EU Finance - The Future of Finance
Episodes
The One About Savings and Investment Accounts with Swedish Minister for Financial Markets, Niklas Wykman
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chantal Hughes chats with Niklas Wykman, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets, about the EU Commission's proposal on Savings and investment acco...
The One About the Digital Euro with ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a joint episode, EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and the European Central Bank's Podcast host Stefania Secola chat with ECB executive...
The One about the European Stability Mechanism with Nicola Giammarioli
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas heads over to Luxembourg to chat with the European Stability Mechanism’s Secretary General Nicola Giammari...
The One About the World Bank and the EU
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Anshula Kant about the World Bank. Anshula Kant is Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief F...
The One About the Sanctions Helpdesk
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with the EU Sanctions Helpdesk's Frederik van Essen, Legal and Compliance Key Expert, and Dimitrio...
The One About the Savings and Investments Union featuring Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque, responsible for Financial Services and the Savings and Inve...
The One About EU Venture Capitalists
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Eva de Mol, the founder of the first and largest investment fund in technology startups in the Ne...
The One About Climate Benchmarks
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Antoine Picot, an expert on securities markets and benchmarks about climate benchmarks, and how t...
The One About EU Finance's International Affairs
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Maria Raffaella Assetta, the head of international affairs in DG FISMA. Raffaella and her team ar...
The One About Jobs at Anti Money Laundering Authority
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) is here! Brand-spanking new! EU Finance podcast host Aidas Pa...
The One about European Green Bonds going live!
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The European Green Bond Standard is here! It’s grown and flowered into the European Green Bond Standard Regulation which applies from 21 December of...
The One About What EU Finance Commissioner McGuinness Accomplished
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with outgoing EU Commissioner for Financial services, financial stability, and Capital Markets Union M...
The One About Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Mr. Brice De Schietere, the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Head of sanctions divisio...
The One About the EIOPA Chairperson
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) - Petra Hielkem...
The One About the Chair of the European Banking Authority
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) - Jose Manuel Campa. He was first appoint...
The One About the Banking Package (Basel III)
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Almoro Rubin de Cervin, head of the EU’s Banking regulation and supervision unit, examine where we are...
The One About the Anti Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Olena Loboiko, an expert policy officer in the EU Commission’s Anti Money Laundering unit. They...
The One About Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Elodie Feller of the Platform on Sustainable Finance and EU Commission expert Sophie Rathmes abou...
The One About the Single Resolution Board (SRB)
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Dominique Laboureix - the chair of the Single Resolution Board (the SRB) talk about the SRB, what it doe...
The One About the EU’s banking crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI)
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Andrea Beltramello, the Head of the Commission’s resolution and deposit insurance unit, talk about ref...
The One About How Sanctions Are Indeed Working
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Special Edition - this episode being released outside the usual combination of podcast and monthly EU Finance Newsletter. It’s also special, because...
The One About Sustainability Reporting
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Thomas Dodd, the EU Commission’s expert on corporate reporting about how someone who wants to i...
The One About the Data Hub (Digital Finance Platform)
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2020, the European Commission adopted the digital finance strategy to foster a more competitive and innovative European financial sector....
The One About the EU Sanctions Envoy
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back in December of 2022, the EU decided to create a new role of International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions to ensure continuo...
The One About the EU as a Borrower
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Governments borrow. The EU borrows. It borrows to get stuff done. EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Niall Bohan, the EU Commission’...
The One About the European Green Bond Standard
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Axel Fougner – the EU Commission’s foremost authority on the European Green Bond Standard. Ax...
The One About Clearing
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your intrepid EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas has a quick-fire chat with Jenny Robertson, the head of the EU's Financial Markets Infrast...
The One About Capital Markets Union
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brussels woke up to a clean blanket of snow this morning. It’s like there’s a beautiful single space, ready and waiting for new opportunities. Sou...
The One About Instant Payments
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Instant coffee, instant oatmeal, instant mashed potatoes, instant gratification. We want it all, and we want it now. So, we’re going to talk about i...
The One about Energy
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In response to the extremely volatile prices caused by Russia’s weaponisation of energy, on 18 October 2022, the EU Commission proposed a new emerge...
The One about Anti-Money-Laundering
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in 2021, the European Commission presented an ambitious package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU rules on anti-money laundering and ...
The One about sustainable investment
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Letizia Lupini talks to Alain Deckers – head of the asset management unit – about what the EU is doing to promote sustainable finance and how inve...
The One about Digital Finance
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aidas Palubinskas talks to Jan Ceyssens about all things digital – including cryptocurrencies, cyber risks, the digital euro, privacy, and consent.
The One about sanctions
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do sanctions work? Do they work? How citizens and business can help them work?
Introduction to podcast
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Short episodes are released at the same time as the monthly EU Commission Finance Newsletter on topics related to banks, capital markets, insurance, d...