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Staying current in fintech has always required effort, but the sheer amount of developments occurring at the moment makes it incredibly difficult to keep up.
New regulations, shifting payment infrastructure, stablecoin legislation, and a rapidly evolving AI layer mean that what was true six months ago may not hold today.
Thankfully, podcasts are relatively easy to consume and include people who actually work inside the financial technology industry. This means they tend to communicate things that don't make it into polished press releases.
But, as with many other things, not all of the content out there is worth your time. Some shows just go quiet without notice. Others publish infrequently enough that they barely function as news sources.
Let's look at some of the best fintech podcasts that are still active and covering genuinely useful fintech topics for professionals.
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If you want to listen to a truly global fintech podcast, Breaking Banks is a great option. There is a reason it's at the top of the list.
Founded in 2013 by Brett King, fintech entrepreneur and author, it holds the title of the longest-running dedicated fintech podcast.
Jason Henrichs and JP Nicols have also joined as co-hosts and executive producers, bringing investor and advisory perspectives alongside King's operator experience.
The show airs every Thursday, and the episodes seem to average around an hour in length, consisting largely of deep dives into specific topics.
Guests have included people from JP Morgan Chase, central banks, early-stage fintechs, and VC firms across multiple continents.
What makes Breaking Banks useful, in our opinion, is that it frequently surfaces the operational side of fintech. One week might cover open banking regulation, the next stablecoins and cross-border payment infrastructure.
Best for: CTOs, founders, and product leaders who want broad global fintech coverage without sacrificing depth.
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The Fintech Insider podcast, produced by London-based consultancy 11FS that specializes in digital banking, publishes two episodes per week. This volume is incredible and definitely not something we see often in the fintech space, giving you plenty to listen to.
Hosts rotate across a team that includes David Brear, Simon Taylor, Kate Moody, and others, all of whom bring real industry experience from advisory work inside financial services institutions.
Each episode tends to cover current fintech news. But the episodes, which range from about 45 minutes to a little more than an hour, give time to allow the news to be covered with a good amount of depth.
Guests have included founders and CEOs of companies like Revolut and Nubank, and other executives from companies like Klarna and M-Pesa, and people involved with regulations from various regions.
What makes this podcast stand out in particular is that, rather than interviewing people about their companies, the hosts often pressure-test ideas and challenge assumptions in ways that produce very honest and informative conversations.
Best for: Anyone who wants high-volume current coverage and doesn't mind a rotating host format.
The Wharton Fintech podcast was founded by the first student-led fintech initiative at Wharton Business School. But don't let that put you off.
The hosts include a good mix of students, investors, and founders in a panel format.
The result has been some very exploratory content, which can actually surface more interesting perspectives.
Hundreds of CEOs, CXOs, VCs, and people involved in regulatory bodies have appeared on the show.
Topics span the full fintech spectrum, rather than a specific niche, but the unique value of the podcast lies in helping you understand what the next generation of fintech entrepreneurs and investors actually think about the industry.
Best for: Founders and investors who want to track where the industry is heading, not just where it is.
Founded by Rudolf Falat, a corporate finance professional based in Zurich with extensive experience in financial services, Voice of Fintech stands out as one of the few on this list that is almost purely targeting Europe.
Most fintech podcasts skew heavily toward the US or UK, which is great, but it does mean that you could be left with blind spots if you want a truly global perspective.
This one dives into the Swiss and broader European ecosystem in ways that larger shows don't really. And they even have a couple of episodes that target other regions.
Episodes run shorter, relative to some other fintech podcasts, at around 30–45 minutes, which makes them easier to fit into a busy week and cover a mix of founder interviews and regulatory commentary.
Best for: Anyone operating in or expanding into European markets, particularly where Swiss financial services or EU regulation is relevant.
Launched in July 2014, the London Fintech Podcast has accumulated just shy of a million downloads. It's seen as one of the older and more respected voices in the fintech podcast space.
The podcast features more established and institutional speakers, including Lord Turner, former FSA chair, economist Professor John Kay, and various senior figures from financial services institutions.
If you want information about how the established financial infrastructure thinks about change, this is the show for you.
Best for: Compliance leads, general counsel, and senior executives who need to understand the institutional and regulatory perspective.
Hosted by Paul Hindle, editor of Fintech Futures, one of the more authoritative publications on fintech news, What the Fintech? covers a wider range of fintech topics.
Events include things like financial inclusion, regulatory developments, fintech education, and company interviews.
The podcast is published every two weeks, which means less noise but also less real-time coverage.
Best for: Professionals who want a curated, lower-frequency update rather than daily listening.
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If you are dealing with anything that involves crypto, blockchain, and digital payments, Around the Coin deserves a place on your list.
Co-hosts Mike Townsend and Stephen Sargeant have direct experience building and selling startups in the space, which gives the podcast interviews with crypto and blockchain founders a credibility that purely journalistic shows sometimes lack.
Topics span stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, digital payments, and cross-border payment models, with a variety of notable guests. New episodes come out most Wednesdays.
Best for: Engineers and product people working on payment infrastructure, stablecoins, or blockchain-adjacent financial products.
Peter Renton, chairman and co-founder of Fintech Nexus, created this weekly show focused on interviewing leading voices who are actively reshaping financial services.
Topics vary a lot, depending on who is being interviewed, and include digital banking, open banking, payments, lending, and what's next in financial technology regulation.
Each episode is around 30 minutes, but since they center on a single guest, the conversations go deep enough to provide value.
Renton's experience as a co-founder in the fintech space also means he tends to ask questions that operators care about.
Best for: Founders and operators who want concise, operator-focused interviews without long panel discussions.
Co-hosted by Alex Johnson and Jason Mikula, both well-known fintech newsletter writers, Fintech Business Weekly, and specifically the Fintech Recap show, publishes roughly monthly.
Each episode brings a guest who works as an active operator inside the industry, covering fintech futures, Web3 developments, insurtech, and new financial technology applications.
The lower publishing frequency means the show doesn't fill episodes with commentary on topics that don't warrant it.
Best for: People who already follow the space closely and want to go deeper on a specific topic rather than keep up with the news cycle.
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Host Jason Pereira, a financial planner with over two decades in financial services, interviews fintech entrepreneurs.
The podcast explores the real-world impact of fintech products and the difference between what fintech companies claim, or what they want to do, and what they actually deliver.
While not every interview will be relevant to you, new episodes come out weekly, so it might be worthwhile keeping an eye out to see if anything interesting comes up.
Best for: Product managers and advisors who want an honest view of what fintech products actually deliver versus what they promise.
Hosted by Araminta Robertson at the Fintech Marketing Hub, Market Like a Fintech covers marketing and growth strategy for fintech companies.
Guests have included marketing leaders from Nala, Public.com, and Moov, and episodes tend to surface the go-to-market logic behind fintech growth.
Best for: Growth, marketing, and GTM leads at fintech companies.
The honest answer is that you probably shouldn't subscribe to all of the above podcasts.
To make the most of your time, you should probably pick one global fintech podcast for market awareness, one that matches your specific role or industry focus, and maybe another one that covers the specific region you are in, if the others are not already covering the region.
If you are stuck, use the "Best for" notes above.
The important thing is to make sure that you are staying up to date with the news you need to. How exactly that is done is up to you.
There are plenty of podcasts out there that provide a wealth of information. But nothing beats having an expert fintech developer on your team.
You can have all the information in the world, but if your developers are creating security vulnerabilities or opportunities for regulatory scrutiny, it's no use.
That's where Trio comes in, providing fintech experts who are up to date on everything they need to know to promote your technical success.
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