Stacey Cunningham joins host, FNA’s Isabella Ivanov, to discuss Stacey’s role at the New York Stock Exchange and her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated sector.

Stacey Cunningham is President of the NYSE Group and a member of the executive management committee of the parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). NYSE Group includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest equity exchange and premier venue for capital raising, as well as a diverse range of equity and equity options exchanges.

Prior to being named NYSE President, Cunningham served as NYSE Chief Operating Officer and has held several senior positions at global exchanges. Cunningham has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Catalyst, and the Partnership of New York City.
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With conversations and advice from influential women across the Fintech sector, the FNA Talks mini-series, Women in Fintech, aims to bring awareness to the role women play within the financial industry and the importance of gender diversity within the sector.

00:00:21: Stacey’s Background and Role
00:03:12: Current work focus and day to day role
00:05:44: Is Gender diversity an issue?
00:10:26: How has the lack of diversity influenced your actions?
00:14:00: Importance of diversity in finance
00:16:24: Steps we can take to minimize the gender gap
00:19:12: Role of women in Finance over the next 10 years
00:20:03: What steps can women in the younger generations take?
00:22:11: Final advice for women in STEM

Over the past few years, Slavka has chaired different working groups at the EBA, such as the Network on Sustainable Finance, the Sub-group on Risk Assessment Systems, the mandate to develop the European Supervisory framework and the Subgroup on supervisory Effectiveness and Convergence.

Before joining the EBA, Slavka worked for the National Bank of Slovakia as the Head of Supervisory Division for Banks with Advanced Risk Management Approach, responsible for supervising all large banks in Slovakia.

Slavka holds an MBA in general management from the City University of Seattle and a Master's degree in Mathematics and Physics from the Comenius University Bratislava.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:26 Slavka's Role at EBA and Introduction to EBA
00:02:02: What topics are you focusing on under the Digital Finance work
00:03:31: Education and the background to your current role
00:07:40: Is diversity an issue in the industry anecdotally speaking
00:12:53: Importance of diversity in Technology and finance

Today's FNA Talk is dedicated to one of the most important topics for the banking sector, with FNA's President Phillip Straley and Tucker Dona, Head of Business Development and Client Success at Baton Systems, examining the technological considerations of intraday liquidity.

Index

00:00 - Introduction

02:19 - What does the landscape of technology look like for intraday liquidity management for banks in today's market?

05:08 - From a technology enablement perspective what are some of the main building blocks for intraday liquidity?

07:18 - Looking at the evolution of intraday liquidity technology at banks what are some of the key elements that define operational maturity?

10:45 - Looking forward to the next 1-2 years, what are some of the key priorities that banks need to keep in mind to maintain a robust intraday liquidity management program?

In today's FNA Talk, John Hagon, Chief Operating Officer at CLS and FNA's Adam Csabay discuss how to maintain resilience during systemic disruptions. The first part of the episode focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the FMI landscape, the implications for CLS' operations and the taxonomy of its response; as well as the practical applicability of technology-based tools and frameworks.

Index

00:00 - Introduction

01:25 - How has the COVID-19 crisis impacted the FMI landscape?

04:06 - What were the implications on CLS's operations? And which areas have been the most affected ones?

08:56 - What immediate steps has the operations team taken to tackle the impact of the COVID related disruptions?

11:58 - Has FinTech - or innovative technology in general - provided any useful tools or frameworks

Part 2 - Impact of Digital Currencies on the Use of Cash, Financial Stability and Monetary Policy

Today’s FNA Talk is dedicated to one of the most prominent FinTech themes of 2020. Together with Daniel Heller from Fnality International we discuss Digital Currencies and their impact and implications. In the second part of the episode, we focus on the Impact of Digital Currencies on the Use of Cash, Financial Stability and Monetary Policy.

Index

00:00 – Introduction

01:31 – What will digital currencies mean for the use of cash?

03:54 – Which traditional cash related risks can digital currencies help to solve?

06:33 – What will be the implications of digital currencies for financial stability?

09:14 – In what ways will the existing regulatory and supervisory procedures need to change?

10:38 - How will digital currencies impact formulation and implementation of monetary policy?

14:05 - Can the Libras (digital currencies issued by the BigTechs like Facebook) challenge central banks’ monopoly over monetary policy?

Part 1 - Taxonomy of Digital Currencies and the Impact on Payments and Settlements

Today’s FNA Talk is dedicated to one of the most prominent FinTech themes of 2020. Together with Daniel Heller from Fnality International, we discuss Digital Currencies and their impact and implications. In the first part of the episode, we focus on the Taxonomy of Digital Currencies and their Impact on Payment and Settlement Systems and Infrastructures.

Index

00:00 - Introduction

01:31 - Taxonomy: How to distinguish between various types of Digital Currencies?

05:55 - Central Banks' response to the non-bank providers of money

08:21 - How are digital currencies changing traditional payment and settlement systems and infrastructures?

11:57 - How to ensure that the benefits of Digital Currencies are not outweighed by their risks?

Index

00:00 – Introduction to FNA Talk

01:34 – Financial Cartography

05:01 – Maps of Trade Networks

10:47 – Maps of Financial Markets

15:31 – Maps of Financial Market Infrastructures