Quick recap of the European financial news of October 2021.

Deep dive into the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and the actions of banks against climate change.

Rik Coeckelbergs is the founder of The Banking Scene. In this wide-ranging interview, Rik talks about the art of banking, banking for good, and why banks are still attractive for young people who want a meaningful career.

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Koen Vingerhoets is a blockchain expert who has delivered projects in finance and other industries. He tells Jan why he got interested in Bitcoin while working in a bank. We also talk about the Gartner hype cycle, public permissionless versus private permissioned blockchains, the need for collaboration when setting up an enterprise blockchain, and much more.

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Many banks are exiting foreign markets. But some choose to stick around and grow their market share. 

Quick recap of the financial news of September (euro area inflation, Universal Music Group IPO, Evergrande debt, US debt ceiling). 

Background story: the US debt ceiling and how the Treasury can mint a trillion dollar coin to escape from the impossible trinity imposed by Congress.

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Uuree Batsaikhan of Positive Money Europe talks about the ECB strategy review. Uuree and Jan also discuss climate change, helicopter money, green TLTROs, and the outlook for the next strategy review.

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