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The Future of Global Trade Just Arrived

The Future of Global Trade Just Arrived

After more than a year of buildup and hype, a number of real, scalable blockchain use cases are in testing. Yesterday, Bank of America, HSBC and Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority announced they had built a blockchain solution to replace the current, paper-based Letter of Credit system that

Episode 11: Data, Commerce & Social Networks

Episode 11: Data, Commerce & Social Networks

Chris Gledhill is the Founder and CEO of Secco. Chris is the #1 fintech influencer globally and regularly speaks and writes about fintech, banking and the future of financial services. Chris was lead mobile architect and led the disruptive innovation labs at Lloyds Banking Group before founding Secco (@seccoaura), a

Episode 10: APIs & the Platformification of Banking

Episode 10: APIs & the Platformification of Banking

This week we’ve got a special two part edition, with two guests who represent arguably the future of banking and financial services technology. Martin Häring is the Chief Marketing Officer of Misys (www.misys.com), a global core banking provider that recently opened its systems to third party development,

Episode 9: KYC, AML & General Musings

Episode 9: KYC, AML & General Musings

Duena Blomstrom is an independent digital banking consultant, entrepreneur, VC, speaker and, in her words, "uncomfortably opinionated blogger." For the past 18 years, Duena has worked across Telco and Finance on strategy and consulting for sales and marketing, including a 5-year stint as Head of Sales and Marketing

Episode 8: The Investor's View

Episode 8: The Investor's View

Michael O’Connor is a fintech & banking advisor and investor with extensive experience analyzing, structuring and investing in banking and financial services deals. Before going independent earlier this year, Michael was a portfolio manager looking at credit and banking transactions for Arrowgrass Capital Partners, a prominent, London-based, financial services-focused

Episode 7: Fintech in Asia

Episode 7: Fintech in Asia

Slava Solodkiy founded Life.SREDA, a fintech-focused VC fund, in 2012 and has been running it ever since. Life.SREDA 1, which was focused on A-rounds in the US and Europe, invested $40m in 13 companies including Fidor, Moven, Simple, Anthemis, SumUp and Rocketbank. In November 2014, Life.SREDA launched

Episode 6: Blockchain!

Episode 6: Blockchain!

Today, we're joined by Alex Tapscott, a globally recognized thought-leader, advocate, speaker and writer focused on the impact of emerging technologies on business, society and government. Alex is the co-author of the critically acclaimed best-seller, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the