American Banker Podcast

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What banks can expect from the next Fed chairman Nov 10, 2017

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President Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, has served on the Fed board since 2012 and been in the public eye for decades. But what he would actually do with the job is something of a mystery. American Banker reporter John Heltman provides an inside-the-beltway view of the likely new Fed head.

What's the future of CFPB and Director Richard Cordray? Nov 06, 2017

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Cordray is still keeping everyone guessing about whether he is staying or running for governor of Ohio. And Republicans could weaken the agency by putting one of their own in charge and rolling back many of the rules it's set.

What the Senate did to bank customers' right to sue Oct 31, 2017

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Senate Republicans overturned a CFPB rule that would have prevented banks from forcing arbitration on consumers in disputes. American Banker reporter Kate Berry explains what this means and what the CFPB might do next.

Does fintech have a diversity problem? Oct 24, 2017

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Women are rare in the upper management teams of fintech companies. Amy Nauiokas, co-founder of venture capital and advisory firm Anthemis Group, shares her take on this problem and the steps the industry could take to fix it.

Breaking Banks: Fintech in Asia Oct 24, 2017

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This week's show is the first episode of a new spinoff, Breaking Banks Asia, hosted by Simon Spencer, founder of startup advisory firm Edgelabs.

'There's a sense of unfairness about it': Fed's Bullard Oct 17, 2017

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St. Louis Fed President James Bullard explains why community banks feel they were hit with unduly tough regulations after the financial crisis.

Breaking Banks: How AI will change financial services Oct 14, 2017

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Two realistic utopians -- David Orban, founder of the London think tank Network Society Research, and Himi Khan, executive V.P. at the virtual assistant tech startup Clinc – join the show to share how AI is letting people bank with their voice and may eventually give each person a virtual assistant with which they can communicate on any device.

Breaking Banks: Why startups are hooked on initial coin offerings Oct 10, 2017

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ICOs are relatively new and raise a host of regulatory questions, but fintech and other startups find them so appealing because they draw funding from beyond the venture capital world, explain blockchain providers George Burke and Chandra Duggirala and investors Kenzi Wang and David del Ser.

How Citi 'co-creates' innovative apps with customers Oct 09, 2017

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Yolande Piazza, CEO of Citi Fintech, describes the bank's unique method of gathering feedback and ideas about its apps from customers who are at home, often in their pajamas.

'Culture doesn't change overnight' Oct 03, 2017

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How Ellen Alemany, CIT's CEO, is enforcing a set of core behaviors at the company. One is straight talk.