New Money Review podcast

Jan 27 2025 100 ep. 319971 mins 17
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KGB legacy and a new scam in Russia: Unseen Money episode 3

Jan 27 2025 24 mins  
In the latest episode of Unseen Money, we talk about the recent $4.5 million fraud committed against Ol’ga Serova (https://www.vesti.ru/article/4321170), a 71-year-old former bureaucrat from Samara, Russia. We discuss:* KGB legacy: how Russian scammers play on people’s long-standing fear of the authorities* Greed, fear and social engineering by country: how the weak points of f

Why AI is a scammer's dream: Unseen Money part 2

Jan 21 2025 30 mins  
Last week UK prime minister Keir Starmer said artificial intelligence could help fix potholes, teach our kids and slash the cost of public services.What he failed to mention is that AI is also a dream come true for scammers. Listen to the latest episode of Unseen Money as Paul Amery and Timur Yunusov discuss how AI-enabled fraud is rocketing and why.

From app fraud to card fraud: Unseen Money part 1

Jan 07 2025 23 mins  
This is Unseen Money from New Money Review.I’m Paul Amery and I’m joined by my co-host, security researcher Timur Yunusov.Unseen money is our journey into the darker corners of digital payments.For many of us, transferring money is now faster and easier than ever before. It takes a couple of swipes on a smartphone.But with digital payments have come many new opportunities for c

Why the dollar era will end slowly—then suddenly

Dec 10 2024 30 mins  
The latest New Money Review podcast focuses on Trump, tariffs, deglobalisation and the currency markets. My guest, Mark Astley, is a former colleague, a currency and fixed income specialist who recently retired as chief executive of asset manager Millennium Global Investments. “We are living in an epochal time in the history of exchange rates and trade policy,” Astley says in t

The cat and mouse game of payments security

Sep 30 2024 35 mins  
In the last decade, the way we make our payments has become more seamless, faster and cheaper. We’ve switched from signatures on paper cheques to a few swipes and a tap on a mobile phone.But with these advances have come massive new opportunities for cybercriminals.From cons using deception and social engineering to romance fraud, unauthorised transfers, hacks and identity theft,

Default: why sovereign debt matters

Sep 09 2024 35 mins  
When, why and how do countries go bust? That’s the topic of the latest New Money Review podcast, where I’m joined by Greg Makoff, a former physicist, banker, government advisor and now senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.Makoff is the author of a recent book (https://www.defaultthebook.com/) on what has been called “the most contentious default in history”—Argenti

Capitalism on steroids

Jul 15 2024 31 mins  
Supporters of the $10trn private equity industry say it fuels economic growth and delivers leaner, better-performing companies.One leading critic of the sector is Ludovic Phalippou, who says that the industry routinely overstates its financial performance. And, he says, private equity funds charge a whopping 6-7% a year in fees, wiping out any potential benefits to investors.In the

From the frontlines of Web3 fraud

Jul 05 2024 39 mins  
Want to know what happens when fraud is a core component of your business model?Want to know how a business idea described as an “economic fairytale” could be valued at $300m? Want to know how an unknown cryptocurrency exchange could end up with a $1bn a year marketing budget, rivalling that of Microsoft?Want to know how easy it is to corrupt auditors and journalists with crypt

All things repo

Jun 27 2024 33 mins  
In the latest New Money Review podcast, I interview Richard Comotto, a specialist in repo, the multi-trillion dollar marketplace used by large financial institutions to borrow and lend money in the short term.Richard, who started his career at the Bank of England, works for the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), for whom he has authored the ICMA “Guide to Best Prac

How the Stoics saw money

Jun 05 2024 45 mins  
The Stoic philosophers said we should manage our emotions when it comes to money and wealth.But is this a realistic goal? How can we resist the siren call of riches? How can we persevere and stay positive through tough economic times?In this episode of the New Money Review podcast I’m joined by Donald Robertson, philosopher, psychotherapist and author of best-selling books on how