Fintech Beat

How Stellar’s new transparent network is providing a new payment rail for commercial banks in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cofounders of Brazil’s real-backed stablecoin BLRA talk about drivers behind its usage and what it means for cross border payments and dollarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Cohen joins the show to discuss why AI agents in crypto shouldn't be surprising, the legal questions that arise, and how smart regulators should respond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matty O’Connor joins the podcast to talk about ICOs and the Legion White Paper.     For more on Legion’s partnership with Bluprynt, Chris Brummer’s startup, see https://www.bluprynt.com/post/legion-bluprynt-mica-compliant-ico-eu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a new season of the Fintech Beat, Castle Island Partner and On the Brink host Nic Carter breaks down academic philosophy and fintech, government actions towards crypto and stablecoin use cases in emerging markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Kovacevich, the Founder and CEO of Chamber of Progress, talks about the government's antitrust case against Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ramon Gomez and Ravi Govindaraju, two of JPMorgan's top voices on open banking, break down the CFPB's new regulatory proposals, the difference between screen scraping and APIs, and what both mean for privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polygon's Rebecca Rettig joins the show to talk about her new coauthored article with Michael Mosier and Katja Gilman, Genuine DeFi as Critical infrastructure. Read at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4607332 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beta Bank CEO Seke Ballard joins to show to talk about technology and inclusion, branch banking from a cellphone, and his journey for a De Novo Bank license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Comptroller offers her perspective on digital assets and national security from a forum hosted by Georgetown Law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portabl CEO Nate Soffio explains how reliant we are on others to construct our digital identities and the possibility of restoring consumer control of our data and our identities in a digital world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Zinn, general counsel of the OTC Markets Groups, gives the 101 course on Over the Counter market structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola joins the show to demystify building digital infrastructure in Africa, and lessons learned in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein and Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm discuss their proposed Bitcoin ETF and lawsuit with the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SaaStr CEO Jason M. Lemkin demystifies everything you need to know about SaaS, and the joys of recurring revenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Taylor, the founder of fintechbrainfood.com, hops on the show to talk about the future of fintech, banks, AI and crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Famed BIS economist Hyun Song Shin breaks down Tokenization, Payments and the possible future of central banking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dea Markova walks through the EU's "Super Wednesday" for digital finance and why electoral politics matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FDIC Vice Chair Travis Hill talks about banking policy and minority and community banks after the collapse of Silicon valley Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Acting Comptroller Mike Hsu talks about banking policy and minority and community banks after the collapse of Silicon valley Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanderbilt law professor Yesha Yadav and PayPal's Blockchain chief Jose Ferdandez da Ponte share their latest paper on the global payments ecosystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barney Reynolds walks through UK approaches to crypto, and how they diverge from the EU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Hinkley, founder of the Growth Equity Interview Guide and formerly of Airbnb, joins the podcast to take a deep dive into the problems and opportunities of embedded finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amias Gerety, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, discusses what’s new, and what’s different, in the SVB and Credit Suisse banking turmoil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Circle’s Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte offers his perspective from front lines after the most harrowing week in the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ayo Omojola, head of product for Carbon Health and former product lead for Cash App, explains the engineering of new fintech experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skadden Arps super lawyer Stu Levi joins the podcast to talk about what Chat GPT means for intellectual property law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Margaret O'Mara discusses how Silicon Valley has reinvented itself for nearly a century, and the forces shaping it now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Cohen joins Jai Massari to discuss a new reading of the Howey Test designed to clear up regulatory uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve McLaughlin, the founder and CEO FT Partners, talks about what to look out for in fintech in 2023 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jigar Patel, Morgan Stanley's Fintech Chief, joins the show to talk about the present, and future, of fintech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chee Kin Lam, the head of legal and compliance at DBS, Singapore’s largest bank, offers his views on crypto, and regulation from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ATMOS Financial Co-Founder and CEO Ravi Mikkelsen offers a deep dive on the future of Green Finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Thanksgiving! This special episode is taken from one of our favorite conversations of 2022, 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

Mike Cagney joins Chris Brummer to talk about concrete use cases for blockchain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-host Amias Gerety asks Karen Webster about her origin story, and the future of media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commissioner McGuiness, Europe's most powerful regulator, discusses crypto regulation and innovation policy at DC Fintech Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jo Ann Barefoot joins co-host Amias Gerety to explain the necessity of taking policy, and innovation, seriously. You can check out Jo Ann’s podcast, The Barefoot Innovation Podcast, at https://www.jsbarefoot.com/podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dante Disparte and Chris Brummer sit down to talk about the Circle's Converge conference and DC Fintech Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stu Levi, a partner at Skadden, breaks down what IP law means for NFTs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Elementus founder Max Galka joins Julian Ha to talk ransomware and crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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