Rich Turrin
Industry Leader in fintech and digital transformation
“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 …
“China’s CBDC will give users large and small access to a digital ecosystem for global trade, making transacting with China as easy as buying on Amazon or Alibaba,” Richard Turrin, a Shanghai-based fintech consultant who recently published “Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution,” told Forkast.News. Digital yuan could come to overseas users to challenge dollar dominance: …
Grateful to Simon Cocking and the Irish Tech News for this beautiful review of Cashless! Irish Tech News Review of Cashless Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution, Richard Turrin, reviewed An important and fascinating new book by Richard Turrin, who has been doing a great job of explaining what is happening in China from his unique …
It was a joy to be on the Unconventional Ventures “One Vision” Podcast with my dear friends Theodora Lau and Bradley Leimer! They asked “killer questions!” Our discussions on control and financial inclusion are very much worth your time. Who controls your money? That’s a big question and the answer is much more gray than …
Respect! That’s what the fans of both #CBDC and #cryptocurrency need to have for one another. Grateful to Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman for this great podcast! I loved doing this podcast because it brought me fully into the crypto world whose innovators and innovations I genuinely respect, and I got full respect for …
Always delighted when Cashless is reviewed in foreign languages, here in Dutch! Translations from Google Translate: “The author is very optimistic about the geopolitical context of the cashless future.” Highlights: Both the cryptonerd and the interested layman who want to read how advanced China is in this area and what we can learn from …
China internet’s “Wild West” days are over as China gets out-front with the new data laws that will lead to a better long-term future —brace for impact in the short-term. This interview covers only a few brief points about China’s new data laws. There’s a lot that couldn’t fit into a 3-minute piece that is …
China’s CBDC has spurred China’s banks to innovate, they are not asleep and are moving at a pace that Western banks would envy: “But that progress hasn’t been without its difficulties – Turrin explains that some of China’s banks were initially rather resistant: “Banks have now been shaken from their slumber. And they …
“Key to the development of China’s CBDC is not leaving anyone behind,” and I am grateful to @Stephen Cole and Sophie Nicholson of “The Agenda” for helping me get the message out! Stephen asked great questions about China’s CBDC but the most important of all was about financial inclusion: “China’s key breakthrough in FinTech, says …
Mr. Open Banking and the podcast on banking in China that you shouldn’t skip. Am grateful to Eyal Sivan, aka Mr. Open Banking, for having me on the show which had a decidedly different focus than most. While we cover the disruption of digital payment in China we focus on how it impacted banks. Here’s …
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 currencies. After seven years, digital …
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 inside: 00:00 How did I get to China? 04:30 How did …
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 China. This 20-minute presentation highlights …
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 moved the …
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 being set up in China The governor of the Banque de France, …
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 of its Hong Kong IPO. But …
I am deeply honored that Rick Huckstep founder of the Wiser! – Tech Economy Newsletter devoted an entire issue to “Cashless!” Please follow the link below to read the article. Article snippet below but it doesn’t do justice to Rick’s beautifully illustrated article. Link to article Wiser! – Tech Economy Newsletter: China the journey to …
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 set to be a coup for the country’s tech sector and capital markets. Yet, Chinese regulators decided to …
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 scrutiny Yujie Xue Beijing is ramping up the pressure on bitcoin miners amid growing green ambitions and rising concerns over the financial risks posed by cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrency mining operations …
China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency CBDC made easy in 10 minutes! This video is the easiest way yet of learning about China’s new CBDC and a great introduction to my book “Cashless.” Thank-you Cyrus Janssen 王德中 ! CBDCs are coming to the West as well and this video is a start to better understanding …
Don’t blame China for the #Bitcoin crash! Instead, blame insane headlines, ignorance and social media. It makes #CBDC look good! China’s regulators were doing their job when they issued this public service announcement to warn people about Bitcoin volatility: “Virtual currency’s prices have soared and plummeted recently, resulting [in] a rebound of speculative trading activities …
“Can investors ever learn to love China’s regulators?” Unlikely but they should! Investors are overselling China’s tech stocks based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the regulators. Alibaba’s earnings were mind-blowing! Revenue growth up an incredible 64%, income up 38% and EPS up 12%. The $2.8bn fine hurt! A historic milestone of 1 bn annual active …
In its path to becoming one of the world’s most valuable startups, Ant Group Co. built a complex financial ecosystem that captured huge sums of money and kept millions of people in it by supplying them with credit and managing their investments. Now, Beijing is forcing the Chinese financial-technology giant to scale back its activities …
30 minutes of high octane podcast How China’s digital payments technology will take over the world. Our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast is Rich Turrin, a US citizen based for a decade in Shanghai, China, where he has had a bird’s eye view of the incredible changes taking place in money and …
