech sector is start-ups. Yet, according to 2020 figures from Deloitte, just 7% globally are fronted by women. In this episode, the women who have taken the step to set up their own companies talk about why they decided to strike out alone, the availability of skilled workers, and the issues they have faced as a woman trying to build a fintech from the ground up. Chapter 1 Muma Sinkala, CEO, KrypiaChapter 2 Nina Mohanty, founder and CEO, Bloom MoneyChapter 3 Ari Horie, founder and CEO, Women’s Startup LabChapter 4 Ife Durosinmi-Etti, founder and CEO, HerconomyChapter 5 Edwina Johnson, head of global, Alloy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Aliya Shibli sit down to discuss the upcoming Sibos event in Toronto, the future of building back Ukraine, the complicated nature of trying to achieve net zero, the political and cultural impact of rising interest rates, fintech’s diversity problem, and Citi’s proposed restructuring. We also say goodbye to the fintech for UK renters — Fronted.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Asia editor Kimberley Long takes over chairing duties to speak with editor Joy Macknight and reporter Aliya Shibli about how optimistic we should feel about sustainable bonds, the potential of Mexico for nearshoring, and HSBC’s new joint venture with Tradeshift. China’s embattled property sector, the end of the Credit Suisse brand, and the need for consumer protections around bitcoin are also up for discussion.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the road at Hightech Payment Systems’ WeMeeting in Morocco, Liz Lumley sits down to listen to the story of the first fully digital bank in Barbados: Sagicor Bank.Guests:Nabil Ibenbrahim, managing director, HPS Trevor Torzsas, managing partner, Torzsas Advisory  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Liz Lumley sits down with Antony Jenkins, founder and CEO of 10x, to talk about the impact that digital transaction projects can have on talent retention, as well as bank/fintech partnerships, the march of AI on financial services, how various governments and banks are responding to the rise in interest rates and their impact on consumers, and what problems central bank digital currencies are really solving.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week The Banker’s deputy editor Liz Lumley, and Virginie O'Shea, founder of Firebrand Research, talk about the continuing drama concerning NatWest and the wider issue of who gets denied a bank account, global ESG guidance, the endgame for Basel III and how Klarna has ditched an open banking brand we never even got to know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former banker Shaun Hayes, author of The Gray Choice, pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud Excel Bank and to profit from illegal insider loans and was sentenced to federal prison in 2018. Today, he talks to Liz Lumley about the ultimate cost of his crimes: his family, friends, freedom, and fortune. He also speaks about ethical (and unethical) business practices, reworking the definition of success, and the cost of stepping into the grey areas of business decision-making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Liz Lumley and Kimberley Long sit down to discuss a recent UK Supreme Court ruling impacting who is responsible in causes of payments and bank fraud, digital asset experiments in Singapore, the state of payments in the US (and UK?), and the ongoing saga of Credit Suisse. They also welcome the eighth oldest bank in the world, the UK’s Coutts, to the world of so-called ‘woke’ politics.Since this episode was recorded, Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest, has resigned from her position. This resignation is related to the issues surrounding Nigel Farage as discussed in this podcast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The EBRD’s chief compliance officer, John Mair, gives us a rare glimpse into how compliance works within a development bank which invests in economies across three continents. He describes his team as the bank’s “spiritual leaders that oversee integrity, reputation risk, and conscience”, and says in order to ensure it makes the best possible recommendations to management, it is important to assume that your decision could be wrong. Confused? Listen to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.