Fintech Beat

CQ Roll Call

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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.

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183 episodes

Appnesia, Screen Scraping and APIs

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

31m
Mar 22
Genuine DeFi as Critical Infrastructure

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

33m
Mar 01
Competing for Banking

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

27m
Feb 20
Special episode: Colonel Sara Dudley on Digital Assets and National Security

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

14m
Sep 26, 2023
The future of identity

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

35m
Sep 22, 2023
Everything you need to know about the OTC Markets

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

30m
Sep 12, 2023
Can Africa’s Payments Unicorn Conquer the World?

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

25m
Aug 30, 2023
Why Investors (Still) Love SaaS

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

36m
Aug 03, 2023
Simon Taylor dishes out some (fintech brain) food

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

41m
Jul 18, 2023
Hyun Song Shin on Unified Ledgers, Tokenized Deposits, and Governance

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

45m
Jul 05, 2023
What Elections in the EU and UK Mean for Crypto, CBDC and AI Legislation

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

27m
Jun 26, 2023
MDIs after Silicon Valley Bank: A Conversation with FDIC Vice Chair Travis Hill

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

22m
Jun 19, 2023
MDIs after Silicon Valley Bank: A Conversation with OCC Acting Comptroller Mike Hsu

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

21m
Jun 19, 2023
Payments 101: Checks, ACH, FedWire, Stablecoins, CBDCs (and more)

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

46m
Jun 06, 2023
UK Crypto Regulation (and MiCA)

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

33m
Apr 18, 2023
What is (Good and Bad about) Embedded Finance?

AirBnB's Mike Hinckley takes a deep dive into the problems and opportunities of embedded finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27m
Apr 05, 2023
Is this crisis (really) like 2008?

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

28m
Mar 24, 2023
Dante Disparte on Circle, Stablecoins and Silicon Valley Bank’s Lessons for Policymakers

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

30m
Mar 13, 2023
Product Market Fit

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

34m
Mar 09, 2023
Greyscale's Oral Argument

Greyscale 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

37m
Feb 28, 2023
Chat GPT’s IP Landmines

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

28m
Feb 21, 2023
The Past and Future Silicon Valley

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

35m
Feb 07, 2023
Howey gonna regulate crypto?

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

40m
Jan 17, 2023
After the Asteroid: What’s next for Fintech in 2023?

Steve McLaughlin, the founder and CEO FT Partners, talks about what to look out for in fintech in 2022 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32m
Jan 10, 2023
The Vanishing Fintech IPO

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

33m
Dec 27, 2022
Crypto after the Crash: The View from Singapore

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

29m
Dec 20, 2022
What's the carbon footprint of your bank account?

Aptos 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

20m
Dec 09, 2022
Thanksgiving Replay: European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and EU's Peter Kerstens on MICA

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

28m
Nov 25, 2022
Figure CEO Mike Cagney on (Real World) Blockchain Applications

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

30m
Nov 15, 2022
Karen Webster, CEO of Pyments.com, joins the Beat

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

36m
Nov 01, 2022