Fintech Beat

China has sent shockwaves through the global financial system announcing that its central bank would soon introduce a digital version of its domestic currency, the yuan. Fintech Beat sits down with key IMF officials to learn about what a state-backed ‘cryptocurrency’ means for the yuan as a potential rival to the dollar.

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Open banking is set to shake up financial experiences for customers across the globe, enabling customers to allow third parties to access financial information needed to develop new apps and services. Fintech Beat sits down with the head of policy at Plaid, a unicorn fintech sitting in the middle of the revolution, to discuss the process of information sharing and how regulation shapes it.

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In this joint podcast, FRT and Fintech Beat team up to cover October's whirlwind of fintech discussions taking place at the Institute of International Finance, DC Fintech Week, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank--and just after Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before Capitol Hill about Libra.

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Joe Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, is planning a big upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain. Fintech Beat sits down with him to discuss the changes--as well as what he thinks about Libra and the CFTC's stance that Ether is a commodity.

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Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, is laser focused on building out XRP's use case as a bridge currency. Fintech Beat sits down with him to discuss Ripple's business strategy--and what he thinks about Libra, central bank digital currencies, and navigating regulatory uncertainty.

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Remittances are poised to grow to $550 billion this year - making them the single biggest source of external funding for recipient economies according to the World Economic Forum. More money is pumped into developing countries this way than by direct investment. But it's often costly and inefficient. But Fintech, specifically blockchain technology, may be able to help.

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What is Uber? It’s not just a ride share company and definitely more than a technology company. Increasingly, it’s a fintech company, too. We speak to the CEO of Uber Payments LLC and Uber's associate counsel to explore the company's identity.

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Uncertainty is the bane of the crypto industry, with limited predictability about the scope of securities laws—and more fundamentally, whether or not any cryptocurrency is a security. The principal of Notation Capital and the former general counsel of the CFTC join Fintech Beat to shed some light on Block.one’s settlement with the SEC. 

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What is money? The answer is one of the most contested issues for regulators of fintech. As nonbank financial services and cryptocurrencies have hit the mainstream as substitutes for money, financial experts are also beginning to differentiate between "bad" and "good" money. Fintech Beat takes a closer look with the author of a new study conducted with SWIFT, the global payments firm.

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Cryptocurrencies are increasingly the tool of choice for drug dealers and corrupt actors. Prosecutors say they have seized nearly $1 billion worth of digital coins in busts around the world. But how is crypto treated as a matter of US law—and what does the IRS do with its seizures? To find out, Fintech Beat sits down with one of the IRS’s top crypto cops.

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