Rich Turrin
Industry Leader in fintech and digital transformation
Onalytica is like the “Oscars” for fintech and I’m exceedingly proud to be a Top 100 voice in the community. Onalytica has been creating Top 100 Influencer lists for the past 10 years, connecting brands with influencer communities. The marketplace is now looking to understand who is influential beyond Twitter social amplifiers. Over recent years …
Fun podcast with Dr. Oriol Caudevilla who studies fintech, lives in Hong Kong and gets China! We had a very natural and flowing conversation that really was fun! I know you’ll enjoy it, I did! Note: audio quality gets better a few minutes in. Time stamp: 1:50 Why is Cashless your book relevant to someone …
Thanks to Forkast for this interview on some early digital yuan scams! As you may have guessed the results were predictable! The police nabbed the criminals quickly. Richard Turrin, a Shanghai-based fintech consultant who recently published “Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution,” told Forkast.News criminals trying to use China’s CBDC to defraud people must be “the …
There is a real cost to the sensational reporting of all things happening on China’s tech front. Front and center in the reporting is Ant Group and its Alipay subsidiary. It seems that not a day goes by without a headline claiming that China is nationalizing or destroying Ant. Frankly, what many of these headlines …
“Digital payment systems bring financial inclusion to those who have less, are unbanked, or underbanked.” I am grateful to @Dr. Diane Hamilton, for the opportunity to talk about Cashless on her nationally syndicated radio show “Take the Lead.” Diane is a behavioral expert, author, speaker and consultant and her background came shining through with the …
Very proud to have the last word in my favorite newspaper the Financial Times. Gillian Tett is the chair of the editorial board and a fabulous columnist. In a wonderful article that you really should read “Financial cartels face digital currency shake-up” Tett wrote: “It seems unlikely that CBDCs (or privately created digital tokens) will …
Grateful to Andy Wang of Runnymede Capital Management and host of the “Inspired Money” Podcast for the opportunity to talk about CBDCs and Cashless. In this podcast I tried to make the point to a US audience that China’s experience going “cashless” was relevant to them. That’s not easy as many feel that what happens …
Asia is where its at! The center of gravity for financial innovation is moving to Asia with 7 of the top 10 CBDC projects in Asia. 14:14 Great interview with the Economic Times “ETMarkets Cryptomeet” where we talk about #CBDC and why it matters. Grateful to Sharat Chandra a real crypto guru, who asked all …
“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 …
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 …
A great honor to contribute a Chapter to “60 Leaders on Innovation” Full download of the book is available here: https://www.60leaders.com/ Here’s my chapter that answers the question about needing a methodology in innovation very decisively. Of course you do! All the time remembering that you need to: Promote people’s relationship to technology rather than …
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 …
Thank you to Brian Larson and The Fintech Times for this fabulous review of Cashless! “A fantastic read” Highlights: “Turrin’s Cashless is a marathon read. At close to 400 pages, each page is packed with tiny titbits of well-researched data that, when viewed from a 300ft tall vantage point, paint a realistic and optimistic …
Thank you to Jame Diasio founder of DigFin Group for his support of my book Cashless, calling it a “must-read” in his glowing review! From the review: “Richard Turrin wants you to know that you already live in the shadow of China’ fintech primacy. The West’s Big Tech companies, banks, and governments may not know …
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 …
Learn what the Fed is doing with Stablecoin and CBDC in a 5-minute clip from a great sit down with Peter Kerr, on the Yieldstreet Podcast! We covered a lot of ground on CBDC! And I think it’s a great interview with great energy, and I gave much better answers than usual! Frankly, I’m not always at my best, …
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 …
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 …
