The Banker Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Banking under pressure Episode 78: The future of cash
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Howells, chief executive officer of LINK, speaks to James King about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the use of cash in the UK, as we...
Banking under pressure Episode 77: Are financial crime deterrents enough?
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elucidate’s chief product officer Sihem Mouelhi, and Shilpika Gautam, vice president of strategic partnerships, talk to The Banker’s Kimberley Lon...
Banking under pressure Episode 76: Unblocking women’s access to banking
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Loginova, co-CEO at Radar Payments, speaks with The Banker’s Kimberley Long about the difficulties female entrepreneurs have in accessing finan...
Banking under pressure Episode 75: Partnership ecosystems for financial services
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Donnelly, head of financial services, Salesforce, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how banks have embraced the challenges of lockdown an...
Banking under pressure Episode 74: The EU's State Aid Framework
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Schellion Horn, managing director of Alvarez & Marsal's economics practice, speaks to James King about the challenges and opportunities posed by t...
Banking under pressure Episode 73: Identifying proceeds from human trafficking
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alma Angotti, partner and co-leader of the global investigations and compliance practice, Guidehouse, which works with governments, financial institut...
Banking under pressure Episode 72: The collaborative digital financial landscape
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ammar Akhtar, co-founder and chief executive of Yobota, speaks to James King about the growing use of third party service and technolog...
Banking under pressure Episode 71: What does UK financial services bill mean for banks?
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leaving the EU poses problems and opportunities for banks under the UK’s new regulation framework, Peter Bevan, head financial regulation at law fir...
Banking under pressure Episode 70: How UK banks are preparing for a no-deal Brexit
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Ahern, partner at legal firm Covington, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how banks can best prepare for a no-deal Brexit, as well as the...
Banking under pressure Episode 69: Assessing risk and credit ratings in a pandemic
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gildo Russo, head of ratings advisory at Nomura, talks to Marie Kemplay about the challenges of assessing banks’ credit risk in the current economic...
Banking under pressure Episode 68: Digital banks benefit from changing consumer behaviour
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific fintech and payments leader at EY, speaks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how consumer behaviour is changing in the r...
Banking under pressure Episode 67: Inclusive growth and monetary policy
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BNP Paribas's group chief economist William de Vijlder talks to Silvia Pavoni about the US Fed's concern over inclusive growth, what a reactive, rathe...
Banking under pressure Episode 66: EU taxonomy pushing pace of sustainability
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotta Wark, vice president, head of financial services for Scandinavia at CGI talks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about the importance of the E...
Banking under pressure Episode 65: A recovery for M&A
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Lyons, a partner in the strategic advisory group at PJT Partners, a global advisory-focused investment bank, talks to Marie Kemplay about the ou...
Banking under pressure Episode 64: Real-time transactions rising in demand
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pete McIntyre, founding director at Planixs, speaks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how real-time payments are becoming more important, spurred...
Banking under pressure Episode 63: Imran Gulamhuseinwala of the Open Banking Implementation Entity
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is open banking on the cusp of revolutionising the banking industry? Imran Gulamhuseinwala from the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity claims t...
Banking under pressure Episode 62: The future for European investment banks
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Vismara, chief executive of Italian independent investment bank, Equita, talks to Marie Kemplay about the outlook for Europe’s inve...
Banking under pressure Episode 61: Social Progress Index 2020
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19's impact on society will inevitably transmit to banks. Deloitte's global board chair and board member of not-for-profit Social Progress ...
Banking under pressure Episode 60: The future of the UK's challenger banks
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Mielczarek, chief executive of Chetwood Financial, talks to James King about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK's challenger ...
Banking under pressure Episode 59: Asia’s KYC fines skyrocket in 2020
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Woolley, global director of financial crime at Fenergo talks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about the reasons for a rise in KYC fines being i...
Banking under pressure Episode 58: Covid’s impact on Asia's asset quality
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Cornish, head of Asia-Pacific banking at Fitch Ratings, speaks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how asset quality in China and India ha...
Banking under pressure Episode 57: The future of banking
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Morgan, senior analyst with Forrester, talks to James King about the future of banking, including the ways in which banks will unleash insights ...
Banking under pressure Episode 56: Liquidity under pressure
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nadeem Shamim, the head of cash and liquidity at Smartstream, tells The Banker’s Kimberley Long how liquidity has come under strain during the pande...
Banking under pressure Episode 55: Delivering real positive change in banking
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sanat Rao, chief business officer and global head of Infosys Finacle, a core banking system provider, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about h...
Banking under pressure Episode 54: Supporting African Trade During the Pandemic
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist at the African Export-Import Bank, talks to John Everington about how lessons learnt in previous crises have inf...
Banking under pressure Episode 53: Covid-19, transparency and regulation
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shearman and Sterling's of counsel and Deutsche Bank's former co-general counsel Simon Dodds on the need for more t...
Banking under pressure Episode 52: Rethinking the supply chain finance model
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andres Ricaurte, senior vice-president and global head of payments, Mphasis, an IT services company, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how the...
Banking under pressure Episode 51: Covid-19 spikes costs and potential financial fraud related to lasting power of attorney agreements
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Holford, founder of Agapay, talks about the costs and risks around lasting power of attorney (LPA) during Covid-19, as lockdown delayed the crea...
Banking under pressure Episode 50: Covid-19’s impact on the tech start-up community
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yifat Oron, CEO of LeumiTech, the high-tech banking arm of Israel’s Bank Leumi, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the coronavirus lock-down'...
Banking under pressure Episode 49: Digital banking in a health crisis
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Flick, chief executive of Olive Communications, speaks to James King about the state of the UK's digital banking landscape in light of the Covi...
Banking under pressure Episode 48: Payments and fraud during the pandemic
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephan Schmidt-Tank, head of financial services specialists, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Amazon Web Services, talks to The Banker's Joy Mac...
Banking under pressure Episode 47: How corporates can succeed post-Covid
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hernan Cristerna, Executive Chairman, Global M&A at J.P. Morgan speaks to The Banker’s Marie Kemplay about how corporates can navigate...
Banking under pressure Episode 46: Capital market innovation spurred on by Covid-19
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Cowan, CEO of GSX Group, speaks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how capital markets are developing due to the pandemic, and how greater cr...
Banking under pressure Episode 45: Africa's debt challenge
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Gable, chief economist at Absa CIB, talks to John Everington about the economic sectors facing the biggest impact from Covid-19 across Africa, an...
Banking under pressure Episode 44: Singapore’s supply chains respond to Covid-19
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kheng Leong Lee, Asia-Pacific representative for HPD LendScape, speaks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how supply chains have been impacted in ...
Banking under pressure Episode 43: Smooth trading in a time of disruption
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Springett, European Head of Electronic and Program Trading at Jefferies talks to The Banker's Marie Kemplay about how the bank has ensured staff a...
Banking under pressure Episode 42: Bahrain's response to Covid-19
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Bahrain's ambassador in Washington, speaks to John Everington about the country's response to...
Banking under pressure Episode 41: Benefits of blockchain on Islamic finance
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Masumi Hamahira, honorary treasurer, Grand Council, Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals tells The Banker’s Kimberley Long how block...
Banking under pressure Episode 40: Isle of Man’s response to the Covid-19 crisis
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Hunter, head of banking and fiduciaries at Finance Isle of Man, which promotes the crown dependency’s financial and professional services indus...
Banking under pressure Episode 39: Covid-19 and the development of central bank digital currencies
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Middleton, deputy chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), discusses the outlook for central bank digital cu...
Banking under pressure Episode 38: Covid-19 and the eurozone's economic outlook
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-François Robin, Natixis' head of research for corporate and investment banking, speaks to James King about the outlook for the euro area economy...
Banking under pressure Episode 37: Maintain motivation and improve productivity
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sumit Oberai, senior vice-president of digital technology and Martin Wildberger, executive vice-president of innovation and technology at the Royal Ba...
Banking under pressure Episode 36: Covid-19 and the outlook for fintech funding
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oliwia Berdak, vice president and research director at Forrester, discusses the outlook for fintech funding in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ...
Banking under pressure Episode 35: Supporting corporates to survive, and recover from, the crisis
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Dickson, co-head of banking, capital markets and advisory at Citi talks to The Banker's Marie Kemplay about the challenges facing corporates in ...
Banking under pressure Episode 34: Digitising trade in the time of Covid-19
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Vrontamitis, head of trade for Europe and Americas at Standard Chartered, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how the Covid-19 pandemic ...
Banking under pressure Episode 33: Practical advice for financial institutions
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Jameson, head of financial institutions sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, global transaction services, Bank of America, talks to The...
Banking under pressure Episode 32: Corporate banks’ responses to clients’ financing needs
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan O’Kelly, partner in Oliver Wyman’s corporate and institutional banking practice, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how the crisis ha...
Banking under pressure Episode 31: Funding the response to Covid-19
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Scheck, Chief Executive of the International Capital Market Association, speaks to The Banker’s Marie Kemplay about how international bond ma...
Banking under pressure Episode 30: Interview with José Viñals, Standard Chartered's chairman
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on 11th May. Silvia Pavoni asks Standard Chartered's chairman José Viñals about NPL provisions, emerging markets and whether the coronaviru...
Banking under pressure Episode 29: What Nordic corporates need during the Covid crisis
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paula da Silva, head of transaction services at SEB, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about how the pandemic is affecting businesses in the No...
Banking under pressure Episode 28: Continuing to innovate, even during a crisis
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Benoit Legrand, Head of Fintech and Innovation at ING, speaks to The Banker's Marie Kemplay about the importan...
Banking under pressure Episode 27: What lessons can be learned from Asian banks?
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Bellens global banking and capital markets sector leader at EY, talks to The Banker's Kimberley Long about the way Asian banks have responded to t...
Banking under pressure Episode 26: Pakistan calls for international response for developing nations
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ambassador Dr Asad Majeed Khan, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, talks to The Banker’s Kimberley Long about how the country has taken dec...
Banking under pressure Episode 25: The benefits of digital trade during a global crisis
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Raymond, CEO of Bolero, a provider of trade finance digitisation solutions, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the severe disruption tra...
Banking under pressure Episode 24: Immunity passports and blockchain technology
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Tobin, EMEA managing director at Evernym, which aims to solve the digital identity crisis, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the balanc...
Banking under pressure Episode 23: Evolving the transaction banking model
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shahrokh Moinian, JPMorgan’s Europe, the Middle East and Africa head of wholesale payments, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the move to di...
Banking under pressure Episode 22: Trading and technology during the pandemic
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Fournais, founder and CEO, Saxo Bank, a Danish investment bank specialising in online trading and investment, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight ...
Banking under pressure Episode 21: How the Philippines central bank is supporting the country's economy
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Diokno, central bank governor of the Philippines, speaks with The Banker's Kimberley Long about the steps they have taken to support the econ...
Banking under pressure Episode 20: Mitigating COVID-19's impact on the corporate credit markets
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Braid, head of credit risk solutions at Quantexa, an enterprise intelligence platform that detects financial crime, talks to The Banker's Joy Mac...
Banking under pressure Episode 19: Accelerating the move to digital payments
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ireti Samuel-Ogbu, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa payments and receivables in Citi’s treasury and trade solutions division, talks to The...
Banking under pressure Episode 18: How banks can help companies digitise
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Raof Latiff, Group Head of Global Transaction Services Product Management at DBS in Singapore, speaks with The Banker's Kimberley Long about how the c...
Banking under pressure Episode 17: Is Russia's banking sector ready for Covid-19?
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Tsareva, senior analyst at BCS Global Markets, speaks to James King about the Bank of Russia's efforts to support the econom...
Banking under pressure Episode 16: The outlook for eurozone banks
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Birry, managing director, financial institutions, S&P Global Ratings, talks to James King about the health of the euro ar...
Banking under pressure Episode 15: How Covid-19's impact pushes bank digitisation
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Murphy, managing partner for financial services internationally, Publicis Sapient, a digital business transformation company, talks to The Banke...
Banking under pressure Episode 14: The ethics of sanctions during a pandemic
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Delingpole, CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a regtech start-up that uses machine learning to wipe out financial crime, talks to The Banker's Joy Mackn...
Banking under pressure Episode 13: Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic exposure
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yvonne Mhango, sub-Saharan Africa economist at Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets-focused investment bank, talks to The Banker's Jo...
Banking under pressure Episode 12: How will banks look like after Covid-19?
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Institute of International Finance's CEO Tim Adams talks to Silvia Pavoni about the way the coronavirus pandemic is affecting banks...
Banking under pressure Episode 11: Creating liquidity in volatile markets
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth Coltman, global head of trading automation at MarketAxess, a leading electronic trading platform for fixed income markets, talks to The Banker’...
Banking under pressure Episode 10: Managing risks and ensuring operational resilience
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Ford, CEO of risk management and data analytics platform, Acin, talks to The Banker's Marie Kemplay about the significant risk control and r...
Banking under pressure Episode 9: Protecting communities under quarantine
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gonzalo Gortázar, CEO of CaixaBank, a Spanish financial services company, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the situation in Spain, the ...
Banking under pressure Episode 8: the UK and the US labour market
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Vernazza, chief international economist at UniCredit, discusses the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK economy, as well as its ...
Banking under pressure Episode 7: Bank response and CEO performance
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Lewis, senior managing director and EMEA vice chairman for FTI Consulting, talks to The Banker's editor Brian Caplen about how banks should ...
Banking under pressure Episode 6: Litigation and the Covid-19 pandemic
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Linklaters partner Ed Chan talks to The Banker's Silvia Pavoni about the wave of litigation that may hit banks' balance sheets as the Covid-19 pandemi...
Banking under pressure Episode 5: Lessons from Asian banks’ coronavirus response
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vito Giudici, senior partner from McKinsey’s banking practice in Hong Kong, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about the situation in Hong Kong, wh...
Banking under pressure Episode 4: Accelerating the move towards digital banking
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Babs Ogundeyi, CEO of KudaBank, a Nigerian digital-only challenger bank, and Raj Kulasingam, senior counsel, Dentons, who is an investor and also lega...
Banking under pressure Episode 3: The coronavirus impact on Latin America
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Capital Economics's William Jackson talks to Silvia Pavoni about the coronavirus impact on Latin America, whether fiscal policy can be adjus...
Banking under pressure Episode 2: Advice on full-scale working from home
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Max Belingheri, group CEO of BFF Banking Group, headquartered in Milan, talks to The Banker's Joy Macknight about enabling fu...
Banking under pressure Episode 1: Who pays for coronavirus?
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Banker editor Brian Caplen talks to managing editor Joy Macknight about whether the banks are better prepared for an economic crisis brought about...