Fintech Firebrand
Fintech Firebrand Episode 52
April 2025
This month’s episode covers US Tariffgeddon, the operational resilience evolution and the challenges related to AI.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 51
March 2025
This month’s episode rounds up the challenges to 24/7 trading in the US, finreg developments across the globe and the worrying retreat from DEI.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 50
February 2025
February 2025’s episode is all about the ongoing developments in European T+1, the focus on Reddit in capital markets for sentiment analysis and finreg changes in the US.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 49
January 2025
The January 2025 episode covers the changes to US finreg incoming, UK decisions on Basel III and the impact of DEI changes.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 48
December 2024
December 2024’s episode featuring ESG developments in the US, T+1 in Europe and the continuing development of quantum.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 47
November 2024
November 2024’s episode covers the impact of the US election results on the election and global markets, recent ESG and fintech developments in Asia and the importance of learning from innovation mistakes.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 46
October 2024
October 2024’s episode highlights the accelerated settlement progress in Europe, the regulatory focus on AI and the importance of engaging with the regulatory community.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 45
September 2024
September 2024’s episode is all about the Draghi report’s plans for EU competitiveness, recent SEC finreg activities, the FCA’s ESG announcement and a roundup of the Nordic market discussions at Posttrade360 in Stockholm this month.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 44
August 2024
August 2024’s episode including new digital regulatory reporting proposals, the CrowdStrike outage and the need for downtime to combat burnout!
Fintech Firebrand Episode 43
July 2024
July 2024’s episode featuring the latest developments around T+1 settlement, CSDR Refit, a reevaluation of the potential of AI by Goldman and the ongoing challenge of inter-generational workforces.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 42
June 2024
June 2024’s episode featuring the regulatory and industry proposals related to artificial intelligence, the European focus on Target2-Securities and the need for asset servicing to change its approach to talent attraction and retention.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 41
May 2024
May 2024’s episode all about the move to shorten the settlement cycle this month in North America, the upcoming update to UCITS, wholesale CBDC progress in Hong Kong and the elections across the globe and their potential impact on finreg.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 40
April 2024
April 2024’s episode is all about the latest operational resilience finreg developments in the EU, the continuing industry focus on AI technology and ethics and the need to focus on people as well as tech trends.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 39
March 2024
March 2024’s episode looks at the SEC’s climate focused regulation, Basel Endgame discussions, the true cost of settlement failure and some thoughts about International Women’s Day 2024.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 38
February 2024
February 2024’s roundup of all things finreg and fintech, including the US House Financial Services Committee debate, EU research on sustainable funds, operations job cutting and SEC fines for communications surveillance failures.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 37
January 2024
January 2024’s episode featuring the lowdown from WEF in Davos, bitcoin ETF mania, operational resilience concerns and the run-up to T+1 settlement in North America.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 36
December 2023
The end of 2023 roundup of fintech and finreg news including the finalisation of CSDR Refit, the latest ESG news from Singapore, CBDC pushback in the UK, Robinhood’s European ambitions and the wonderful world of tax digitalisation.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 35
November 2023
November 2023’s episode highlights the recent developments in the AI market, the UK regulatory crackdown on fraud in wealth management, a new fintech regulator for China and a call to action on diversity.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 34
October 2023
October 2023’s episode is all about the SEC’s busy finreg agenda, an update on Project Mariana (in the realm of CBDCs) and the buzz from the show floor at Sibos in Toronto, including tokenisation, generative AI and more.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 33
September 2023
The Sibos 2023 preview edition, with all the hot topics of note highlighted including tokenisation, generative AI, ESG, quantum computing, cybersecurity and more. Also, a quick look at all the finreg goings on during the summer.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 32
August 2023
August 2023’s roundup of all things fintech and finreg including Basel III Endgame (no, it’s not about the Avengers), the latest ESG regulatory developments around the G in the EU, the storm in a teacup about Coutts and its impact on KYC, and more incoming on AI.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 31
July 2023
July 2023’s episode of all the latest fintech and finreg news including the ESG debates in the US, MiFID changes in the UK and the regulatory changes for banks post-SVB.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 30
June 2023
June 2023’s rundown of the fintech and finreg news, including the SEC’s continued crackdown on crypto, the operational resilience issues at some market infrastructures and their ongoing investments in fintech firms.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 29
May 2023
May 2023’s fintech and finreg news, covering the SEC’s record-breaking whistleblower payout, the concept of an offline CBDC, MAS’s net zero plans, and some of the fintech discussion from a recent asset manager COO forum.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 28
April 2023
April’s episode of all the fintech and finreg news, including the DLT Pilot Programme, the new Consumer Duty requirements in the UK, the ongoing bank resolution discussions and the lowdown from Posttrade360 in Stockholm.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 27
March 2023
The March 2023 episode all about the finreg fallout from the woes of SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse, plus the latest cybersecurity regulations in the US, a check in on ESG and climate risk stress testing, and some final thoughts on IWD 2023 and gender equity.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 26
February 2023
Fintech Firebrand Episode 25
January 2023
January 2023’s roundup of all things finreg and fintech including the recent crypto enforcement actions, the outlook for the markets, the fintech recession, the marketing reviews in the cards for European capital markets and the risks to watch out for this year.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 24
December 2022
December’s festive roundup of the fintech and finreg news including the ongoing FTX saga, asset managers and ESG, the continued Brexit finreg challenges and what might happen to CSDR next.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 23
November 2022
November 2022’s episode is all about the crypto ice age coming, the fall of FTX, the trials and tribulations of corporate actions and what to expect from market infrastructures in 2023.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 22
October 2022
October 2022’s spooky finreg and fintech news covers everything from the dire state of the UK economy to the highlights from this year’s Sibos.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 21
September 2022
September 2022’s roundup of all the finreg and fintech news highlights the recent Senate Banking Committee discussions with Gary Gensler, the latest ESG fintech launch by MAS in Singapore and a roundup of our latest paper on post-trade efficiency.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 20
August 2022
August 2022’s episode is all about the recent crypto regulatory enforcements, the launch of a new green bond in Singapore as part of MAS’s ESG agenda and how to work better with regulators.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 19
July 2022
July’s episode is all about crypto finreg progress across the globe, the EU’s ESG ratings review, the deep tech innovation agenda, bigtech regulation and how to conduct a successful fintech POC.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 18
June 2022
June 2022’s episode examines the recent finreg actions related to ESG and greenwashing in the US and EU, the FTX roundtable with the CFTC on crypto and clearing, the new regulatory reporting association, and some thoughts on diversity in capital markets.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 17
May 2022
May 2022’s episode examines the crypto crash and its potential impact on finreg, a quick lesson on green bleaching, a chat about the stats from the recent T2S report and some words on the importance of data culture and fintech.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 16
April 2022
April 2022’s episode of Fintech Firebrand covers the digital finance, CBDC and meta verse explorations by the European regulators, progress in appointing new SEC and CFTC commissioners and the evolution of fintech – where business problems should come before technology!
Fintech Firebrand Episode 15
March 2022
March 2022’s episode of Fintech Firebrand covers the sanctions challenges related to the Ukraine conflict, supervisory technology or suptech, the introduction of CSDR penalties and thoughts on International Women’s Day.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 14
February 2022
A rundown of February 2022’s finreg and fintech news, including all things ESG, derivatives reporting, digital finance oversight and a preview of the risks to watch out for in the next 11 months.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 13
January 2022
January 2022’s episode with all your fintech and finreg news
Fintech Firebrand Episode 12
December 2021
The December 2021 episode of Firebrand Research’s roundup of all things finreg and fintech.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 11
November 2021
The November 2021 episode of Firebrand Research’s roundup of all things finreg and fintech.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 10
October 2021
October’s edition of Fintech Firebrand with all your fintech and finreg news.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 9
September 2021
This month’s fintech and finreg news with Firebrand Research.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 8
August 2021
This month’s episode with all the latest fintech and finreg news in capital markets. SEC and CFTC changes, post-trade challenges and more.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 7
July 2021
July’s episode of Fintech Firebrand covering everything from the finreg focus on SPACs, AML and compliance culture, to the lessons learned about AI in fintech.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 6
June 2021
Our roundup of the news around the Capital Markets Union in Europe, the SEC’s recent agenda items and the joys of partnerships between fintechs and financial institutions.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 5
May 2021
Firebrand Research’s May roundup of all the latest finreg and fintech news in capital markets
Fintech Firebrand Episode 4
April 2021
Our roundup of the news around climate risk and ESG finreg, crypto’s status as a security, and data quality in EU regulatory reporting, as well as governance in the industry as a whole.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 3
March 2021
We highlight the progress related to Nasdaq’s diversity initiative and the UK FCA’s focus on diversity in light of SMCR, as well as an update on Gamestop hearing two and our new research on regulatory reporting.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 2
February 2021
We take a look at the new SEC head and key changes in regulatory approach, ESG finreg developments across the globe and the lowdown on the first Gamestop hearing.
Fintech Firebrand Episode 1
January 2021
Our roundup of all the finreg and fintech news this month, including M&A news to kick off the year and the outlook for US and EU financial regulation.