Fintech Beat
Welcome to Fintech Beat, the intersection of finance, technology, policy and regulation. Each episode features the latest trends, movers and shakers, ideas and policies in financial technology. Host Chris Brummer, a Georgetown law professor and world-renowned fintech expert, partners with the CQ Roll Call newsroom — Washington's leader for nonpartisan legislative and regulatory analysis — to bring insights that make this a must listen for anyone interested in finance.
Latest episodes
Jul 21, 2020 • 42min
Cryptodollars vs. Digital Dollars
Nic Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures, and Fennie Wang, the former associate general counsel of MakerDao, discuss and debate the value of stablecoins and what they mean for central bank digital currencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2020 • 22min
Fintech goes Public
Jannick Malling, the CEO of Public, a social investing app backed by the likes of Will Smith and JJ Watt, explains how platform technologies are transforming the "experience" of investing for millennials. Plus, how the company won international plaudits for its decision to block its customers from participating in Hertz’s troubled $1 billion stock offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30, 2020 • 32min
Brian Brooks on the Community Reinvestment Act—and fintech
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks offers his first interview in response to the vote by the House to overturn his agency's change in community reinvestment rules for banks. Plus: a discussion about how internet banks being held to the same commitments to low-income communities as brick-and-mortar financial institutions can help tackle inequality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2020 • 36min
The Bank for International Settlements tackles Central Bank Digital Currencies
Benoît Cœuré, the fintech lead at the Bank for International Settlements - the global “Central Bank for Central Banks” - offers the first interview concerning its highly anticipated annual economic report, and discusses how the organization’s role has evolved along with the very definition of money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2020 • 24min
Is fintech the future of the internet?
Fintech Beat sits down with Stefan Thomas, the CEO of Coil, to talk about why the internet is becoming “centralized” — and how upgrading the internet’s payment structure could revolutionize how it operates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 9, 2020 • 30min
NY’s top financial regulator talks justice — and launches “DFS FastForward”, Ep. 54
Linda Lacewell, New York’s top financial regulator, joins Fintech Beat to provide an insider’s account of the state’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and the George Floyd protests — and breaks news to announce the New York State Department of Financial Services’ “Fast Forward” program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 2, 2020 • 25min
Banking on women and the underserved during COVID-19, Ep. 53
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, the CEO of Women's World Banking, joins Fintech Beat to discuss the ins and outs of the multibillion-dollar microfinance sector, what happens when microfinance firms become banks, and how COVID-19 could end up revolutionizing how low-income women access capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 27min
The futures of Ether, Ep. 52
ErisX CEO Tom Chippas discusses his firm’s historic, first-ever launch of ether futures contracts in America — and how ether and bitcoin derivatives can serve very different purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2020 • 32min
Could a CBDC topple the US dollar? Ep. 51
Famed University of California Berkeley economist. Barry Eichengreen joins Fintech Beat to dig into whether a digital Euro or yuan would get the biggest competitive boost vis a vis the US dollar, and whether Libra 2.0 could still pose a systemic risk to the global economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 5, 2020 • 30min
China’s digital yuan gets ready for prime time, Ep. 50
Fintech Beat sits down with the International Monetary Fund’s Sonja Davidovic and Jonathan Kiff to learn about the latest developments with China’s digital currency foray, and how its pilot compares thus far to others around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
