The FinReg Pod

A View from Basel: Cross-border financial regulation in the post-crisis era

Nov 25, 2019

Bill Coen, former Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, discusses his experience on the Basel Committee as he led the effort to develop and define the Committee's strategy with the ultimate objective of reaching consensus on global guidelines, standards, and best practices. As Secretary...

The Impact of Climate Change on Financial Stability

Nov 13, 2019

Rostin Behnam, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, and Sarah Bloom Raskin, former Deputy Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve Board Governor, speak about the risks that climate change poses to the stability of our financial system. In the US, central bankers and financial regulators have been...

Ben Lawsky on Regulating Cryptocurrency

Nov 1, 2019

Ben Lawsky, CEO of the Lawsky Group and the former New York State Superintendent of Financial Services, talks about his experience creating the New York BitLicense, a first-of-its-kind state licensing regime for the virtual currency industry with The FinReg Pod host, Lee Reiners.

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The Impact of America's Slow Payment System on Income Inequality

Oct 22, 2019

Aaron Klein addresses the costs of America’s slow and antiquated payment system and its contribution to economic inequality with The FinReg Pod host Lee Reiners. Klein is a fellow in Economic Studies and policy director of the Center on Regulation and Markets at the Brookings Institution. He focuses on financial...

Revisiting the National Mortgage Settlement: part 2

Oct 9, 2019

Part 2 of Joe Smith talking about his role as court appointed monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement in the wake of the global financial crisis with The FinReg Pod host Reiners. Smith is currently a partner at Poyner Spruill and a fellow at the Global Financial Markets Center. From 2002 to 2012, Joe served as North...