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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.

The January 2025 episode covers the changes to US finreg incoming, UK decisions on Basel III and the impact of DEI changes. Watch the video below to learn more.

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.

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.

August 2024’s rundown of the proposed digital reporting standards in the UK and the EU, the lowdown on the CrowdStrike outage and operational resilience and the need for a break ahead of a busy fourth quarter!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

February 2023’s update on all things fintech and finreg, including the ESMA discussions about operational resilience, the US pushback against ESG regulation, transatlantic cooperation by EU and US regulators, and the importance of asset servicing.

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.

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.

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.

October 2022’s spooky finreg and fintech news cover everything from the dire state of the UK economy to the highlights from this year’s Sibos.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 B2B Marketing brings to you the February insights provided by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research.

FinTech B2B Marketing brings to you the February insights provided by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research.

FinTech B2B Marketing brings to you the January insights in the new year provided by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research.

Tune in to watch the latest market developments discussed by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research, for December in the world of FinReg and FinTech. Here are some key highlights.

Tune in to watch the latest market developments discussed by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research, for November in the world of Finreg and Fintech. Here are some key highlights.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were taken out at the start of the month, leading to questions around operational resilience and cloud technology. Tune in to watch the latest market developments discussed by Virginie O’ Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research, for October in the world of Finreg and Fi...

Here are some recent market developments discussed by Virginie, Founder of Firebrand Research for the month of September in the world of Finreg and Fintech.

Virginie O’Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research shares her monthly FinTech market insights with the Fintech B2B Marketing Community to help marketers keep on top of the latest market trends. Here are some recent market developments discussed by Virginie for the month of July. Watch the video below to...

Virginie O’Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research shares her monthly FinTech market insights with the Fintech B2B Marketing Community to help marketers keep on top of the latest market trends. Here are some recent market developments discussed by Virginie for the month of June.

Virginie O’Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research shares her monthly FinTech market insights with the Fintech B2B Marketing Community to help marketers keep on top of the latest market trends. Here are some recent market developments discussed by Virginie for the month of May. Watch the video below to ...

Virginie O’Shea, Founder of Firebrand Research shares her monthly FinTech market insights with the Fintech B2B Marketing Community to help marketers keep on top of the latest market trends. Here are some recent market developments discussed by Virginie for the month of April. Watch the video below t...

Learning with Market Leaders – Anoosha Livani, Director, UK Head of Marketing & Communications at Societe Generale Securities Services and Advisory Board Member for the Fintech B2B Marketing community shares her views with Payal Raina, Founder at FinTech B2B Marketing about why D&I is important in t...