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
Jan 4, 2022 • 27min
Encore: Why does crypto love Twitter?
Lana Swartz discusses cryptotwitter and her book “New Money: How Payments Became Social Media". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2021 • 24min
The fintech job market for 2022
Executive recruiter David Richardson joins the podcast to talk about where the fintech jobs will be in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2021 • 26min
Why the FTC matters for fintech
Duane Pozza, a former top FTC consumer protection official, explains where unexpected regulatory risk may lurk for privacy, competition, and crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 7, 2021 • 26min
What Circle Impact means for crypto's inclusion conversation
Circle's Dante Disparte breaks down the company's inclusion plans and how the stablecoin giant is aiming to reshape crypto's conversation with minority banks, HBCUs and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2021 • 35min
D-Cash: How the Eastern Caribbean created one of the first CBDCs
Timothy Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, shares how the central bank launched one of the world's first central bank digital currencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2021 • 36min
Encore: Bank charters, fintech charters, and crypto
Michele Alt, Dan Awrey and Caitlin Long provide an overview of the world of bank charters and fintech charters — and what they mean for crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 31min
The Fintech Weeks of 2021
Conan French, senior advisor at the Institute of International Finance, sits down with Fintech Beat to talk about the major regulatory themes and developments in the IIF, IMF, World Bank, and DC Fintech Week conferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 2, 2021 • 30min
Minority banks and the technology stack
Nicole Elam, CEO of the National Bankers Association, and Larry Parks discuss what digital transformation looks like for minority-owned and rural banks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2021 • 23min
China's Mu Changchun on the digital yuan
Mu Changchun, director-general of China's central bank digital currency project, talks about the country's "wait and see" innovation path and the design of the digital yuan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 27min
Encore: Fintech’s free will
Jenny Xia Spradling, the co-founder of Free Will, recounts her journey, why she walked away from her first startup, and how her new big venture has enabled over $1 billion of donations to nonprofits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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