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
Apr 28, 2020 • 33min
Is Libra 2.0 Good Enough? Ep. 49
Fintech Beat sits down with Cornell University’s Daniel Awrey and Cato’s Diego Zuluaga to debate Facebook’s reforms to the Libra cryptocurrency--and whether consumers and the financial system are safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2020 • 25min
Comparing COVID-19 and fintech in Hong Kong and China, Ep. 48
Fintech Beat talks to internationally renowned University of Hong Kong professor Douglas Arner to understand differences in Big Tech, fintech and digitization in Hong Kong, mainland China and the wider Asia region as countries face the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2020 • 28min
E-commerce, surveillance, and COVID-19 in China, Ep. 47
In this episode, Fintech Beat sits down with Brian Miller, the Connecticut-born CEO of Easy China Warehouse, to talk about the extraordinary responses China took to tackle the coronavirus — and how his mainland company navigated unprecedented uncertainty and restrictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 7, 2020 • 26min
Save that money, Ep. 46
Fintech Beat sits down with Linda Jeng and Dan Gorfine to talk about how online lending, open banking, and a digital dollar—with the right policies—could immediately improve the plight of those affected by the Coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 31, 2020 • 27min
How will fintechs survive a new financial crisis? Ep. 45
Fintech Beat sits down with Jonah Crane to discuss how important (or not) is size in surviving the economic slowdown, and whether firms and customers can transition regulatorily and technologically in time to protect themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 24, 2020 • 21min
Fintech and the coronavirus pandemic, Ep. 44
Fintech Beat sits down with Brookings’ Aaron Klein to talk about the Federal Reserve’s responses to Wall Street’s historic declines, and what the pandemic means for fintech in light of the sector’s strengths--and weaknesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 10, 2020 • 23min
Fintech in the UK after Brexit, Ep. 43
Fintech Beat sits down with Barnabas Reynolds, the highly influential — and pro-Brexit — lawyer and regulatory adviser to discuss the future of fintech in the United Kingdom and which kinds of firms are poised to win, lose and escape unaffected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 3, 2020 • 19min
Crypto, correlation and the coronavirus, Ep. 42
Fintech Beat sits down with Nic Carter, the founding partner of Castle Island Ventures, to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on digital assets, and the lessons the epidemic holds for investors interested in the space. -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 25, 2020 • 15min
Fintech in the Caribbean, Ep. 41
Fintech Beat goes on location to Barbados to ask Avinash Persaud, a professor, investor and regulator, what small countries can do to compete as global financial technology markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 18, 2020 • 28min
Mapping Financial Inclusion, Ep. 40
Financial inclusion is the holy grail of fintech—though what it is, and how it’s delivered, differs dramatically depending on where in the world one lives. Fintech Beat sits down with Citi’s Head of Global Banks Research to talk about why—and how the US measures up when compared to the likes of India, China, Kenya and Nigeria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
