Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know.This week Liz Lumley, deputy editor for The Banker, and Marie Kemplay, editor for FinReg Specialist, talk about tighter supervision for US banks, restructuring at Commerzbank, the impact of rising interest rates on global economies, the investment fallout from FTX, and the impact of AI on journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Banker’s Asia editor Kimberley Long looks at the issues under discussion at the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Incheon, South Korea, including the real impacts of climate change and the state of the Asia-Pacific economy. Guests:Albert Park, chief economist, Asian Development Bank Seve Paeniu, minister of finance for Tuvalu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know.This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about the legacy of the World Cup in Qatar, the ongoing embrace of crypto by traditional finance – to the annoyance of decentralised finance – the ongoing ‘Banking Saga’ in the US, the trouble with Revolut, and Facebook (or Meta’s?) EU data problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know.This week Barbara Pianese, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long discuss the remarks the European Court of Auditors made towards the European Central Bank, whether European banks are safer than US lenders, and what the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation means for banks.Ms Long is recently back from Korea, where she attended the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank. She tells us about the main topics discussed there.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK-based Shawbrook Bank has partnered with Pega to use low code to transform its unsecured loans process, improving processing time by 75%, saving 1500 hours per month, and improving the customer experience. Liz Lumley sits down with Shawbrook Bank and Pega to discuss the fintech partnership and the benefits of a low code platform.Guests:Steve Morgan, banking industry market lead, PegaRuss Thornton, chief technology officer, Shawbrook Bank Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week, deputy editor Liz Lumley and Middle East and Africa editor John Everington talk about the recent Crypto and Digital Assets Summit, privacy and CBDCs, crypto regulation, African mobile money, and VC in Saudi Arabia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know.This week Liz Lumley, Sam Friend and special guest Brett King, talk about First Republic’s sale to JPMorgan, the rebirth of Deutsche Bank, AI regulation in the EU and the latest announcement from Twitter’s ‘bad boyfriend’. Also, we discuss our new podcast from The Banker – Banking in the shadows with Anita Hawser.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week, deputy editor Liz Lumley and Latin American editor Barbara Pianese talk about high-ranking interviews, what really keeps Latam central bank governors up at night, the ongoing repercussions of ‘The Banking Saga’, the end of the gilded age of start-up culture, and our mutual disappointment with the failure of certain Spacs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first episode focuses on the growing global problem of human trafficking or modern slavery, which the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists' CEO Scott Liles describes as one of the biggest crises of our time. Women and children are being trafficked in growing numbers globally.But what role can financial services play in the identification of suspicious activity linked with human trafficking, and helping victims of trafficking get back on their feet again by providing them with access to financial services?Our guests for this episode are:Craig Timm, US head of AML at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)Caryn Leong, regional AML director for APAC at ACAMS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know.This week Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser talk about what makes a bank, how safe are your deposits, the latest fine directed at the former CIO of TSB Bank and the growing hysteria over CBDCs. While avoiding the tin foil hat, Liz also expresses a surprising interest in ‘swimming pool blue’ cocktails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.