The Banker Podcast

Join Barbara Pianese as she speaks to Kate Pender, chief executive of Fair4All Finance, about recent developments regarding financial inclusion in the UK.

Join Anita Hawser as she speaks to Santander UK’s Stephen Jennings and ThetaRay’s Peter Reynolds about how Santander UK uncovered a human trafficking network using AI.Guests:Stephen Jennings, head of transaction monitoring, Santander UKPeter Reynolds, chief executive, ThetaRay

Liz Lumley and John Everington sit down with Varun Paul, former head of fintech at the Bank of England and now senior director and business lead for central bank digital currencies at Fireblocks to talk about the various levels of growth and appetite for sovereign digital currencies around the world.

Liz Lumley sits down with Alex Marsh, former head of Klarna UK and non-exec at responsible lender Salad Money, to talk about buy now, pay later regulation, authorised push payment fraud reimbursements and underserved communities. 

Liz Lumley sits down with Roger Vincent, late of Trade Ledger and currently co-founder and chief growth officer at AI startup Bourn to talk about startups, B2B sales, AI and working capital.

This week Michael Klimes sits down with Virginie O’Shea, founder and CEO of Firebrand Research, to discuss the state of play on T+1. At the end of May, North America, Jamaica and Argentina moved to a shorter settlement cycle. When the UK, EU and Apac countries move to align with them remains to be seen.

This week Liz Lumley sits down with Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and chief executive of Women’s World Banking, to discuss gender lens investing and strategies, the role of AI in achieving gender parity, and how focusing on women can better fight climate risks and build resilience.

Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down to talk about the Capital One-Discover merger, IT outages and their impact on banks, as well as the shake-up in the US elections.