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Mar 2, 2021 • 26min

Did social media 'manipulate' GameStop?

Emory law professor Kristin Johnson joins former Commodity Futures Trading Commission general counsel Patrick McCarty and Columbia University’s Josh Mitts to talk about fairness, hedge funds and social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 23, 2021 • 18min

Kyckr gives the scoop on anti-money laundering compliance

Kyckr CEO Ian Henderson joins Chris Brummer to share the company's latest report canvasing where anti-money laundering enforcement has taken off and why. Plus: Do local authorities tend to target international companies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 16, 2021 • 35min

Silicon Valley Bank on financing startups, ESG and the future of risk

Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker and top lawyer Michael Zuckert join Fintech Beat along with Kate Waldock and YeshaYadav to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most influential banks in the innovation economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 9, 2021 • 36min

Encore: The Bank for International Settlements tackles Central Bank Digital Currencies

In this episode we first ran last year, Chris Brummer talks with Benoit Cœuré, the fintech lead at the Bank for International Settlements, about how the organization’s role has evolved along with the very definition of money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 2, 2021 • 24min

Tackling bias with math and Zest

Fintech Beat talks with Zest AI's top executives to learn about the role of machine learning software in credit underwriting and whether better math can lead to better outcomes when it comes to tackling racial bias in lending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 26, 2021 • 28min

Ben Mezrich on the Winklevoss twins and Bitcoin

Amias Gerety interviews Ben Mezrich, author of the nonfiction account on which the movie "The Social Network" was based, about his latest book on Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' foray into Bitcoin and his opinion on the cryptocurrency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 18, 2021 • 34min

MLK Day Special: Coinbase and race

On this MLK Holiday, Fintech Beat welcomes Paul Butler, Cleve Mesidor, Kathryn Judge, and Robert Greenfield to talk about Coinbase, its controversial policies on race and political engagement, and the possible implications for its IPO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 12, 2021 • 34min

Making fintech flourish

Emmalyn Shaw, the Managing Partner at Flourish, the socially-minded VC fund founded by Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar, joins the podcast to talk fintech in our latest investor interview with Amias Gerety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 22, 2020 • 27min

Fintech’s futures past

Famed venture capitalist Matt Harris joins Amias Gerety to discuss how important it is to understand fintech’s past if one wishes to invest in its future — and how another pandemic first ignited digital payments nearly two decades before COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 15, 2020 • 32min

All you need to know about Ant Group (and its cancelled IPO)

Hong Kong University professor Douglas Arner joins the Fintech Beat podcast to talk about the origins of Ant Group, its regulatory shortcomings in the Chinese financial system, and when he expects to see an IPO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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