Core Insights: Fintech
Join host Natasha de Teran as she questions academics from The Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School alongside industry guests on the hot topics in Fintech. From DeFi platforms to CBDCs, listen to find out the latest thinking and research in the fast emerging world of Fintech. The former journalist and author of
'The Pay Off: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything' will guide you through the arguments for and against regulation, the need for digital currencies and the pitfalls of investing in cryptocurrencies.
Episodes
7 episodes
Will CBDCs bring about the end of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies?
In the final episode of this seven-part series in conjunction with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology we are looking at C...
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Episode 7
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44:44
How blockchain is about to revolutionise banking
In this latest episode of a seven-part series in conjunction with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology we are looking at bl...
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Episode 6
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47:06
Can AI save ESG?
In this fifth episode on fintech with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology we look at Environmental, Social and Governance ...
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Episode 5
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47:20
CEX vs DEX: The battle for the future of cryptos
Since the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX - a centralised exchange or CEX - the popularity of decentralised exchanges, or DEXs, such as Uniswap or Orca, has soared. But which type of platform will win in the battle for crypto tradin...
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Episode 4
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53:28
What does DeFi need to go mainstream?
Decentralised finance, or DeFi, offers financial instruments without relying on traditional intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks by using smart contracts on a blockchain. It could be revolutionary and take out a lot of costs t...
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Episode 3
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49:45
Will cryptocurrencies survive the coming regulations?
The crypto world has frequently been described as the Wild West, while the collapse of the FTX exchange with investors losing billions of dollars and founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of fraud, means regulators and regulations are closing in....
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Episode 2
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30:35
How will digital currencies impact our world?
Most central banks around the world are looking at introducing a digital currency or a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), including the UK’s Bank of England. Indeed, China has already started experimenting with the digital yuan piloted in mo...
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Episode 1
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