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Toxic to tolerant:are investment banks appealing to Gen Z?

Michael Klimes and Aliya Shibli sit down with Liz Lumley to talk about how a bad reputation for excessive work hours, lack of broader purpose and growing competition from other industries is forcing investment banks to change to attract young talent.

One year on from SVB, will it happen again?

This week, Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down with Emma Hagan, chief risk and compliance officer at ClearBank (and soon to be UK CEO), and former chief risk officer for Emea at SVB to talk about why she feels it is inevitable that another bank collapse of the kind that brought down SVB will happen again.

Finance is just reinventing the wheel over and over

Liz Lumley is joined by Mark Higgins financial historian and senior investment advisor and author of Investing in US Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future. He talks about the economic history of the US, from 1790 to today, managing past crises, and challenges facing the US today.

Fintech 2024

Liz Lumley and Kimberley Long discuss how fintech has changed in the past 10 years, where fintech hubs work best, how events can promote diversity better, and Starling Bank founder Anne Boden’s new book which offers a playbook for female entrepreneurs.

Drama at the FCA – a BRR takeover

Liz Lumley sits down with Farah Khalique, editor of Banking Risk & Regulation, to discuss growing calls for stronger oversight of the UK’s financial services regulators, with some experts saying that the FCA may be ripe for reform.

Does the bell toll for grey lists and supermarket banking?

Liz Lumley and John Everington sit down to talk about the impact of FATF’s grey list. Ahead of FATF’s plenary in Paris next week, how influential are the body’s grey and black lists for the international banking industry? Meanwhile in the UK, Barclays acquires the bulk of Tesco’s supermarket bank offering.

The Banker midweek | February 7, 2024

Blockchain clarity from Basel

In this episode, Liz Lumley and Amalia Illgner sit down with Yuval Rooz, CEO and co-founder, and Manoj Ramia, general counsel, at Digital Asset regarding the recent standard from the Basel Committee on permissionless blockchains.  

The Banker midweek | January 31, 2024

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This week, Barbara Pianese hosts and is joined by Asia editor Kimberley Long, to talk about the liquidation of Chinese property developer Evergrande, the regulatory issues around Credit Suisse, and the decision of Lloyds bank in the UK to stop their mobile bank service 

The Banker midweek | January 24, 2024

This week, Liz Lumley is joined by Charlotte Crosswell, chair of the Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT) to talk about open finance, the goals of CFIT and how the UK can work to be a global leader in improving financial services for everyone.

The Banker midweek | January 17, 2024

In this week’s Davos special, Liz Lumley and John Everington sit down to discuss the major themes of the World Economic Forum’s Davos event, including AI, climate change and misinformation. We also get an insight into John’s interview with Indermit Gill, chief economist at the World Bank. 

The Banker Midweek | January 10, 2024

Happy New Year from The Banker. This week, Liz Lumley, Barbara Pianese and Michael Klimes discuss T+1, EU banking regulations protecting taxpayer money, the fight against greenwashing, and the renewed regulatory interest in consumer rights in the UK. We also celebrate our Central Banker and Finance Minister of the Year, who were awarded their trophies at the 2023 Bank of the Year awards. 

The Banker midweek | December 13, 2023

This week, editorial staff at The Banker look back at 2023, with themes as diverse as ESG, blockchain and crypto, AI, and what the global banking industry can do to support a liveable planet. We wish everyone a restful end of year and a happy holiday season. We look forward to sharing more with you in 2024.

The Banker midweek | December 6, 2023

This week, John Everingon, Joy Macknight and Aliya Shibli discuss the highlights from this year's Bank of the Year awards and the gala awards dinner held on 30th November. Joy also talks about her recent interview with World Bank president Ajay Banga, touching on sustainability matters, while Aliya discusses the outlook for smaller banks in the US

The Banker midweek | November 29, 2023

This week, Joy Macknight and Liz Lumley are live at the Global Banking Summit where they discuss cloud strategies at banks, the upcoming COP28, financing SMEs and comprehensive coverage in The Banker's new content pillars.

The Banker midweek | November 22, 2023

This week, Liz Lumley and Davide Montagner are joined by Sylvie Matherat, global senior advisor to Mazars’ financial services practice. They discuss European banking regulation, the complexities of fossil fuel financing, banker bonuses, a capital raise at Monzo and the drama within OpenAI.  

The Banker Midweek | November 15th, 2023

This week, Liz Lumley and Barbara Pianese are joined by Marta Krupinska, co-founder of CUR8. They discuss fighting climate change with money, get the lowdown from Felaban, embrace the 'digital-first, human always' approach to transformation, examine how banks can better serve minority-owned businesses, look at how AI will impact our environment, and congratulate PensionBee on its road to profitability.

The Banker Midweek | November 8th, 2023

This week, Liz Lumley and Amalia Illgner are joined by Atom Bank CEO Mark Mullen to discuss disrupting the UK mortgage market, learning mortgage lessons from other countries, the impact AI will have on productivity, digital payments and the  apologies the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office made to former NatWest CEO Alison Rose. 

The Banker Midweek | November 1, 2023

This week, Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Aliya Shibli discuss the ‘banker bonus cap scrap’, how SPACs refuse to die, the upcoming COP28, going global with your credit scores, and Elon Musk’s ambition to be the centre of your financial world, ‘or whatever’. 

The Banker Midweek | October 25, 2023

This week Liz Lumley is joined by special guest Chris Hladczuk, chief revenue officer at fintech Meow. They discuss cash management for start-ups, T+1 settlement times, money laundering, terrorism and cryptocurrencies, and get a hot take on *that* Techno-Optimist Manifesto.

The Banker Midweek | October 18, 2023

This week, Liz Lumley and John Everington are joined by Araba Eshun, head of compliance for Emea and Apac at fintech ZeroHash. They discuss the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the IMF last week in Marrakech, which was covered extensively by The Banker, as well as capital markets-fintech partnerships, the crypto market in Nigeria and Australia, and JPMorgan’s commercialisation of its Tokenized Collateral Network.

The Banker Midweek | October 11, 2023

This week deputy editor Liz Lumley and reporter Davide Montagner are joined by industry veteran Ruth Wandhöfer. They discuss the UK’s FCA crypto asset marketing regulation, a survey of hopeful UK bankers, the resiliency of Morocco, the value of easy-to-access regulatory information and bank branches. They also celebrate the latest woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics.

The Banker Midweek | October 4, 2023

This week Liz Lumley, Michael Klimes and Alessandro Hatami, managing partner at advisory firm Pacemakers, discuss why banks still finance fossil fuels, the state of fintech unicorns around the world, days in the life of ‘boring CEOs’, the Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX trial and why meetings rooms are so hard to find despite the trend of hybrid working.  

The Banker Midweek | September 27, 2023

In this episode of The Banker Midweek, Latin America editor Barbara Pianese and reporter Aliya Shibli discuss asset managers dropping the word ‘sustainable’ from the names of their funds, why the Bank of England is keen to delay implementing the Basel III reforms, and Swedbank’s social bond.

The Banker Midweek | At Sibos 2023

Join Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long, who were live from Sibos in Toronto, Canada. They give a round-up of the event and discuss the hot topics on the conference floor.

The Banker Midweek | September 13, 2023

In this episode of The Banker Midweek, Asia editor Kimberley Long speaks with Silvia Pavoni, founder and editor of Sustainable Views, an ESG-focused publication by the Financial Times. They discuss cash access for vulnerable people, the financial savvy of Gen Z, the risk banks face of climate litigation, and the G20’s lukewarm climate pledges. 

The Banker Midweek | September 6, 2023

This week Liz Lumley is joined by Prakash Pattni, global managing director for financial services digital transformation at IBM. They discuss the nuances of bank-fintech partnerships, the regulatory challenges to fintech evolution, digital transformation in transaction banking, the massive impact AI will have on all aspects of financial services and how we may be falling out of love with working from home.

The Banker Midweek | Aug 23, 2023

This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Aliya Shibli sit down to discuss the upcoming Sibos event in Toronto, the future of building back Ukraine, the complicated nature of trying to achieve net zero, the political and cultural impact of rising interest rates, fintech’s diversity problem, and Citi’s proposed restructuring. We also say goodbye to the fintech for UK renters — Fronted. 

The Banker Midweek | August 16, 2023

This week Asia editor Kimberley Long takes over chairing duties to speak with editor Joy Macknight and reporter Aliya Shibli about how optimistic we should feel about sustainable bonds, the potential of Mexico for nearshoring, and HSBC’s new joint venture with Tradeshift. China’s embattled property sector, the end of the Credit Suisse brand, and the need for consumer protections around bitcoin are also up for discussion. 

The Banker Midweek | August 9, 2023

This week Liz Lumley sits down with Antony Jenkins, founder and CEO of 10x, to talk about the impact that digital transaction projects can have on talent retention, as well as bank/fintech partnerships, the march of AI on financial services, how various governments and banks are responding to the rise in interest rates and their impact on consumers, and what problems central bank digital currencies are really solving.

The Banker Midweek | August 2, 2023

This week The Banker’s deputy editor Liz Lumley, and Virginie O'Shea, founder of Firebrand Research, talk about the continuing drama concerning NatWest and the wider issue of who gets denied a bank account, global ESG guidance, the endgame for Basel III and how Klarna has ditched an open banking brand we never even got to know.

The Banker Midweek | July 26, 2023

This week Liz Lumley and Kimberley Long sit down to discuss a recent UK Supreme Court ruling impacting who is responsible in causes of payments and bank fraud, digital asset experiments in Singapore, the state of payments in the US (and UK?), and the ongoing saga of Credit Suisse. They also welcome the eighth oldest bank in the world, the UK’s Coutts, to the world of so-called ‘woke’ politics.

Since this episode was recorded, Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest, has resigned from her position. This resignation is related to the issues surrounding Nigel Farage as discussed in this podcast.

The Banker Midweek | July 19th, 2023

This week Liz Lumley is joined by Roberta Profeta, associate principal financial services, Elca Advisory where they comment on the upward rise of interest rates and its impact on banks and bank reputations, asking too much from open banking, the complexity of fighting climate change via financing activism, the launch of FedNow in the US, M&A rumours with Monzo and predictable behaviour from Microsoft, the company that just get let go of bundling.

As a bonus to this episode, Liz Lumley also sits down with Victoria Cleland, executive director for payments at The Bank of England to talk about RTGS, IS0 20022, the New Payment Architecture and the bank’s role in modernising global payments rails. 

The Banker Midweek | July 12, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long discuss Chinese banks, UK deposit woes, the recent Mansion House reforms from the UK chancellor, the march of central bank digital currency experiments and Revolut's $20m loss in the US. Meanwhile, we get an update on future podcasts from The Banker.

The Banker Midweek | July 5, 2023

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This week John Everington and Barbara Pianese discuss the findings of The Banker's Top 1000 World Banks ranking for 2023. The conversation touches on the impact of higher interest rates on the world's largest lenders, how China's banking sector is showing signs of growing maturity, and key growth markets in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America. 

The Banker Midweek | June 28 2023

This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about banking giant HSBC leaving their Canary Wharf skyscraper for more modest digs in the City of London, very close to The Banker’s headquarters. The conversation continues on both the ongoing projects around central bank digital currencies and ISO 20022, as well as the impressive digital transformation journey of Banco Santander.

The Banker Midweek | At EBADay 2023

Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down to discuss this year’s topics at EBADay 2023, including the debate around central bank digital currencies, how innovation is viewed and dealt with at incumbent banks, and why we have been talking about ISO 20022 for over a decade. 

The Banker Midweek | June 13, 2023

Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser sit down to discuss all the fintech conferences, HSBC launching Innovation Banking, a16z crypto opening an office in London, the growing maturity of crypto in general, as well as the resignation of Anne Boden as CEO of Starling Bank.

The Banker Midweek | June 7, 2023

On the road at Money20/20 in Amsterdam, Liz Lumley talks to The Banker contributor Sarah Kocianski about the loss of last year’s darling – BNPL – global fintech funding, regulations and what they wish they could see on stage at this year’s show. 

The Banker Midweek | May 31, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley, deputy editor for The Banker, and Marie Kemplay, editor for FinReg Specialist, talk about tighter supervision for US banks, restructuring at Commerzbank, the impact of rising interest rates on global economies, the investment fallout from FTX, and the impact of AI on journalism.

The Banker Midweek | May 24, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about the legacy of the World Cup in Qatar, the ongoing embrace of crypto by traditional finance – to the annoyance of decentralised finance – the ongoing ‘Banking Saga’ in the US, the trouble with Revolut, and Facebook (or Meta’s?) EU data problems.

The Banker Midweek | May 17, 2023

This week Barbara Pianese, Joy Macknight and Kimberley Long discuss the remarks the European Court of Auditors made towards the European Central Bank, whether European banks are safer than US lenders, and what the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation means for banks.

Ms Long is recently back from Korea, where she was attending the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank. She tells us about the main topics discussed there. 

The Banker Midweek | May 3, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley, Sam Friend and special guest Brett King, talk about First Republic’s sale to JPMorgan, the rebirth of Deutsche Bank, AI regulation in the EU and the latest announcement from Twitter’s ‘bad boyfriend’. Also, we discuss our new podcast from The Banker – Banking in the shadows with Anita Hawser. 

The Banker Midweek | April 26, 2023

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering information bankers like you need to know. This week, deputy editor Liz Lumley and Latin American editor Barbara Pianese talk about high-ranking interviews, what really keeps Latam central bank governors up at night, the ongoing repercussions of ‘The Banking Saga’, the end of the gilded age of start-up culture, and our mutual disappointment with the failure of certain Spacs.

The Banker Midweek | April 19, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser talk about what makes a bank, how safe are your deposits, the latest fine directed at the former CIO of TSB Bank and the growing hysteria over CBDCs. While avoiding the tin foil hat, Liz also expresses a surprising interest in ‘swimming pool blue’ cocktails.

The Banker Midweek | April 12, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley, Joy Macknight and Sam Friend talk about ‘The Banking Saga’, the politicisation of decentralised finance, the need for the industry to unite around responsible AI, the ongoing digital journey for many global banks, the supposed death of Spacs and Liz’s love for the soon-to-be-developed Britcoin.

The Banker Midweek | April 5, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and Barbara Pianese talk about the IDB 2023 in Panama, decentralised finance debates on the shores of Lake Como, fintech growth in Asia, and the ongoing saga of Silicon Valley Bank - all while managing to enjoy a bit of early Spring sun in the process. 

The Banker Midweek | March 29, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and John Everington talk about ‘the ongoing banking saga’, the shock resignation of Saudi National Bank chairman, the evolution of crypto for payments in Africa and celebrate the era of coexistence for financial messaging of cross border payments.

The Banker Midweek | March 22, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and Anita Hawser talk ‘all the bank failures’, a shotgun wedding in Switzerland, ‘Dear CEO’ letters to UK e-money providers, banks making promises to international customers and 50 years of women at the London Stock Exchange.

The Banker Midweek | March 8, 2023

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This week Liz Lumley and Joy Macknight discuss innovation labs, net zero transition plans, bank profits and the possibility of embedded finance on a bike.

The Banker Midweek | March 1, 2023

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