Ram Gopal discusses how at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of Britons found themselves racing against the clock to complete their home purchases, as a deadline loomed for the expiration of a property tax relief measure. Offering savings of up to £15,000, the relief had spurred a surge in transactions that overwhelmed estate agents, surveyors, and lawyers involved in the cumbersome process of property transactions.

Congrats to Szymon Kubiak for leading the team to victory, with a cutting-edge #GenAI approach in the competition *Market Scenario Generator Hackathon: From Stability to Storms* organised by Hao Ni and Jiajie Tao of UCL with support from EPSRC and The Alan Turing Institute.

https://www.wbs.ac.uk/podcasts/how-blockchain-is-about-to-revolutionise-banking/

Podcast 6 is released with Ram Gopal, of the WBS Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, and Martin Walker, of the Centre for Evidence-Based Management discuss blockchain's impact on banking.