Rich Turrin
Industry Leader in fintech and digital transformation
In this episode, our guest is the incredible Richard Turrin, who helps demystify the concept of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Based out of China, Richard has a ringside seat on how China is transforming into a cashless society – a theme picked up in his latest book Cashless. He talks us through what a …
China continues to forge ahead with its central bank digital currency, notching up millions of transactions through giveaways and lottos. But beyond the consumer headlines lies a long-term strategy that could disrupt both banks and international trade. We speak with two experts, ‘Cashless’ author Richard Turrin, Singapore Management University professor, and China economic law scholar Heng …
CBDCs will allow for sanction evasion. It will also allow China to internationalize the yuan.
CBDCs Will Change Banking in 2023! CBDCs will not destabilize banks. Nonsense! SWIFT and dollar use are a matched pair, and CBDCs will disrupt both within the next year due to BRICS nations. Sanctions will be impossible to enforce! De-dollarization, yes! Toppling the dollar, no!
China's Central Bank Digital Currency explained with detailed views of your privacy compared with China's It's not what you think!
It was fantastic talking with Edward Tse founder of Gao Feng Advisory Company to outline what our digital CBDC future has in store not just for China but for all of us. Ed is a globally acknowledged China expert and the “Father of Management Consulting in China” as the former head of China operations at …
A very special podcast that covers lockdown in Shanghai as well as the latest developments in CBDCs!
Thank you to Vikram Gopal for this wonderful interview with India’s Business Standard! This is a beautifully produced video with a great transcript of the Q&A that can be found in the article below and more conveniently below the video: Business Standard article with Q&A transcription The breaks in the video correspond to the …
Great talk with Greg Canavan of Fat Tail Investment Research! Thank you Greg! In this episode, we discuss CBDC and crypto and I highlight how crypto tech is behind our current CBDCs. This has nothing to do with the price of Bitcoin or whether you love or hate crypto Acknowledging the debt is important because …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 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 …
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted both humanity and business in an instantaneous and dramatic way. But, while each pandemic throughout history has been unique, each has brought about massive changes in the way we live, the priorities we set, how we interact and the businesses that emerge. Survival is a great motivator for change. As …
Summary of the podcast from China start up pulse…To many people in the West, China is thought of as a copyer rather than an innovator. However, according to today’s guest Richard Turrin, there are many areas in which China is out-innovating even the most advanced Western countries. Richard says “Innovation is really about people and …
