Germany's top regulator on international cooperation, blockchain, capital requirements
Andreas Dombret, the head of banking supervision for the German central bank, discusses how cooperation remains vital despite retrenchment in the U.S. and Europe, how blockchain changes banking, and t...
5 Maj 201732min
Why community bankers should care about blockchain tech
Many community bankers take a wait-and-see approach to blockchains — "I'll deal with it when it's real." But the technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prep...
2 Maj 201730min
Breaking Banks: Fintech charter backlash; change our thinking!
American Banker's Rob Blackwell and Marc Hochstein discuss the pushback from state regulators and consumer advocates to the OCC's proposed charter; Chris Skinner and Jim Marous hold forth on fintech.
28 Apr 20171h 24min
'This is not about charity': Gates Foundation exec on financial inclusion and mobile money
Kosta Peric, deputy director of digital payments and financial services for the poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses his efforts to expand access to low-cost financial services in de...
25 Apr 201727min
Make retail banking great again
A freewheeling discussion (over beers) about the future of branches with Tom Brown of Second Curve Capital and Dave Martin of BankMechanics at the Trump National Doral hotel in Miami during American B...
18 Apr 201720min
Breaking Banks: Innovate Finance Global Summit 2017
At last week's conference in London, host Brett King took time away from speaking and judging startup pitches to talk to some of the main presenters, including Ruth Wandhöfer, Citi's global head of re...
17 Apr 201759min
Why women in finance are punished more harshly for misconduct
Researchers studied misconduct data for all 1.2 million financial advisers registered in the U.S. from 2005 to 2015 and found that, following an incidence of wrongdoing, female advisers are 20% more l...
11 Apr 201717min
Breaking Banks: Banking reimagined as a fintech hub
Starling Bank in the U.K. is building from scratch. Unlike other neobanks, Starling sees its future as a hub of financial products, not necessarily the generator of every product. CEO Anne Boden expl...
7 Apr 20175min
