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Pacific Exchanges
by The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Pacific Exchanges is a podcast from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The show features interviews with experts in economics and finance to explore emerging trends around the world such as new uses of financial technology and their impacts on financial health and inclusion.The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or of the Federal Reserve System.
Episodes
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Fintech & Racial Equity: Featuring Our Recent Collaboration on the Community Development Innovation Review
We're excited to share a special episode in partnership with our colleagues in the San Francisco Fed's Community Development group. Our teams recently collaborated on a special issue of the Community Development Innovation Review in partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security…
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Financial Inclusion & Beyond Series Wrap-up
In the final episode of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, your series hosts take a look back at key themes and takeaways from our conversations. Some of the key takeaways we review include: The events of the pandemic left us all humbler at the scope of the challenge we face here in the United States…
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Live Virtual Event: Creating an "On-Ramp" For Financial Inclusion
Our Pacific Exchanges team recently hosted a special Financial Inclusion and Beyond live virtual event that explored lessons from around the world in the use of technology and public policy to build more inclusive financial systems and drive financial health. The event was moderated by Sean...
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Grovetta Gardineer Reflects upon Inclusion Challenges in the United States
In episode nine of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Grovetta Gardineer, the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. As a veteran bank regulator with more than three decades of experience in banking supervision, policy and...
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Tracy Basinger on Shifting the Regulator Mindset to Encourage Inclusive Innovation
In episode eight of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Tracy Basinger, the recently retired head of supervision here at the San Francisco Fed. Tracy has spent her career focused on the impact of financial services on everyday citizens. From leading consumer protection here at the San...
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Matt Homer on the Importance of Getting Digital Identity Right
In episode seven of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Matt Homer, Deputy Commissioner of the Research and Innovation division of the New York State Department of Financial Services. Matt is an expert on the use of data and technology for social good. He has previously held positions in...
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Chris Calabia on the Role of Public Policy and Regulation in Improving Access to Finance
In episode six of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Chris Calabia, the Senior Advisor for Supervisory and Regulatory Policy, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chris leads the Foundation's global efforts to promote a regulatory framework that enables...
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Ting Jiang on How Better Financial Products Can Conquer Our Inner Homer Simpson
In episode five of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Ting Jiang, a behavioral economist who researches and designs products for behavioral change. At the time of this recording, which took place prior to the pandemic, Ting was associated with Duke University's Center for Advanced...
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José Quiñonez on Seeing the Credit invisible
In episode four of our series Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with José Quiñonez, the founding chief executive officer of Mission Asset Fund (MAF) and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, Department of City and Regional Planning. MAF uses innovative national models for integrating...
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Arjuna Costa on Designing Financial Products for the Unincluded
In episode three of Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Arjuna Costa, managing partner of Flourish Ventures, a leading social impact fund focused on financial health. Arjuna invests in entrepreneurs around the world to catalyze innovations that help people achieve financial health. We sat...
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Greta Bull Puts Financial Inclusion Into Context
In episode two of our series Financial Inclusion & Beyond, we spoke with Greta Bull, the chief executive officer of CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) and a director at the World Bank. Greta is an expert in development finance, primarily focused on small and medium enterprise…
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Mary Daly on Why the Fed Cares about Financial Inclusion
We're excited to launch our latest season, Financial Inclusion & Beyond, an exploration of what we can learn from efforts around the world to improve financial inclusion, health, and wellbeing. This is a topic we've explored in previous episodes on fintech, and we're eager to ground global…
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Financial Inclusion & Beyond Coming April 15th!
We're excited to share a sneak preview of our upcoming series, Financial Inclusion & Beyond, where we'll be exploring lessons from around the world on how a combination of public policy and technology can create a more inclusive financial system and promote financial health and wellbeing for...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Asia's Latest Trade War: Japan vs. South Korea
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Chad Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Chad is an expert on trade, having worked on the issue at the World Bank, the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and the World Trade...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: The State Strikes Back: The Diminishing Role of China's Private Sector
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we sat down with Nick Lardy, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Nick is one of the world's most prominent analysts of China's economic development and the role of its private sector in generating growth. We sat down…
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Tracking Cross-border Capital Flows in Asia
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Brad Setser, a Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Brad also served as the deputy assistant secretary for international economic analysis in the U.S. Treasury and was previously the director…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: The Slow Introduction of Open Banking and APIs in Japan
In this episode, we continued our ongoing series on fintech in Asia with Toshio Taki, the co-founder of Money Forward, a Japanese fintech firm that provides financial management tools for individuals and small businesses. In addition to his role at Money Forward, Toshio also serves as a director…
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: The U.S.-China Trade Dispute
In this episode, we continue our ongoing Rethinking Asia series with Louis Kuijs, the head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics. His background includes a particular focus on China, reflecting experience in both the public and private sectors covering banking, macroeconomic, and policy issues in...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Fits and Starts For Japanese Corporate Governance Reform
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Ken Hokugo, head of Corporate Governance and the director of Hedge Fund Investments at Japan's Pension Fund Association, which manages more than $120 billion in assets. Ken is also a globally recognized expert on and strong advocate for...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: The Role of Debt and Shadow Banking in China's Economy
In this next episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we pick up where we left off last episode looking at the role of debt in China's economy. We spoke with Charlene Chu, a senior partner for China macro-financial research at Autonomous Research, an independent research firm. Well known for her...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: China's Economy: Debt, Financial Risks, and Structural Challenges
In the next two episodes of our series Rethinking Asia, we look at the issue of China's rising debt. In this first interview, we spoke with Yukon Huang, a senior fellow with the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A renowned expert on China's economy and its global...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Evolving Trends in Trade and Growth in Southeast Asia
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Frederic Neumann, Managing Director and Co-Head of Asian Economics Research at HSBC. Currently based in Hong Kong, Fred previously taught graduate level courses at schools in the United States and holds a Ph.D. in International…
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Womenomics: The Importance of Female Workforce Participation in Japan
In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we interviewed Kathy Matsui, vice chair of Goldman Sachs Japan. She is a prominent advocate for women in the workforce, serves as a policy commentator for Japan's Cabinet Office and has served on multiple Japanese government committees aimed at...
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Bringing New Technologies to Financial Authorities
In this episode, we continued our ongoing series on fintech in Asia by interviewing Simone di Castri, the Managing Director of the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R²A). The mission of R²A is to enhance the capacity of financial authorities by harnessing innovative technologies and…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Understanding the Uses of Machine Learning and AI in Finance
In this episode, we continued our ongoing series on fintech in Asia by interviewing David Hardoon, the Chief Data Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). We spoke with him about the innovative uses of machine learning and the leveraging of big data among banks and the financial…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: How Increasingly Digital Life can Boost Small Business Access to Finance in Asia
In this episode, we revisited the topic of fintech in Asia by interviewing Sean Creehan, a senior analyst and our colleague here in the Country Analysis Unit. We talked with him about a recent paper he wrote on the how digital innovation can improve financing for small- and medium-sized…
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Asia Can't Get Enough Infrastructure
In the fourth episode of Rethinking Asia, we interviewed Matthew Goodman, the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). At CSIS, he leads the Reconnecting Asia program, which tracks how infrastructure is shaping economic and...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: China's Rising Consumer Class
In our third episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Andy Rothman, an investment strategist for Matthews Asia. Prior to joining Matthews Asia, he worked for 20 years in China, and now uses that experience to shape the firm's thoughts on China from an investment perspective. Andy…
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Asia's Diverging Demographic Destinies
In the second episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Manoj Pradhan of Talking Heads Macro in London. He's an expert in the relationship between demographics and capital markets, looking at how aging and labor force changes impact everything from global interest rates and wages to...
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Season 3 - Rethinking Asia: Japan's Complicated Role as a Global Safe Haven
Today, we launch a new series, Rethinking Asia, as we consider noteworthy and unusual trends in Asian finance and economics. In our first episode, we sat down with Jesper Koll, head of Japan at WisdomTree, a global asset manager. In our conversation, Jesper explains in depth the history and…
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Asian Financial Crisis Series Wrap-up
In the final episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we take a look back at key themes and takeaways from our conversations. We also discuss Nick's recent research paper on Asian bond market developments since the crisis. Some of the key themes we review: Most of our guests focused…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Why Chinese Mobile Payments are Expanding Abroad
In this episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Souheil Badran, president of Alipay North America. Alipay is the payments spinoff of China's ecommerce giant Alibaba and is now part of Ant Financial, the largest fintech company in the world. Some of the key takeaways from…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: How Technology can Build Trust for the Newly Banked
In this episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Katie Macc, co-founder and chief operating officer of Juntos Global, a fintech company that serves as a bridge between financial access and financial inclusion for the world's newly banked. Kate tells us about the ways...
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: How Regulatory Sandboxes are Shaping Fintech in Asia
In this episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Kate Lauer, a senior policy advisor at CGAP. Kate is an expert in microfinance, financial inclusion and global financial regulation. She is currently researching the impact of regulatory sandboxes on fintech and financial...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Don Hanna on the Role of Foreign Investors in the Asian Financial Crisis
In the eighth episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Don Hanna, a prominent international economist who has advised investors on Asia for over three decades. Don has worked as an economist at a variety of global financial institutions and multilateral organizations and...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Barry Eichengreen on the East-West Debate over the Asian Financial Crisis
In the seventh episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Barry Eichengreen, a professor of economics and political science at UC Berkeley. He's written extensively about the sequencing of financial opening in Asia and the challenges associated with cross-border capital...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Supavud Saicheua on how the Asian Financial Crisis Shook Thailand
We spoke with Supavud Saicheua, Head of Economic Research at Phatra Securities, about Thailand's role in the Asian financial crisis. In our conversation, Supavud discusses the economic and financial risks that developed in Thailand during the 1990s and how they led to the crisis. He also explains...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Changyong Rhee on Korea and the Asian Financial Crisis
In the next episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Changyong Rhee, the Director of Asia Pacific Department at the IMF. Changyong is a well-respected economist who has worked as an academic, an advisor to the Korean government, and at a variety of international...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Simon Johnson on Lessons From the Asian Financial Crisis
In the fourth episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we talked with Simon Johnson, Some of the key takeaways of our conversation with Simon include: The Asian Financial Crisis was the result of countries running large current account deficits stemming from overvaluation, rather than...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Andrew Sheng on Hidden Linkages and the Asian Financial Crisis
In the third episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we talked with Andrew Sheng, a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute. Andrew has worked as a central banker, financial regulator, academic, and advisor to numerous Asian financial organizations. He had firsthand...
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: Gillian Tett on Trust and Contagion During the Asian Financial Crisis
In the second episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we talked with Gillian Tett, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times. Gillian was based in Asia at the time of the crisis and witnessed it spread across the region. In the interview, she relays her experience in Asia in 1997…
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Season 2 - Looking Back at the Asian Financial Crisis: David Dollar on Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Asian Financial Crisis
Twenty years ago, a financial crisis emerged across Asia and threatened the entire regional economy. The crisis led to a huge drop in economic activity, a sharp depreciation of local currencies, and massive losses to the stock markets. Drastic action by domestic policymakers and significant...
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Lessons from China's Peer-to-Peer Lending Boom
In this episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Ning Tang, founder and CEO of CreditEase. Ning has been a leader in the development of China's peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry and has a unique perspective on the development of fintech worldwide. Some of the key…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Mobile Payments and Financial Inclusion in Myanmar
In this episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Jason Loughnane, microfinance specialist with Accion International in Myanmar. Jason is an expert on the potential for mobile payments and other financial technologies to promote financial inclusion in emerging markets. Some…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: Asia's Fintech Revolution
Asia is currently in the midst of a fintech revolution, with new technologies and startups that could disrupt various financial services in economies across the region. In this episode of Pacific Exchanges, CAU analyst Cindy Li sat down with Nicholas Borst and Sean Creehan to discuss their recent...
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Special Report: Shadow Banking in China
Shadow banking has grown quickly in China, driven by regulatory arbitrage and the growing role of non-bank financial institutions in the financial sector. In this episode of Pacific Exchanges, we sat down with our colleague Cindy Li to discuss her recent paper on shadow banking in China. Some of...
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: China Takes the Lead in Payments Innovation
In the fifth episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Zhong Wang, Head of Strategy and Overseas Payments for Baidu Wallet and Payment Services. Zhong is a veteran of both Silicon Valley and the Chinese tech industry and is an expert on the retail payments sector in China.…
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: How Fintech Can Improve Small Business Lending in Asia
In the fourth episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Anju Patwardhan, a Fulbright Fellow researching fintech at Stanford University who previously served as the Chief Innovation Officer for Standard Chartered Bank, one of the world's largest and most international banks....
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: The State of Fintech in Japan
In the third episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Shuhei Aoki, Executive Strategist at Hitachi and advisor to the President of Hitachi's Information and Telecommunications Systems Company. Before joining Hitachi, Shuhei served as the Director General of Payment and...
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Season 1 - Fintech in Asia: How Fintech can Promote Financial Inclusion in Asia
In the second episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Sacha Polverini, Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Chairman of the Focus Group on Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)…
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Pacific Exchanges is a podcast from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The show features interviews with experts in economics and finance to explore emerging trends around the world such as new uses of financial technology and their impacts on financial health and inclusion.The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or of the Federal Reserve System.
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