
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

Sep 19, 2022 • 22min
Home Prices and Mortgage Costs: Why the US Housing Regulator is Looking Into Fintech
Jason Cave, Deputy Director of the FHFA talks fintech and what the agency's new office for innovation might mean for mortgage markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 25, 2022 • 24min
Ransomware (and Crypto) 101
Elementus founder Max Galka joins Julian Ha to talk ransomware and crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 27, 2022 • 28min
European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and EU's Peter Kerstens on MICA
Peter Kerstens and Eva Kaili join the podcast to discuss the EU's new rules for crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21, 2022 • 27min
Richard Bookstaber on Fintech, Diversification and the Volatility Paradox
Richard Bookstaber, author of the End of Theory and Demons of Our Own Design, Demystifies Fintech Market Volatility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 12, 2022 • 34min
Blockchains as "Last Mile" Infrastructure in the Global South
Robby Greenfield shares how Umoja Labs are leveraging blockchain-based tools to deliver financial inclusion in Africa and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 6, 2022 • 26min
The "How" of the Global Economy
Author of “The Field Guide to Global Payments, Sophia Goldberg, joins Amias Gerety to answer the age old question: Are payments companies getting paid too much (or too little) for the value they provide? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 29, 2022 • 35min
BIS's Hyun Song Shin on Crypto, CBDCs, and Designing Money
Hyun Song Shin, the BIS economic advisor, joins the show to talk about recent disruptions in crypto markets, and the advantages of CBDCs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 2022 • 25min
Market Swings, Software-Based Investing--and Community Banking
Amias Gerety interviews M1 CEO Brian Barnes on relationship investing and automation in the fintech economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 7, 2022 • 32min
There’s nothing Micro about a Billion Women: Mary Iskenderian on Microfinance
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, the CEO of Women's World Banking, talks about her new book and the opportunities and challenges facing women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 2022 • 32min
Robinhood on Volatility, Regulation, and the New Retail Investor
Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher joins Fintech Beat to talk about what changes in the economy and regulation mean for the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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