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
May 25, 2021 • 21min
Platform gamification, video games and addiction
Therapist and social worker Andrew Fishman joins the show to talk about video games, addictive apps and investing platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 26min
Demystifying DeFi
Rebecca Rettig, the General Counsel of Aave, breaks down open-source, non-custodial protocols, and the operational mechanics of decentralized finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2021 • 24min
The GameStop hearings — and what comes next
Dennis Kelleher, the CEO of Better Markets and point man for investor advocacy in D.C., provides an insider account of the GameStop hearings — and what comes next at the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 4, 2021 • 27min
Singapore’s fintech chief breaks down Partior, its blockchain-based cross-border payments system
Sopnendu Mohanty, Singapore’s fintech chief, breaks down Partior, the “watershed” blockchain-based platform for cross-border payments announced by JPMorgan Chase, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and DBS Group Holdings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2021 • 25min
Crypto custody 101
Ed Nalbantian and Mark Rasmussen join the podcast to compare crypto custody in the EU and US—and whether custodians have to return forked cryptoassets to account holders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2021 • 31min
The fintech jobs market
Executive recruiter David Richardson joins the show to talk about where the fintech jobs are, and what sectors have been most impacted by the industry's explosive growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2021 • 36min
Mapping fintech in Latin America
Venture capitalists Ben Savage and Jonathan Whittle join Korefusion’s Alejandro Gonzalez Sanchez to break down investing in the immense region, and how it differs from the rest of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 6, 2021 • 25min
Why startup employees don’t exercise their stock options
Frederik Mijnhardt, CEO of Secfi, joins Fintech Beat to explain why 80 percent of startup employees don’t exercise their stock options — and what that means for drivers of wealth in the innovation economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2021 • 21min
Encore: The tax man
Tax season is upon us, so Fintech Beat wanted to take the opportunity to look back at an episode with one of the IRS’s top crypto cops to discuss how the agency views crypto and what it does with crypto seizures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2021 • 36min
Non-Fungible Tokens: Hope or hype?
Nic Carter and Amy Luo explain how NFTs work, and what their meteoric rise means for the mainstreaming of blockchain technology and securities law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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