Marion Fogli, Finance Made Human: Money a Triple Taboo, Three Money Questions, and Talking Early About Inheritance
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Marion Fogli discusses her approach to making finance understandable and relatable, sharing insights from her experience in digital banking and the importance of addressing emotional aspects of money.
Find me on Substack, search for Bogumil Baranowski. Marion Fogli, a Swiss digital banking pioneer who co-founded Switzerland’s first digital private bank, now teaches what she calls Finance Made Human, translating money into a language that real people can actually understand, use, and feel at peace with. Episode Sponsor: Fiscal AI is a modern data terminal that gives investors instant access to twenty years of financials, earnings transcripts, and extensive segment and KPI data—use my link for a two-week free trial plus 15% off: https://fiscal.ai/talkingbillions/ 3:02 – Growing up “rich in love, not money” — Marion’s father’s story shapes her definition of wealth. 5:29 – Building Switzerland’s first digital private bank taught her: “The math is visible, but the behavior is where everything actually happens.” 8:07 – The human touch problem: digital banks see anxiety in login patterns hours before a client ever picks up the phone. 13:03 – On AI and investing: technology can hand you 30 stock picks, but not the conviction to hold them. 15:18 – Money scripts, explained: childhood beliefs about money live in the body, not the words — “a shallow breath, tight shoulders, a nervous…
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