An Interview with Richard Turrin
Onaltica interview with fintech influencer Richard Turrin
Articles from Rich Turrin
Digital Yuan Update: The Latest Developments You Need to Know!
Talking digital yuan with “Global Business” host Robyn Dwyer on CGTN Europe. I am always honored when CGTN Europe calls for commentary on the digital yuan! Thank you to the entire CGTN Europe team Natalia Scott, Juliet Errington Mann and Jamie Owen! Today’s interview was an update on e-CNY that followed their FTX crypto coverage. …
China’s Economic Slowdown: What CFOs Should Know
Although China has some legitimate economic issues, is the country's potential for long-term growth being overlooked by the West?
QR Codes: Past, Present, and Future
My thoughts on QR Codes: Past Present and Future with the incomparable Theodora Lau! This was so much fun because I got to work with my friend Theodra Lau, author of “Beyond Good.” She gets that there is far more to QR codes than meets the eye! This podcast was brought to you by the …
ECB’s CBDC investigation breaks new ground
The European Central Bank (ECB) is doing a great job building the digital euro!
World’s dumbest thieves try money laundering with digital yuan
Turrin said there is no practical way for a criminal to effectively launder the digital yuan, as the authorities could track transaction history if they obtain a warrant.
How will the digital yuan shape China’s position in the world?
It was fantastic talking with Edward Tse founder of Gao Feng Advisory Company to outline what our digital CBDC future has in store not just for China but for all of us. Ed is a globally acknowledged China expert and the “Father of Management Consulting in China” as the former head of China operations at …
Central Banks Join the Cryptocurrency Gold Rush
National e-currencies aim to centralize money again Article: here “We have to be very careful in not ascribing superpowers to central bank digital currencies, when government has these powers over your existing bank accounts.” Rich Turrin, author and fintech consultant And it [the e-CNY] makes an interesting case study, says Rich Turrin, a Shanghai-based fintech …
“The Paypers” video interview on Cashless China
Thank you to Mirela Ciobanu for this great video in “The Paypers.” “Payment digitalisation brought by COVID, the need to conduct cheaper, faster, and fraud-prone cross-border transactions, and the innovation brought by concepts such as stablecoins, crypto, and DeFi, are forcing financial institutions to modernise their infrastructure and adapt to a new way of conducting …
Keynote: China’s Digital Yuan Topping the Charts
My presentation to the “Open Banking World Congress” on the Digital Yuan app! Article on OpenFuture.World: here “Richard highlights four key features of the app:” Don’t miss out! Subscribe to the Cashless Newsletter: Here
Kickoff Sessions Podcast on China’s Digital Yuan and Shanghai’s Lockdown
A very special podcast that covers lockdown in Shanghai as well as the latest developments in CBDCs!
CNBC SQUAWK BOX: China’s digital yuan could challenge the dollar in international trade this decade
Very proud of my interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box which was used for an article as well. Below are links to the article and some highlights: Key quotes: “What you’re going to see in the future is a rollback, a risk management exercise that seeks to slowly and maybe just slightly reduce the dependence on …
The Past, Present and Future of China’s Fintech, Podcast
CBDC why should you care? Because it fundamentally changes the nature of money. And like it or not it uses cryptocurrency technology to achieve this. Thanks to Waheed Rahman of @EMPASCO the founder of the Innovation Civilization Podcast for this opportunity to chat about CBDC. Frankly this is my most in-depth interview in ages. Waheed …
“The West is 10 years behind,” China’s CBDC Dominance on the “Breaking Banks” Podcast
“China’s CBDC Dominance” is the absolute best discussion I have ever had about CBDC, and I’ve had a lot of them! I am grateful to Brett King and JP Nicols of Breaking Banks Fintech Podcast for the opportunity to get the message on e-CNY out along with industry greats Henri Arslanian, David Birch, and Dr. …
Polish Edition of Cashless launches, and two interviews in Polish
Am excited to announce the Polish edition of Cashless! I am very grateful to Albert Borowiecki 岳比邻 for single-handedly taking on the project of translating and publishing a Polish-language edition of Cashless! Nothing makes me more proud than to see Cashless go around the world and help people understand CBDCs! Thank you so much Albert! …
“E-CNY will challenge the US dollar’s domination of international trade in the next decade.”
Great to be picked up in this article in the Epoch Times! One key point to make is that none of these changes are going to happen quickly. Noone, especially China with its huge US dollar reserves, desires sudden movements in the composition of currencies used in global trade. Instead, look for a very slow …
Podcast: “There is a crisis of imagination surrounding CBDCs! We will live in a world where machines pay.”
“There is a crisis of imagination surrounding CBDCs! We need to think that CBDCs can do so much more than buy a cup of coffee. We have 5G, IoT, and smart contracts. We are going to live in a world where “machines pay.” (26:50) Thank you to Radek Pyffel for this great interview to talk …
“China’s digital yuan is serving up a CBDC ‘roadmap’ for the digital euro”
“China’s digital yuan is serving up a CBDC roadmap,” but look to Japan as well for leadership! The 🔥MUST SEE🔥 panel discussion video and a separate 🔥MUST READ🔥 article will explain why China and Japan are roadmaps! First, let me thank Global Government Fintech and editor Ian Hall for a beautiful article that highlights my …
China’s Digital Yuan Today: Everything You Need to Know!
This is a one-hour “truth bomb” on CBDC that will clarify many of your questions! Thank you to Tony Moroney, JB McCarthy and Paidi O’Reilly of the Digital Transformation Lab for the opportunity to talk about CBDC. Timestamp and a few poignant moments: If you watch nothing else….go immediately to 50:40 and listen to my …
China’s e-CNY: “controllable currency” will reduce “currency controls”
Thank you to Timmy Shen from Forkast.news! What US Fed’s interest rate hike means for China and its CBDC Richard Turrin, a Shanghai-based fintech consultant, said that while the e-CNY is still only in use for domestic trials at present, he agrees that in the future any outflows that attempt to take advantage of rate …
Free eBook: “Open Finance: Global Progress” including “China’s Open Banking by Disruption”
FREE MUST-READ EBook: “Open Finance: Global Progress” is a country by country run down of open banking and finance efforts across the globe! Guess who wrote the section on China?! (Page 28) Read free or download with your email here: Open Finance: Global Progress I am delighted to have contributed my expertise on China to …
Proud to be a Top 10 Twitter Influencer in Financial Services; also check out the wonderful compliment!
Posting on social media is at times a thankless job! Every once in a while I get a lovely compliment or win something that keeps me going! Here are two examples! First the NodeX Graph Gallery rated me a Top 10 on Twitter in the financial service sector! The graph represents a network of 1,024 …
Innovation Lab Excellence and innovation in banks
Thanks to George Bailly from fintechOS for the great discussion of Innovation Lab Excellence! George and I talked about what it takes to be an innovator in the fintech space! Time stamp: 01:10 How is it that you wrote a book about Innovation Labs? I was an innovator and was just used to people …
AmCham Shanghai Insights Magazine
Great to write for my “home town” press! I’m a member of the Financial Services Committee for Amcham and its always great to share my book “Cashless” with the committee! The article is from the Insight Magazine Sep/Oct 2021 and can be found here: Insight Magazine | Going Cashless with CBDCs and Stablecoins China …