Thank you to Guan Xin anchor of CGTN Biztalk! This is a full half-hour program covering China's new central bank digital currency. Delighted to share the program with my new friend Zhang Xiaoyan from Tsinghua University. In 2014, the People's Bank of China set up a team to study digital …
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Is China Ahead of the West? (Video)
One of my most passionate interviews yet where the answers are fast, furious, and on occasion funny! Thanks so much to Abhiruk Bhattacharyya and TheCoinRepublic for the opportunity to talk about CBDC, cryptocurrency, and financial inclusion. Big topics that will impact us all! What’s …
Keynote: The innovation center of gravity moves east.
Great to participate in SWIFT's Inside Innovation Conference! A big thank-you to SWIFT! My keynote "The big picture: Financial services in 2030" focused on one theme, how the innovation center of gravity is moving East. There can be no argument that fintech is huge in all of Asia, not just …
How did China, the largest nation in the World…Go Cashless? (Video)
Great pleasure being interviewed by Rick Huckstep from Wiser! "Two weeks of tech in a 10 minute read" Rick read "Cashless" from cover to cover and loved the book. Am grateful for his support and fabulous review in the Wiser Newsletter There is nobody better qualified to tell the story of how …
Banque de France trials CBDC as governor warns of digital yuan threat
Link here: Banque de France trials CBDC as governor warns of digital yuan threat By Lewis McLellan 01 Jul 20214-4 minutes France’s central bank governor sounds the alarm over the risk facing European monetary sovereignty posed by digital payments infrastructure, particularly the one …
Featured in DigFin: Ant may be more relevant to China’s banks than ever
Article link: Ant may be more relevant to China’s banks than ever Jame DiBiasio 9-12 minutes 6/28/2021 Ant Group, the fintech arm of Alibaba, may be losing its grip on a lucrative lending business as a result of a regulatory crackdown that began with the November 2020 suspension …
Featured in: China’s Digital Yuan: How will it Decide the Future of Money?
Aricle link: https://lynk.global/insights/china-digital-yuan-how-will-it-decide-the-future-of-money China’s Digital Yuan: How will it Decide the Future of Money? By Pamela Lin 20 MAY 202110-12 minutes In China’s southern tech hub Shenzhen, 33-year-old reporter Sally Zhou got to test …
Featured in: Ant Group searches for direction in a new era of Chinese fintech
Link to article https://kr-asia.com/ant-group-searches-for-direction-in-a-new-era-of-chinese-fintech Article: Ant Group searches for direction in a new era of Chinese fintech | KrASIA 10-12 minutes 5/20/2021 Ant Group’s USD 35 billion dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai last year was …
Featured in SCMP: Bitcoin mining set to wane in China as green concerns and financial risks see Beijing ramp up the pressure
Link to full SCMP article here. https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3134625/china-bitcoin-mining-huobi-suspends-domestic-bitcoin-mining-amid-global Thanks to Yujie Xue! Article text. China bitcoin mining: Huobi suspends domestic bitcoin mining amid global sell-off, wider Beijing …
Featured in SCMP: “The PBOC has everything to lose if it rushes and everything to gain by doing it properly,” said Turrin.
What will China’s digital yuan mean for Alipay and WeChat Pay? Alison Tudor-Ackroyd 10-13 minutes China’s e-payments ecosystem is set to step up a level of sophistication as the coronavirus pandemic and deteriorating US-China relations hasten Beijing’s plans for a digital fiat …
CGTN Interview: Innovative China drives the global AI revolution
To understand the dynamics of the global AI industry and the role both China and the U.S. are playing in this highly contested sector, CGTN Digital's International Editor Abhishek G Bhaya spoke with Richard Turrin, the author of the best-selling "Innovation Lab Excellence" and soon to be published …
Financial innovation in China: leading the way and one eye on the future
In a wide-ranging interview, award-winning executive and fintech expert Richard Turrin spoke with Efma's Boris Plantier about the state of innovation in China and how the government there has been truly forward-looking in its technology promotion. Read Efma article in full …
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