EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup, about the Savings and Investments Union — the EU's most ambitious attempt yet to put Europe's €10 trillion in household bank deposits to work. They discuss what the SIU means for ordinary Europeans, why it is different from previous capital markets integration efforts, and how much of Europe's investment gap it can realistically close. Pierrakakis also shares his view on the politics of supervisory reform, the future of the Pan-European Personal Pension Product, and what it takes to build consensus among 27 finance ministers.

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank — the EU's principal investment arm and one of the world's largest multilateral lenders. With a career spanning the European Commission, the Spanish government, and the IMF's top financial committee, she brings a rare inside-out view of how EU finance actually works.

The conversation covers what the Savings and Investments Union means for ordinary savers, how the EIB crowds in private capital and whether retail investors can ever really be part of that story, why European companies struggle to scale at home, and what the bank's digital bond issuances tell us about where capital market infrastructure is heading. The episode also touches on the EIB's landmark role in sustainable finance and its recent shift into defence investment.

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Tilman Lueder, the Head of Unit for Pensions and Insurance at the EU Commission about a proposed package to make supplementary pensions better and more accessible across the EU — revamping the rules for occupational pension funds, relaunching the Pan-European Personal Pension Product, and recommending that member states get serious about auto-enrolment and pension dashboards.

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with EU Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan about how sanctions are working after 4 years of Russia's full scale illegal and barbarous unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. During the past 4 years, Russia has been unable to achieve its illegal war objectives, but has perpetrated countless barbarities, war crimes, and murders against Ukraine and her people. Ukraine is showing remarkable resilience and courage against a brutal invader. Sanctions are one of the tools the EU has deployed to help in degrading Russia's war machine.

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with President Enrico Letta — former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Jacques Delors Institute — about the Savings and Investments Union and what it means for European citizens and businesses. They cover fragmented financial markets, ten trillion euros in household savings doing too little, the case for stronger EU-level supervision, and whether today's geopolitical turbulence is finally creating the political will to act. President Letta's landmark report Much More Than a Market laid much of the intellectual groundwork for the EU's current approach — so there's no better person to ask whether Europe is finally on the right track.

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with OECD Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Carmine Di Noia. They talk about financial literacy in the EU and beyond, competence frameworks, financial literacy challenges, the OECD’s plans, as well as what Professor di Noia thinks about the EU Commission’s financial literacy strategy.

Chantal Hughes chats with Niklas Wykman, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets, about the EU Commission's proposal on Savings and investment accounts (SIAs). They are designed to provide you with an easy and user-friendly way to grow your wealth and achieve your personal financial goals. SIAs already exist in some EU countries. The Commission is now recommending that all EU countries introduce them.

In a joint episode, EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and the European Central Bank's Podcast host Stefania Secola chat with ECB executive board member Piero Cippolone about the digital Euro. What IS it? Don't we already have it? How is it going to work? They'll also address disinformation about the digital euro: Is this a tool for Big Brother? Is Government going to control how we spend, and other disinformation topics. Last, but not least, WHEN is it going to finally happen?European Stability Mechanism Home: https://www.esm.europa.eu/EU Commission site on ESM: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-financial-assistance/euro-area-countries/european-stability-mechanism-esm_enEU Finance Newshub: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/finance-news-hub_en

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas heads over to Luxembourg to chat with the European Stability Mechanism’s Secretary General Nicola Giammarioli, responsible for Corporate Governance and Internal Policies, Policy Strategy and Institutional Relations and Communications. If you’ve ever wondered what the ESM is all about, this episode is for you!

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Anshula Kant about the World Bank. Anshula Kant is Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer. In this role, she is responsible for oversight of financial management, reporting, and risk management of the World Bank Group and the mobilization of IDA and other financial resources. The EU collaborates with the World Bank to align global development goals with EU policies, particularly in areas like climate action, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth.