Podcasts are booming. There are now nearly 2 million to choose from, making it nearly impossible to decide which ones are worth following. This is especially true if you're hoping to keep pace with the flood of finance, banking and payments thought leadership now occupying the airwaves.
So many shows; so little time.
To help out, we've assembled a list of go-to podcasts covering topics related to fintech, customer experience in banking and payments. We’ve even included a few episodes from each to help you determine if they have a place on your playlist.
And although BillGO doesn't endorse all of the views or opinions expressed on these podcasts, we do find them educational, entertaining and even provocative from time to time.
American Banker
Hosted by an award-winning team from American Banker, this podcast provides equal measures of expert analysis and food for thought. Episodes typically run 20-30 minutes and cover a wide range of issues. Recent topics include the idea of resizing the authority of the Federal Reserve, cashless societies and fighting gender bias in banking.
Sample Episodes:
Bankers Can Ease the Transition to a Cashless Society
Featuring Shawn Rose, Scotiabank
The U.S. Needs to Take Digital Currency Seriously with Dave Birch
By Penny Crossman and Dave Birch
Fintech Insider
Hosts: David Brear, Jason Bates, Simon Taylor, and Sarah Kocianski
A generous mix of news coverage and in-depth interviews, Fintech Insider leans more to European guests and topics, but if you’re interested in getting a global perspective on APIs, AI and digital banking, Fintech Insider may be for you.
Sample Episodes:
Outsourcing in Financial Services: The New Industry Ecosystem
By David Brear
Featuring Latha Katam, Andreas Wolf and Joanne Dewar
How You Can Get Cultural and Digital Transformation Right
By David Brear
Featuring Chris Skinner, Dr. Julia Furedi, and Nigel Walder
Breaking Banks
Hosts: Brett King, Jason Henrichs, & JP Nicols
With 7 million listeners in 180 countries, Breaking Banks is among the most popular fintech podcasts. Each week, the hosts delve into the personalities, startups and industry players who are driving disruption in financial services – exploring both the latest technology and the people behind it.
Sample Episodes:
Banking in a Digital-First World
Featuring Ron Shevlin and Johanna Pugh
What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Innovate
By JP Nicols
Featuring Mark Donohue
One Vision
Hosts: Theo Lau, Brad Leimer and Arun Krishnakumar
Taking a holistic world view, One Vision fuses industry ideas alongside of sustainability, interviewing startup founders, investors and key policymakers in the innovation ecosystem to explore their impact on emerging markets, and what it all means for future generations.
Sample Episodes:
Will Banking (Finally) be Transformed
By Theo Lau and Brad Leimer
Featuring Elias Ghanem
The Future of Finance is Embedded
By Theo Lau and Brad Leimer
Banking Transformed
Host: Jim Marous
News flash: digital disruption is reshaping the financial services industry and this podcast shines a light how this transformation is playing out. Banking and fintech influencer, Jim Marous, hosts this forward-looking broadcast, which looks at light on the leadership and cultural challenges arising from digital transformation within FIs and how to prepare for them.
Sample Episodes:
The Rise of Big Tech Platforms in Banking
By Jim Marous
Featuring Pinar Ozcan
How to Win in the Experience Economy
By Jim Marous
Featuring Jim Gilmore
.png)
Tearsheet Podcast: The Business of Finance
Host: Zack Miller
Want to keep up to date on the latest trends impacting the business of finance and digital disruption in the industry? Tearsheet helps with weekly episodes hosted by Zack Miller, founder of Digiday Media's influential media firm Tearsheet. Expect to hear a lot of interviews with thought leaders, senior executives and entrepreneurs.
Sample Episodes:
The Ins and Outs of Banking Cannabis
By Zack Miller
Featuring Keri Cain and Kevin Hart
Case Study: Inside Bank of Georgia's Digital Transformation
By Zack Miller
Wharton Fintech Podcast
Hosts: Miguel Armaza and Ryan Zauk
Hosted by two recognized leaders in the field, Wharton Fintech connects listeners with those leaders who are reinventing global financial services. Guests include top fintech founders, investors and key thinkers from around the globe.
Sample Episodes:
By Miguel Armaza and Ryan Zauk
Featuring Anish Acharya
Building Unicorns and Redefining Online Banking
By Miguel Armaza and Ryan Zauk
Featuring Renaud Laplanche
Payments on Fire
Hosts: George Peabody and Yvette Bohanan
Interested in the payments space? Look no further than Payments on Fire, the podcast from Glenbrook Partners. How can you not love a podcast that describes itself as a place "where payment issues are reviewed, dissected, and batted around with industry leaders ... a good conversation between payments geeks." Nuff said.
Sample Episodes:
Don’t Miss Out on Faster Payments, The Next Big Shift in Digital Payments
By George Peabody and Yvette Bohanan
Featuring Russ Jones
GPay’s Impact on Every Stakeholder - Way More Than a Wallet
By George Peabody and Yvette Bohanan
Featuring Steve Klebe
Bank on It
Host: John Siracusa
Running twice a week, this is one of the longest running and popular finance podcasts out there. Host John Siracusa sits down with fintech leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss back stories, their biggest innovations and their take on happenings in the fintech industry. Each episode also offers a “Nugget of the Week” - a unique point of view or a reminder on how founders think, singled out and delivered in bite-sized chunks.
Sample Episodes
Nugget of the Week - Lean Product Testing with Brandon Krieg from Stash
Featuring Brandon Krieg
Nugget of the Week - The Hard Pivot is Leadership
Featuring Sankaet Pathak
BAI Banking Strategies
Host: Terry Badger
If you want to keep up on the latest issues impacting the financial services industry, check out BAI’s Banking Strategies podcast hosted weekly by Terry Badger. This podcast - which kicked off 2021 by interviewing BillGO CEO Dan Holt - covers issues ranging from customer experience and digital banking, to diversity, regulatory changes and more.
Sample Episodes:
The Case for Upgrading and Updating Bank Bill Pay
By Terry Badger
Featuring BillGO’s CEO, Dan Holt
Bankers Customer Want an Emotional Connection
By Terry Badger
Featuring Anson Vuong
Want More Fintech Insights?
Want to gain real insight into today’s financial ecosystem? Check out BillGO’s Bill Pay Knowledge Series webinars, which are now available on demand. This three-part series allows you to hear directly from analysts, financial services executives and other subject matter experts discuss the current state of bill pay and steps FIs and fintechs must take to better accommodate consumers and billers.
