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The City of London is celebrating the departure of Martin Wheatley as head of the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, asks Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, whether this ushers in a more lenient era for the banks.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Error rates in spreadsheets are frighteningly high and small mistakes can have significant impacts. But is this enough to justify testing in spreadsheets along the lines of what software developers do for code? Lisa Pollack reports on this and more from the 16th annual conference of the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Were the two big deals resulting from this week's marathon diplomatic talks about Greece and Iran worth celebrating? Henry Mance reviews what the FT commentators said. Also in the highlights of the week: drug baron Joaquin Guzman's escape from a Mexican prison. And why hasn't the wealth management industry realised that in many of Britain's wealthiest households, women are the highest earners?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eliot Higgins has become a leading authority on the conflict in Syria by monitoring social media sites to piece together what's happening on the ground. FT technology editor Ravi Mattu spoke to him about his groundbreaking citizen journalism.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The outlook for Greece's banks has improved now that the government has reached an agreement with its creditors. Patrick Jenkins, the FT's financial editor, discusses what happens next, with FT investment banking correspondent Laura Noonan  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iranians tell Najmeh Bozorgmehr, FT correspondent in Tehran, of their hopes for an improved economic outlook when sanctions are lifted  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jude Webber, FT correspondent in Mexico City, tells Fiona Symon why the escape of the country’s most famous fugitive, Joaquin Guzman, represents such a blow to the country's reforming president Enrique Peña Nieto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Henry Mance scrolls through the week's news and offers his selection of the best of the FT podcasts. This week: money - Chinese investors are losing it, George Osborne is juggling it, Greece is running out of it and Microsoft's chief executive is too busy talking about ecosystems, DNA and magical things to even mention it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A decade-old corruption scandal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has erupted on to the national political stage following the sudden death of a number of witnesses and an investigative journalist. Fiona Symon asks Victor Mallet, the FT's South Asia bureau chief, what's going on.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Could plans to raise the UK living wage change the legacy of the Tories and chancellor George Osborne? FT's Michael Stott asks political commentator Janan Ganesh, and delves into the numbers behind the Summer Budget with economics correspondent Ferdinando Giugliano.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How long can Greece's banks survive the current political turmoil? Patrick Jenkins, FT financial editor, discusses this question, and what happens when the money runs out, with Ronit Ghose, banks analyst at Citigroup and Martin Arnold, FT banking editor.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Puerto Rico has been called America's Greece, because of the ruinous scale - and nature - of its debt. Leaf Arbuthnot talks to the FT US Markets Editor Robin Wigglesworth about the problems facing the island.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the pension age increases, sustaining a career until 70 is set to become a pressing issue. Emma Jacobs asks Lynda Gratton of London Business School and Chris Ball of the Shaw Trust how this can be done.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Henry Mance scrolls through the week's news and offers his selection of the best of the FT podcasts. This week: a terror attack in Tunisia, Prince Alwaleed promises to give away his fortune, and an African scandal unfolds.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peterson Feital, minister to the creative industries for the Diocese of London, has been dubbed the “red carpet curate” for his appearance at glitzy premieres, He explains his mission to Emma Jacobs  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ignazio Marino, the Mayor of Rome, is fighting for his political life, as details emerge of an immense corruption scandal reaching right into the heart of the Eternal City. Does he deserve to be nudged out of office? Leaf Arbuthnot asks James Politi, FT Rome Bureau Chief, to explain.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greece has become be the first developed country to miss a payment to the IMF. Martin Arnold, FT banking editor, discusses what the default means for the global banking system with Ferdinando Giugliano, Emma Dunkley and Laura Noonan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Denmark's topsy-turvy election, the party that won most seats has had to cede the premiership to a party that came third, and whose share of the vote actually diminished since the last election. What's going on? Leaf Arbuthnot asks Richard Milne, FT Nordics Correspondent, to explain.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Henry Mance scrolls through the week's news and offers his selection of the best of the FT podcasts. This week: the chess game between Russia and Nato, the future of Formula One and why Americans always moan about taxes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Investors are hoping for a turnaround in Argentina's economic fortunes after this year's presidential elections, but doubts have begun to emerge that the new regime will represent real change. Benedict Mander, FT correspondent in Buenos Aires, tells Jonathan Wheatley why.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.