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 …
China’s Digital Yuan will Change the World | Real Talk China Interview
This fantastic interview conducted by Cyrus Janssen the host of "Real Talk China" is a deep dive into China's CBDC and will undoubtedly answer many of your questions. The interview was lovingly edited by Cyrus to make both a long and short version. The long version below with a complete list …
CGTN Interview: Connecting China’s Central Bank Digital Currency with Thailand and UAE’s
Explainer: The "Multiple CBDC Bridge" is the final piece of the China CBDC puzzle and brings us one step closer to free and immediate CBDC transfer. Thank-you to CGTN's Juliet Mann for this wonderful interview. One of the very few where I laughed out loud! Hong Kong Monetary Authority, PBOC, Bank …
China’s Central Bank Digital Currency Won’t Be Blockchain-based or Rival to Alipay: Rich Turrin
Shanghai-based fintech veteran Rich Turrin says that despite the widespread association between distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies, China’s hotly awaited digital renminbi will not be based on blockchain technology. Shanghai-based fintech veteran Rich Turrin …
Fintech’s Pawn in the Geopolitical Game, Thank China.
Something amazing has happened in the fintech domain – and it seems to have occurred with little fanfare. It’s almost as though the industry would prefer to ignore it rather than celebrate its arrival. To back up a bit, fintech is celebrated as the driving force in providing banking to the …
Libra Tipping the Balance
I have been relatively silent on Facebook’s plans for its game-changing Libra currency. In part due to summer holiday, but also because I wanted the dust to settle a bit before commenting. Libra is certainly a massive undertaking and whether you like Facebook or not, you have to at least give …
Honored to be Selected for Lattice80’s Fintech Singapore 50 – Top Influencers
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 …
Crypto Theft and Credit Card Fraud Compared: Do you know what’s in your wallet?
Another day, another crypto exchange hacked. Maybe it’s just me but something is seriously wrong if the payment system of the future is being plundered with such frequency. I needed to see for myself what these losses really meant in terms of my crypto trading and what I found was rather …
Why AI is -Not- the New Blockchain
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 …
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