Best 15 Fintech Podcasts to Bookmark and Listen to in 2024
As an avid consumer of fintech content, where should you get your information? Who are the best people to follow?
And how do you stay up to date with the constant stream of never-ending and exciting fintech news?
One word: podcasts.
So what are the top podcasts on fintech and financial services to listen to? We’ve put together this list of top 13 podcasts you should absolutely follow. We’ve manually checked every one to ensure they’re still active and publishing – you don’t want to listen to an old podcast that covers outdated news!
Our list includes fintech podcasts from around the world, diving into topics such as banking as a service, the future of fintech, crypto and a lot more.
Top fintech podcasts
Fintech Insider Podcast by 11FS
11FS is a Fintech consultancy based in London. They publish a wide range of content in all kinds of formats, including their well known podcast.
Every week, they publish two episodes covering the current fintech news. There is such a tsunami of fintech updates every week that even their 1 hour episodes don’t manage to cover everything.
Each episode is hosted by a different person, ranging from industry experts like David Brear, Kate Moody, Ross Gallagher, Simon Taylor and more. They have incredibly high quality guests including well known fintech founders, people from Visa and more. You can find their podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify and all popular podcast platforms.
Breaking Banks
Breaking Banks was founded in 2013, making it the oldest fintech podcast on record. It’s hosted by Brett King, CEO of a neobank called Moven, and JP Nicols, an advisor to Fortune 500 companies and cofounder of the Fintech Forge.
They publish one 1 hour episode per week where they focus on deep dives into fintech topics, rather than only the fintech news. They also have a better view on global fintech, since the hosts are based in the USA and the guests come from every corner of the world.
Voice of Fintech
The Voice of Fintech is a podcast founded by Rudolf Falat, who works in corporate finance and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
The episodes are a lot shorter, making them easier to listen to for short commutes or weeks. It’s a weekly podcast that offers a good overview of the Fintech ecosystem specifically in Switzerland and Europe.
What the Fintech?
What the Fintech? Is a podcast that covers a wide range of topics in the fintech space. It’s hosted by Paul Hindle, editor of Fintech Futures, one of the top publications on fintech news. The podcast not only focuses on fintech topics, but also covers general fintech education and financial inclusion topics.
They release each episode every 2 weeks and cover a lot of the trending topics, along with banishing fintech business buzzwords to their “fintech jailhouse”.
Wharton Fintech Podcast
The Wharton Fintech Podcast was founded by students at Wharton, and has since come a long way. In each episode you’ll hear a variety of topics and trends with panellists that include students, investors and founders. They’ve interviewed more than 350 CEOs and CXOs, VCs, regulatory bodies and more.
Fintech Family Hour
Previously called For Fintech’s Sake, Fintech Family Hour is hosted by Money 20/20 content director Zach Anderson Pettet. The podcast explores how to bring fintech education and awareness to the masses. Zach’s personal goal is to level the fintech playing field in the US.
Having recently expanded to YouTube video, his podcast features a ‘roundtable’ discussion instead of the traditional interview format. Listeners explore stories from some of the fastest growing fintech companies and how they’ve navigated the crowded waters in their mission to democratise finance.
As Zach says himself: “The goal is to make fintech fun and a bit more approachable”.
Fintech Recap
The Fintech Recap podcast is hosted by two well known fintech newsletter writers, Alex Johnson and Jason Mikula. In the podcast, the two hosts cover topics including Web3, insurtech, new financial technology and innovations in the industry. They publish one episode per month, featuring a guest who’s an active operator in the fintech industry.
The FML podcast
The Fintech Marketing Leaders Podcast is a podcast with a fintech and marketing angle. In the podcast, host Shameer Sachdev, MD of his agency Growth Gorilla, interviews fintech marketing thought leaders to explore latest trends, real-life growth tactics and insights. They publish every 2 weeks.
Fintech Australia podcast
In the Fintech Australia Podcast, multiple hosts interview industry leaders in the fintech space and cover topics ranging from how to hire the best talent, how to create a winning culture and the challenges and opportunities of the financial industry in Australia.
London Fintech Podcast
The London Fintech podcast was launched in July 2014, making it one of the oldest fintech podcasts. The podcast focuses on more blue-chip and incumbent speakers, including guests such as Lord Turner, Sir Paul Tucker and the Lord Mayor of London, economist Professor John Kay and many others.
They focus more on the finance side of fintech, with the goal to educate and entertain their listeners. They have over 750k downloads since they launched nearly 10 years ago.
Fintech One on One podcast
Fintech One on One is hosted by the chairman of Fintech Nexus, co-founder Peter Renton. Every week, he interviews fintech leaders and influencers who are leading the transformation of financial services. They focus on topics such as digital banking, future of finance, open banking, payments and lending.
Generation
The Generation podcast is hosted by Max Rothery from Finimize, the personal finance newsletter and community. He interviews the biggest names in marketing and product in financial services. His goal is to digest their lessons into the playbook for fintech leaders of tomorrow.
Leaders from at Barclays, Wealthfront, Revolut, Habito, Stripe, Ellevest will all feature in the first series..
Fintech Impact
In the Fintech Impact podcast, host Jason Pereira explores the fintech industry by interviewing fintech entrepreneurs about their stories and the impact of their companies. Jason is a financial planner who has worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years.
The Money Movement with Jeremy Allaire
The Money Movement explores and chronicles the ideas and opportunities driving this new world of digital money. The Money Movement is hosted by Circle co-founder and CEO, Jeremy Allaire. Our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.
Around the Coin
If you’re looking for a podcast that is more focused on crypto, the Around the Coin podcast is a great place to start. The host, Mike Townsend, has a lot of crypto experience: he’s raised VC money, built, sold and crashed startups and can therefore relate a lot more to the guests who come on his podcast.
Mike started Around the Coin in 2013, after he met his two co-hosts on Quora. The first 4 years, it was just the three of them discussing payments news. Now, the podcast has had hundreds of guests in the crypto, blockchain, capital markets, fintech and startup world, with an estimated 25,000 listeners per week.
Enjoy some fintech listening! 🎧