EU Finance - The Future of Finance
The EU_Finance podcast is created by EU Commission’s Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. Short episodes are released monthly on topics related to banks, capital markets, insurance, digital or sustainable finance, anti-money laundering, etc.
Episodes
Introduction to podcast
Short episodes are released at the same time as the monthly EU Commission Finance Newsletter on topics related to banks, capital markets, insurance, digital or sustainable finance, anti-money laundering, sanctions, etc.
The host of the podcast is not an expert, so tries to get the topics explained as simply as possible.
The views expressed are those of the participants and not necessarily those of
The One about sanctions
How do sanctions work? Do they work? How citizens and business can help them work?
The One about Digital Finance
Aidas Palubinskas talks to Jan Ceyssens about all things digital – including cryptocurrencies, cyber risks, the digital euro, privacy, and consent.
The One about sustainable investment
Letizia Lupini talks to Alain Deckers – head of the asset management unit – about what the EU is doing to promote sustainable finance and how investors can make sure they invest green.
The One about Anti-Money-Laundering
Back in 2021, the European Commission presented an ambitious package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU rules on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT). This included the proposal for the creation of a new EU authority to fight money laundering. Aidas Palubinskas talks with DG FISMA’s Deputy Director General Alexandra Jour Schroeder.
The One about Energy
In response to the extremely volatile prices caused by Russia’s weaponisation of energy, on 18 October 2022, the EU Commission proposed a new emergency regulation to address high gas prices in the EU and ensure security of supply this winter. Aidas Palubinskas chats with the EU Commission’s Director General for Finance Sean Berrigan about the financial markets aspects.
The One About Instant Payments
Instant coffee, instant oatmeal, instant mashed potatoes, instant gratification. We want it all, and we want it now. So, we’re going to talk about instant payments. On 26 October 2022, the European Commission put forward a legislative proposal on establishing instant payments. Wait, what? Don’t we already have that? Your host, Aidas Palubinskas, who knows just enough to get himself into trouble, t
The One About Capital Markets Union
Brussels woke up to a clean blanket of snow this morning. It’s like there’s a beautiful single space, ready and waiting for new opportunities. Sounds like a metaphor for the EU, no? When your host Aidas Palubinskas came to work for DG FISMA, what he likes to call the EU’s Ministry of Finance - work on the Capital Markets Union – the CMU - was just getting started. The CMU is a big project, and can
The One About Clearing
Your intrepid EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas has a quick-fire chat with Jenny Robertson, the head of the EU's Financial Markets Infrastructure unit. They're talking about something that deals with mind-boggling amounts of money. Tens of trillions of Euro. Yes, TENS of TRILLIONS of Euro. They're going to clear the air. They're going to clear the way to a better understand
The One About the European Green Bond Standard
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Axel Fougner – the EU Commission’s foremost authority on the European Green Bond Standard. Axel gives Aidas an explanation about EUGBS, how it’s going to work, why it’s going to work, and who is going to make it work. If you’re green behind the ears about bonds that might help save the planet, this episode is for you. If you’re ready to go green
The One About the EU as a Borrower
Governments borrow. The EU borrows. It borrows to get stuff done. EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Niall Bohan, the EU Commission’s Director for Asset, debt and financial Risk management in the Budget department. They walk through how the EU issues debt, how our bonds, EU bonds, work, why they work and why they’re a big, good deal. And they have some laughs along the way.
The One About the EU Sanctions Envoy
Back in December of 2022, the EU decided to create a new role of International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions to ensure continuous, high-level discussions with third countries to avoid the evasion or even the circumvention of the unprecedented sanctions that have been imposed on Russia since the start of its brutal and illegal war against Ukraine and the West. EU Finance Podc
The One About the Data Hub (Digital Finance Platform)
In September 2020, the European Commission adopted the digital finance strategy to foster a more competitive and innovative European financial sector. The digital finance platform is part of this effort to support innovation in finance and build a true single market for digital financial services.EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with the EU Commission’s foremost expert on the digita
The One About Sustainability Reporting
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Thomas Dodd, the EU Commission’s expert on corporate reporting about how someone who wants to invest sustainably can know if the investment is really green? Well, surprise, surprise!, the EU has once again stepped up to help us out. At the beginning of this year, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force. This n
The One About How Sanctions Are Indeed Working
Special Edition - this episode being released outside the usual combination of podcast and monthly EU Finance Newsletter. It’s also special, because there’s been a massive uptick in Russian disinformation regarding sanctions, and the truth is needed to combat that as soon as possible.
The latest false Russian narrative is that sanctions are not working. Article after article gets pushed to world
The One About the EU’s banking crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI)
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Andrea Beltramello, the Head of the Commission’s resolution and deposit insurance unit, talk about reforming the EU’s banking crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework within the EU’s Banking Union.
This is the first of a two part series. Next time, we’ll be talking with Dominique Laboureix - the chair of the Single Resolution Board (
The One About the Single Resolution Board (SRB)
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Dominique Laboureix - the chair of the Single Resolution Board (the SRB) talk about the SRB, what it does, and WHY it does.
This is a companion episode to S02E02 on the subject of banking union, bank resolution and related matters.
EU Finance Newsletter: https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/fina
The One About Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Elodie Feller of the Platform on Sustainable Finance and EU Commission expert Sophie Rathmes about an important facet of sustainable finance – transition finance. The aim behind transition finance is to support companies that are at different starting points to become more sustainable in the future and to create the right conditions so capital f
The One About the Anti Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with Olena Loboiko, an expert policy officer in the EU Commission’s Anti Money Laundering unit. They discuss the creation of a new EU authority to fight money laundering - AMLA. It is part of the Commission’s commitment to protect EU citizens and the EU's financial system from money laundering and terrorist financing.
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The One About the Banking Package (Basel III)
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and Almoro Rubin de Cervin, head of the EU’s Banking regulation and supervision unit, examine where we are with banking reform, and if is it really the final step in this reform of banking rules.
The One About the Chair of the European Banking Authority
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas talks with the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) - Jose Manuel Campa. He was first appointed to the Chair of the EBA in March 2019 and was recently RE-appointed for a second term. He represents the Authority and by chairing the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board steers the strategic direction of the Authority
The One About the EIOPA Chairperson
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) - Petra Hielkema. She was appointed as chair back in September 2021, so she’s a bit more than halfway through this term. EIOPA is at the heart of insurance and occupational pensions supervision in the EU.
The One About Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Mr. Brice De Schietere, the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Head of sanctions division. The External Action Service is like the EU’s foreign ministry. As friends of the podcast already know, it’s DG FISMA (The Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) that prepares joint proposals for Re
The One About What EU Finance Commissioner McGuinness Accomplished
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with outgoing EU Commissioner for Financial services, financial stability, and Capital Markets Union Mairead McGuinness about what she’s gotten done over the last 4 years. It’s the first ever EU Finance VODcast, so head over to our youtube channel @EUFinance and take a look!
The One about European Green Bonds going live!
The European Green Bond Standard is here! It’s grown and flowered into the European Green Bond Standard Regulation which applies from 21 December of 2024. That’s why EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas revisits this subject with Christine Mai, an EU expert on sustainable finance and the European Green Bond Standard Regulation.
The One About Jobs at Anti Money Laundering Authority
The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) is here! Brand-spanking new! EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Olivier Salles, the executive director of AMLA and Vincent Schön from AMLA’s communications team about what’s new and how to get a job at AMLA.
The One About EU Finance's International Affairs
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Maria Raffaella Assetta, the head of international affairs in DG FISMA. Raffaella and her team are responsible for the EU working with our international partners (USA, UK, G20, etc.) to develop consistent policies on the regulation of financial markets and capital movements.
The One About Climate Benchmarks
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Antoine Picot, an expert on securities markets and benchmarks about climate benchmarks, and how they work, as well as what Paris Aligned and Climate Transition Benchmarks are useful for.
The One About EU Venture Capitalists
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Eva de Mol, the founder of the first and largest investment fund in technology startups in the Netherlands founded by women: CapitalT. They chat about the EU being more risk averse than the USA, about freeing up European capital to do more, and about the future of EU capital markets. Eva earned her PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the
The One About the Savings and Investments Union featuring Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque
EU Finance podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque, responsible for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union. The Savings and Investments Union (SIU) is at the forefront of Europe's financial strategy, aiming to create a more robust and inclusive economic environment. Commissioner Albuquerque shares how this initiative is designed to empowe
The One About the Sanctions Helpdesk
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with the EU Sanctions Helpdesk's Frederik van Essen, Legal and Compliance Key Expert, and Dimitrios Chaidas, Key Expert on Communications, who will discuss the Helpdesk and the added value it brings to European SMEs. This is a special episode as it is the new episode of our “EU Finance” Podcast Series but also the first episode of the new “Compli
The One About the World Bank and the EU
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Anshula Kant about the World Bank. Anshula Kant is Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer. In this role, she is responsible for oversight of financial management, reporting, and risk management of the World Bank Group and the mobilization of IDA and other financial resources. The EU collaborates with the World Bank to ali
The One about the European Stability Mechanism with Nicola Giammarioli
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas heads over to Luxembourg to chat with the European Stability Mechanism’s Secretary General Nicola Giammarioli, responsible for Corporate Governance and Internal Policies, Policy Strategy and Institutional Relations and Communications. If you’ve ever wondered what the ESM is all about, this episode is for you!
The One About the Digital Euro with ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone
In a joint episode, EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas and the European Central Bank's Podcast host Stefania Secola chat with ECB executive board member Piero Cippolone about the digital Euro. What IS it? Don't we already have it? How is it going to work? They'll also address disinformation about the digital euro: Is this a tool for Big Brother? Is Government going to control ho
The One About Savings and Investment Accounts with Swedish Minister for Financial Markets, Niklas Wykman
Chantal Hughes chats with Niklas Wykman, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets, about the EU Commission's proposal on Savings and investment accounts (SIAs). They are designed to provide you with an easy and user-friendly way to grow your wealth and achieve your personal financial goals. SIAs already exist in some EU countries. The Commission is now recommending that all EU countries introduc
The One About Financial Literacy Featuring OECD Director Carmine Di Noia
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with OECD Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Carmine Di Noia. They talk about financial literacy in the EU and beyond, competence frameworks, financial literacy challenges, the OECD’s plans, as well as what Professor di Noia thinks about the EU Commission’s financial literacy strategy.
The One about the Savings and Investments Union featuring former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with President Enrico Letta — former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Jacques Delors Institute — about the Savings and Investments Union and what it means for European citizens and businesses. They cover fragmented financial markets, ten trillion euros in household savings doing too little, the case for stronger EU-level supervision, and
The One About an Update on Sanctions featuring EU Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with EU Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan about how sanctions are working after 4 years of Russia's full scale illegal and barbarous unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. During the past 4 years, Russia has been unable to achieve its illegal war objectives, but has perpetrated countless barbarities, war crimes, and murders against Ukraine and her pe
The One about Supplementary Pensions featuring Tilman Lueder
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Tilman Lueder, the Head of Unit for Pensions and Insurance at the EU Commission about a proposed package to make supplementary pensions better and more accessible across the EU — revamping the rules for occupational pension funds, relaunching the Pan-European Personal Pension Product, and recommending that member states get serious about auto-en
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