The Banker Podcast

This week, Liz Lumley and John Everington are joined by Araba Eshun, head of compliance for Emea and Apac at fintech Zero Hash. They discuss the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the IMF last week in Marrakech, which was covered extensively by  The Banker,  as well as capital markets-fintech partnerships, the crypto market in Nigeria and Australia, and JPMorgan’s commercial...

In this special episode recorded at Sibos in Toronto, the women from across the fintech space talk about their experiences as founders, developing the regtech space, and making career changes.  Chapter 1  Christina Chang, chief operating officer, Minka  Chapter 2  Alex Ford, president, North America, Encompass Corporation  Chapter 3  Stella Lim, chief operating office...

This week deputy editor Liz Lumley and reporter Davide Montagner are joined by industry veteran Ruth Wandhöfer. They discuss the UK’s FCA crypto asset marketing regulation, a survey of hopeful UK bankers, the resiliency of Morocco, the value of easy-to-access regulatory information and bank branches. They also celebrate the latest woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics. The Banker ha...

This week Liz Lumley, Michael Klimes and Alessandro Hatami, managing partner at advisory firm Pacemakers, discuss why banks still finance fossil fuels, the state of fintech unicorns around the world, days in the life of ‘boring CEOs’, the Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX trial and why meetings rooms are so hard to find despite the trend of hybrid working.  The Banker has been a trusted so...

This year, Intesa Sanpaolo launched Isybank, a new digital bank based on cloud native architecture, along with a partnership with Thought Machine. The new €650m digital offering is part of Intesa’s continuing 2022–2025 strategic business plan. Guests: Massimo Proverbio, chief data, AI, innovation and technology officer, Intesa Sanpaolo Paul Taylor, CEO and founder, Thought Machine The Banker...

In this episode of The Banker Midweek, Latin America editor Barbara Pianese and reporter Aliya Shibli discuss asset managers dropping the word ‘sustainable’ from the names of their funds, why the Bank of England is keen to delay implementing the Basel III reforms, and Swedbank’s social bond. The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information since 1926, subscribe now to get expert...

Join Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long, who were live from Sibos in Toronto, Canada. They give a round-up of the event and discuss the hot topics on the conference floor. 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 informatio...

In this episode of The Banker Midweek, Asia editor Kimberley Long speaks with Silvia Pavoni, founder and editor of Sustainable Views, an ESG-focused publication by the Financial Times. They discuss cash access for vulnerable people, the financial savvy of Gen Z, the risk banks face of climate litigation, and the G20’s lukewarm climate pledges.  The Banker has been a trusted source of global b...

Are banks overzealously loading fraud markers against individuals and businesses, and misinterpreting the Politically Exposed Persons Regime, to avoid hefty fines and being wrapped over the knuckles by regulators? And who ultimately pays the price? Guest: Jeremy Asher, senior consultancy regulatory solicitor, Setfords.  The Banker has been a trusted source of global banking information s...

Partnering with fintech start-ups has always presented a myriad of obstacles for incumbent banks and financial institutions. To combat this, TechPassport co-created a set of ‘enterprise ready’ questions along with 14 global banks. These questions allow fintech companies to learn the key metrics financial institutions use to influence their vendor selection process. This new level of transparency a...

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 f...

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. ...

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 — Fro...

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...

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...

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 currencie...

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 informati...

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, reworki...

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. Sin...

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 a...

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 Mi...

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 podcast...

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 buil...

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,...

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...