Episodes

The race to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is often portrayed as one of polar opposites: the Chinese hare against the US tortoise. But we should keep a close eye on a third contestant in the race, the eurozone, says Jonas Gross, our guest in the latest New Money Review podcast. The new digital euro project is part of a package of measures undertaken by the European Union (EU) to ensure the region stays competitive in the increasingly internet-based global economy. Last summer ...

The race to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is often portrayed as one of polar opposites: the Chinese hare against the US tortoise. But we should keep a close eye on a third contestant in the race, the eurozone, says Jonas Gross, our guest in the latest New Money Review podcast. The new digital euro project is part of a package of measures undertaken by the European Union (EU) to ensure the region stays competitive in the increasingly internet-based global economy. Last summer ...

Belief in a new era, rampant speculation, insider dealing, market manipulation, fortunes being won and lost… The cryptocurrency boom of 2020/21? Sounds like it. But it’s also an accurate description of the US stock market before the great Wall Street crash of 1929. “It was the Wild West,” says Kathleen Moriarty, a securities lawyer and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, describing the roaring 1920s. “Anything horrible that you imagine could be done would be done. Brokers were s...

Belief in a new era, rampant speculation, insider dealing, market manipulation, fortunes being won and lost… The cryptocurrency boom of 2020/21? Sounds like it. But it’s also an accurate description of the US stock market before the great Wall Street crash of 1929. “It was the Wild West,” says Kathleen Moriarty, a securities lawyer and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, describing the roaring 1920s. “Anything horrible that you imagine could be done would be done. Brokers were s...

Belief in a new era, rampant speculation, insider dealing, market manipulation, fortunes being won and lost… The cryptocurrency boom of 2020/21? Sounds like it. But it’s also an accurate description of the US stock market before the great Wall Street crash of 1929. “It was the Wild West,” says Kathleen Moriarty, a securities lawyer and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, describing the roaring 1920s. “Anything horrible that you imagine could be done would be done. Brokers were s...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, talk about the behaviours, attitudes and financial resilience of self-directed investors in the UK. Britain Thinks recently conducted and published research on self-directed investing on behalf of the UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority. One of the consultancy's key findings is that self-directed investors—those making investment decisions on their own behalf, without the help of a financial adviser—are at risk of overconfi...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, talk about the behaviours, attitudes and financial resilience of self-directed investors in the UK. Britain Thinks recently conducted and published research on self-directed investing on behalf of the UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority. One of the consultancy's key findings is that self-directed investors—those making investment decisions on their own behalf, without the help of a financial adviser—are at risk of overconfi...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, talk about the behaviours, attitudes and financial resilience of self-directed investors in the UK. Britain Thinks recently conducted and published research on self-directed investing on behalf of the UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority. One of the consultancy's key findings is that self-directed investors—those making investment decisions on their own behalf, without the help of a financial adviser—are at risk of overconfi...

Many large financial institutions have performed an about-turn in cryptocurrency during the last few years, moving from a position of outright hostility to one of acceptance and even enthusiasm. But there are still a few outspoken sceptics of the now-booming sector. One is Stephen Diehl, a software engineer, chief technical officer of a London-based fintech company called Adjoint and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. According to Diehl, cryptocurrency is an internet-based lott...

Many large financial institutions have performed an about-turn in cryptocurrency during the last few years, moving from a position of outright hostility to one of acceptance and even enthusiasm. But there are still a few outspoken sceptics of the now-booming sector. One is Stephen Diehl, a software engineer, chief technical officer of a London-based fintech company called Adjoint and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. According to Diehl, cryptocurrency is an internet-based lott...

Many large financial institutions have performed an about-turn in cryptocurrency during the last few years, moving from a position of outright hostility to one of acceptance and even enthusiasm. But there are still a few outspoken sceptics of the now-booming sector. One is Stephen Diehl, a software engineer, chief technical officer of a London-based fintech company called Adjoint and our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. According to Diehl, cryptocurrency is an internet-based lott...

Political revolutions often go hand-in-hand with revolutions in money. Stores of value change, the way we make payments changes, our attitudes to credit change. According to Rebecca Spang, professor of history at Indiana University, the author of a prize-winning 2015 book called ‘Stuff and Money at the time of the French Revolution’ and our interviewee in the latest New Money Review podcast, we may once again be living in revolutionary times. “Past institutions no longer feel legitimate or sta...

Political revolutions often go hand-in-hand with revolutions in money. Stores of value change, the way we make payments changes, our attitudes to credit change. According to Rebecca Spang, professor of history at Indiana University, the author of a prize-winning 2015 book called ‘Stuff and Money at the time of the French Revolution’ and our interviewee in the latest New Money Review podcast, we may once again be living in revolutionary times. “Past institutions no longer feel legitimate or sta...

Political revolutions often go hand-in-hand with revolutions in money. Stores of value change, the way we make payments changes, our attitudes to credit change. According to Rebecca Spang, professor of history at Indiana University, the author of a prize-winning 2015 book called ‘Stuff and Money at the time of the French Revolution’ and our interviewee in the latest New Money Review podcast, we may once again be living in revolutionary times. “Past institutions no longer feel legitimate or sta...

John Kiff, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, has always worked in what he calls the ‘edgy’ areas of finance—from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to fintech and digital currencies. For 25 years, Kiff worked at Canada’s central bank, where he was in charge of managing the country’s foreign reserve risk. He then worked as a senior financial sector expert at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he focused on questions of financial stability. Kiff now publishes a widely f...

John Kiff, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, has always worked in what he calls the ‘edgy’ areas of finance—from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to fintech and digital currencies. For 25 years, Kiff worked at Canada’s central bank, where he was in charge of managing the country’s foreign reserve risk. He then worked as a senior financial sector expert at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he focused on questions of financial stability. Kiff now publishes a widely f...

John Kiff, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, has always worked in what he calls the ‘edgy’ areas of finance—from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to fintech and digital currencies. For 25 years, Kiff worked at Canada’s central bank, where he was in charge of managing the country’s foreign reserve risk. He then worked as a senior financial sector expert at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he focused on questions of financial stability. Kiff now publishes a widely f...

According to Dr. Franklin Noll, our digital money future will look a lot like the past: we are heading back to a time when humans had to juggle between many different forms of currency. Noll, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, is a historian who specialises in the technology of money—ranging from banknotes to cryptocurrency. “Our recent history, where you only have one kind of currency, is kind of an aberration,” Noll says in the podcast. “If you go back to colonial-era Massach...

According to Dr. Franklin Noll, our digital money future will look a lot like the past: we are heading back to a time when humans had to juggle between many different forms of currency. Noll, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, is a historian who specialises in the technology of money—ranging from banknotes to cryptocurrency. “Our recent history, where you only have one kind of currency, is kind of an aberration,” Noll says in the podcast. “If you go back to colonial-era Massach...

According to Dr. Franklin Noll, our digital money future will look a lot like the past: we are heading back to a time when humans had to juggle between many different forms of currency. Noll, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, is a historian who specialises in the technology of money—ranging from banknotes to cryptocurrency. “Our recent history, where you only have one kind of currency, is kind of an aberration,” Noll says in the podcast. “If you go back to colonial-era Massach...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of the now-booming digital asset sector. Listen in to the podcast, ‘the future of money in thirty minutes’, to hear a wide-ranging discussion between Paul Gordon and New Money Review editor Paul Amery about: The origins of London’s crypto community From early radicalism to the financialis...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of the now-booming digital asset sector. Listen in to the podcast, ‘the future of money in thirty minutes’, to hear a wide-ranging discussion between Paul Gordon and New Money Review editor Paul Amery about: The origins of London’s crypto community From early radicalism to the financialis...

In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of the now-booming digital asset sector. Listen in to the podcast, ‘the future of money in thirty minutes’, to hear a wide-ranging discussion between Paul Gordon and New Money Review editor Paul Amery about: The origins of London’s crypto community From early radicalism to the financialis...

Our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast is Rich Turrin, a US citizen based for a decade in Shanghai, China, where he has had a bird’s eye view of the incredible changes taking place in money and payments. “I’ve lived first-hand through China’s experience of going cashless,” Turrin says in the podcast. “It’s changed from a place where I needed to have a large wad of 100 renminbi notes in my pocket, to a place where I don’t need any cash.” “These changes are coming to you soon,” Turrin...