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MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO HBR’s “APAC’S AI EDGE”

February 23, 2025 by Rich Turrin

I am immensely proud to be a major contributor to this Harvard Business Review paper with no less than eleven quotes explaining why Asia will have an edge over the West in AI, even if the US has the smartest AI. APAC’s edge starts with the money and shows why DeepSeek should not have been …

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Geopolitics in Conflict Show: China’s Plan For Technology Dominance

October 14, 2021 by Rich Turrin

“Assuming that China can’t do something is a really bad bet to make” Rich Turrin 9:02 This interview is simply the best I have ever done if you want to learn about modern China and where it’s going. It is less focused on CBDC but covers geopolitical issues and what life in modern China is …

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China DOA: “Digital On Arrival”

March 17, 2020 by Rich Turrin

China is harnessing digital technology to screen arrivals to the country’s airports.  It is an impressive digital effort that illustrates how digital technology can be called to action to help the government control what is now acknowledged to be a global pandemic. I just returned to Shanghai following a COVID-19 inspired extended New Year’s holiday …

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Honored to be Selected for Lattice80’s Fintech Singapore 50 – Top Influencers

July 27, 2018 by Rich Turrin

http://www.lattice80.com/lattice80-fintech-50-singapore-top-influencers/ Click link to the left for article and list. From the Lattice80 Article: Singapore has long established itself globally as one of the most active hubs for fintech and innovation, a true Asian and global leader. This comes in addition to Singapore’s place as an important finance hub in Asia and the world. Massive …

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Why AI is -Not- the New Blockchain

April 5, 2018 by efindlow

Two relatively recent technologies that are constantly cited as the new must-have business tools are AI and Blockchain. While radically different, they, along with the Cloud, are commonly lumped together as the so-called “Digital ABCs” which will revolutionise how transactions take place between companies, clients, and customers. But their frequent pairing as drivers of progress …

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10 Ways to Strike a Relationship with AI Without Getting Burned

April 3, 2018 by Rich Turrin

One of the great difficulties facing any new technology is pinpointing what to do with it.  I’m sure that there were heated debates as to what to do with fire when it was harnessed, in other words how best to use it.  What was not disputed is that fire was hot and hurt when touched. …

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Cashless Newsletter

Writing about Asia’s FinTech revolution from Shanghai, 16 years and counting.

Every week, 60,000+ executives, investors and policymakers read Cashless to understand what Asia’s technology revolution means for Western markets. Not theory. Not hype. Real insight from someone living it.

If you want to know where Western finance and technology are heading, the answers are already visible in China and Asia today. Cashless connects the dots from the geopolitics of digital currency and the stablecoin versus CBDC battle for monetary sovereignty, to AI adoption, FinTech innovation and the trends that Western analysts won’t see coming until they’re already here.

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RICH TURRIN

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