This week Liz Lumley is joined by Prakash Pattni, global managing director for financial services digital transformation at IBM. They discuss the nuances of bank-fintech partnerships, the regulatory challenges to fintech evolution, digital transformation in transaction banking, the massive impact AI will have on all aspects of financial services and how we may be falling out of love with working from home. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe n...
Sep 06, 2023•29 min
The driving force of the fintech sector is start-ups. Yet, according to 2020 figures from Deloitte, just 7% globally are fronted by women. In this episode, the women who have taken the step to set up their own companies talk about why they decided to strike out alone, the availability of skilled workers, and the issues they have faced as a woman trying to build a fintech from the ground up. Chapter 1 Muma Sinkala, CEO, Krypia Chapter 2 Nina Mohanty, founder and CEO, Bloom Money Chapter 3 Ari Hor...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 35 min
This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Aliya Shibli sit down to discuss the upcoming Sibos event in Toronto, the future of building back Ukraine, the complicated nature of trying to achieve net zero, the political and cultural impact of rising interest rates, fintech’s diversity problem, and Citi’s proposed restructuring. We also say goodbye to the fintech for UK renters — Fronted. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, o...
Aug 23, 2023•30 min
This week Asia editor Kimberley Long takes over chairing duties to speak with editor Joy Macknight and reporter Aliya Shibli about how optimistic we should feel about sustainable bonds, the potential of Mexico for nearshoring, and HSBC’s new joint venture with Tradeshift. China’s embattled property sector, the end of the Credit Suisse brand, and the need for consumer protections around bitcoin are also up for discussion. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 19...
Aug 16, 2023•26 min
On the road at Hightech Payment Systems’ WeMeeting in Morocco, Liz Lumley sits down to listen to the story of the first fully digital bank in Barbados: Sagicor Bank. Guests : Nabil Ibenbrahim, managing director, HPS Trevor Torzsas, managing partner, Torzsas Advisory The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 10, 2023•12 min
This week Liz Lumley sits down with Antony Jenkins, founder and CEO of 10x, to talk about the impact that digital transaction projects can have on talent retention, as well as bank/fintech partnerships, the march of AI on financial services, how various governments and banks are responding to the rise in interest rates and their impact on consumers, and what problems central bank digital currencies are really solving. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926,...
Aug 09, 2023•32 min
This week The Banker’ s deputy editor Liz Lumley, and Virginie O'Shea, founder of Firebrand Research, talk about the continuing drama concerning NatWest and the wider issue of who gets denied a bank account, global ESG guidance, the endgame for Basel III and how Klarna has ditched an open banking brand we never even got to know. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted on...
Aug 02, 2023•24 min
Former banker Shaun Hayes, author of The Gray Choice, pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud Excel Bank and to profit from illegal insider loans and was sentenced to federal prison in 2018. Today, he talks to Liz Lumley about the ultimate cost of his crimes: his family, friends, freedom, and fortune. He also speaks about ethical (and unethical) business practices, reworking the definition of success, and the cost of stepping into the grey areas of business decision-making. The Ba...
Jul 27, 2023•23 min•Ep. 12
This week Liz Lumley and Kimberley Long sit down to discuss a recent UK Supreme Court ruling impacting who is responsible in causes of payments and bank fraud, digital asset experiments in Singapore, the state of payments in the US (and UK?), and the ongoing saga of Credit Suisse. They also welcome the eighth oldest bank in the world, the UK’s Coutts, to the world of so-called ‘woke’ politics. Since this episode was recorded, Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest, has resigned from her position. This resi...
Jul 26, 2023•28 min
The EBRD’s chief compliance officer, John Mair, gives us a rare glimpse into how compliance works within a development bank which invests in economies across three continents. He describes his team as the bank’s “spiritual leaders that oversee integrity, reputation risk, and conscience”, and says in order to ensure it makes the best possible recommendations to management, it is important to assume that your decision could be wrong. Confused? Listen to find out more. The Banker has been a trusted...
Jul 24, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This week Liz Lumley is joined by Roberta Profeta, associate principal financial services, Elca Advisory where they comment on the upward rise of interest rates and its impact on banks and bank reputations, asking too much from open banking, the complexity of fighting climate change via financing activism, the launch of FedNow in the US, M&A rumours with Monzo and predictable behaviour from Microsoft, the company that just get let go of bundling. As a bonus to this episode, Liz Lumley also s...
Jul 19, 2023•39 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long discuss Chinese banks, UK deposit woes, the recent Mansion House reforms from the UK chancellor, the march of central bank digital currency experiments and Revolut's $20m loss in the US. Meanwhile, we get an update on future podcasts from The Banker Podcast Series. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information sinc...
Jul 12, 2023•28 min
A new report from Fair4All Finance highlights the positive impact of the customer support banks provided during the pandemic and calls for some measures to be re-introduced or modified to help people navigate the rising cost of living. In research conducted with Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Yorkshire Building Society, Fair4All Finance looked at the response of major banks and building societies during Covid-19. The aim was to understand the impact of support measures like payment holi...
Jul 06, 2023•31 min•Ep. 11
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week John Everington and Barbara Pianese discuss the findings of The Banker's Top 1000 World Banks ranking for 2023. The conversation touches on the impact of higher interest rates on the world's largest lenders, how China's banking sector is showing signs of growing maturity, and key growth markets in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America. The Banker has been a trusted source of glo...
Jul 05, 2023•17 min
This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about banking giant HSBC leaving their Canary Wharf skyscraper for more modest digs in the City of London, very close to The Banker’s headquarters. The conversation continues on both the ongoing projects around central bank digital currencies and ISO 20022, as well as the impressive digital transformation journey of Banco Santander. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinio...
Jun 28, 2023•19 min
Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down to discuss this year’s topics at EBADay 2023, including the debate around central bank digital currencies, how innovation is viewed and dealt with at incumbent banks, and why we have been talking about ISO 20022 for over a decade. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 21, 2023•12 min
Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down to discuss all the fintech conferences, HSBC launching Innovation Banking, a16z crypto opening an office in London, the growing maturity of crypto in general, as well as the resignation of Anne Boden as CEO of Starling Bank. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 13, 2023•22 min
In this special episode recorded at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting in Incheon, South Korea, the women working at promoting financial inclusion across Asia, providing support to women-led SMEs, and those working at groundbreaking fintechs give their insights. Chapter 1 Lisette Cipriano, senior technology specialist, finance sector group, sustainable development and climate change department, ADB Chapter 2 Wendy Teleki, head of Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WE-FI) Secretariat, ...
Jun 12, 2023•29 min
We’re more than a year into the war in Ukraine, the EU is on its 10th sanctions package, and the US Treasury Department has imposed more than 2700 sanctions against Russia, more than any country. But are the sanctions working, and what headaches are they causing for banks’ financial crime compliance teams? Guest: Vincent Heintz, regional head of financial crime compliance for Europe and the Americas, Standard Chartered Bank. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information sinc...
Jun 09, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On the road at Money20/20 in Amsterdam, Liz Lumley talks to The Banker contributor Sarah Kocianski about the loss of last year’s darling – BNPL – global fintech funding, regulations and what they wish they could see on stage at this year’s show. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 07, 2023•11 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley, deputy editor for The Banker, and Marie Kemplay, editor for FinReg Specialist, talk about tighter supervision for US banks, restructuring at Commerzbank, the impact of rising interest rates on global economies, the investment fallout from FTX, and the impact of AI on journalism. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe n...
May 31, 2023•20 min
The Banker’s Asia editor Kimberley Long looks at the issues under discussion at the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Incheon, South Korea, including the real impacts of climate change and the state of the Asia-Pacific economy. Guests: Albert Park , chief economist, Asian Development Bank Seve Paeniu , minister of finance for Tuvalu The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking indust...
May 25, 2023•15 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about the legacy of the World Cup in Qatar, the ongoing embrace of crypto by traditional finance – to the annoyance of decentralised finance – the ongoing ‘Banking Saga’ in the US, the trouble with Revolut, and Facebook (or Meta’s?) EU data problems. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to...
May 24, 2023•20 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Barbara Pianese, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long discuss the remarks the European Court of Auditors made towards the European Central Bank, whether European banks are safer than US lenders, and what the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation means for banks. Ms Long is recently back from Korea, where she attended the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank. She tells us a...
May 17, 2023•36 min
UK-based Shawbrook Bank has partnered with Pega to use low code to transform its unsecured loans process, improving processing time by 75%, saving 1500 hours per month, and improving the customer experience. Liz Lumley sits down with Shawbrook Bank and Pega to discuss the fintech partnership and the benefits of a low code platform. Guests: Steve Morgan, banking industry market lead, Pega Russ Thornton, chief technology officer, Shawbrook Bank The Banker has been a trusted source of global bankin...
May 11, 2023•16 min•Ep. 10
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week, deputy editor Liz Lumley and Middle East and Africa editor John Everington talk about the recent Crypto and Digital Assets Summit, privacy and CBDCs, crypto regulation, African mobile money, and VC in Saudi Arabia. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert news, opinion and insight into the banking industry. Hosted...
May 09, 2023•20 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley, Sam Friend and special guest Brett King, talk about First Republic’s sale to JPMorgan, the rebirth of Deutsche Bank, AI regulation in the EU and the latest announcement from Twitter’s ‘bad boyfriend’. Also, we discuss our new podcast from The Banker – Banking in the shadows with Anita Hawser. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 192...
May 03, 2023•19 min
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week, deputy editor Liz Lumley and Latin American editor Barbara Pianese talk about high-ranking interviews, what really keeps Latam central bank governors up at night, the ongoing repercussions of ‘The Banking Saga’, the end of the gilded age of start-up culture, and our mutual disappointment with the failure of certain Spacs. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking in...
Apr 26, 2023•21 min
Our first episode focuses on the growing global problem of human trafficking or modern slavery, which the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists' CEO Scott Liles describes as one of the biggest crises of our time. Women and children are being trafficked in growing numbers globally. But what role can financial services play in the identification of suspicious activity linked with human trafficking, and helping victims of trafficking get back on their feet again by providing th...
Apr 25, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser talk about what makes a bank, how safe are your deposits, the latest fine directed at the former CIO of TSB Bank and the growing hysteria over CBDCs. While avoiding the tin foil hat, Liz also expresses a surprising interest in ‘swimming pool blue’ cocktails. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to...
Apr 19, 2023•21 min
