One of our favourite topics here at Functional Banking Magic is to look at the partnerships and relationships that develop between a bank and a tech company. HSBC has partnered with fintech company Diginex to provide their commercial banking customers in various markets with a sustainability reporting tool, allowing businesses to plan and report their ESG performance online and manage their performance against ESG indicators and globally recognised frameworks. This episode we sit down with: Natalie Blyth, Global Head of Commercial Banking Sustainability, HSBC Mark Blick, CEO, Diginex Hos ..read more

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about offering information bankers like you need to know. This week Liz Lumley and Joy Macknight discuss innovation labs, net zero transition plans, bank profits and the possibility of embedded finance on a bike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Your weekly look at what the industry is talking about, offering the information that bankers like you need to know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Cryptocurrencies are the most exciting or the most divisive development in fintech in recent years, depending on your perspective. In this episode, women who have been at the forefront of crypto development explain how they ended up working in this nascent space, what the culture of working within crypto is like, and what their goals are for expanding the sector.  Chapter 1  Nelly Chatue-Diop, founder and CEO, Ejara  Chapter 2  Caitlin Long, founder and CEO, Custodia Bank  Chapter 3  Tai Panich, CEO and CIO, SCB 10X   Chapter 4  Teana Bake ..read more

Barbara Pianese, The Banker's Latin America editor, chats with Herbert Hernández, Bantrab CEO, about the bank's mission and the Guatemalan economy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In this third episode, Barbara Pianese discusses digitalisation and banking in Latin America with fintech entrepreneur Brett King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

We focus on how the current challenging macroeconomic and political context is affecting the Latin American region and how banks are coping in the current higher interest rates environment. Recent developments regarding financial inclusion in Latam have also been discussed.    Our guests are:  Martin Spicer, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation Germana Cruz - CEO and head of financial institutions, Latin America, Standard Chartered Alejandro Garcia, regional group head for financial ..read more

While mobile money has prompted financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa to more than double in 10 years, the gender gap in access to basic financial services remains wider than any other world region. John Everington talks to the World Bank's Leora Klapper about the main obstacles to increased financial inclusion for the continent's women, and to the World Food Programme's Chloe Gueguen about strategies for narrowing the gender gap.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

London mayor Sadiq Khan wants more power and financing for cities so they can deal with and find solutions to climate change. Cities, after all, are responsible for over two thirds of emissions and local administrations, says Khan, are seen as the “doers”, while national governments are the “delayers”. He thinks that mayors should be part of the UN climate conference negotiations. In fact, COP27, which is wrapping up in Sharm el-Sheikh this week, will be the last without cities at the table, he says. Does he have a point?  Hear what Khan told Sustainable Views and what our corresponden ..read more

Ahead of this year’s UN climate conference, discussions over the responsibility of the world’s richest countries towards developing economies have intensified.  Emerging markets’ contribution to climate change is miniscule, but they are disproportionately hurt by its effects. Think of the catastrophic droughts, floods and hurricanes directly linked to man-made climate change that have crashed infrastructure and cost lives and livelihoods across developing countries. With COP27 being hosted by Egypt, and African governments increasingly pushing back against requests to keep fossil fuels ..read more