Fintech Conversations & Insights with Efi Pylarinou

#AI #fintech #reskilling The rise of automation and artificial intelligence in financial services is unstoppable. David Shrier was the godfather of the first Fintech course globally, at MIT. He firmly believes in a systems thinking approach. In our conversation he shares insights from his latest book, his edtech ESME Learning (which recently received fresh funding) and his Fintech experience. Augm...

#crypto #exchanges #regulation I discuss the institutional adoption wave in crypto with Mel Tsiaprazis, Bitstamp`s Chief Commercial Officer. @Bitstamp has seen it all, as it is the oldest crypto exchange and self-regulated from the early days. https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltsiapr... Bitstamp https://www.bitstamp.net/ Bitstamp is hosting industry experts from Asia to share their insights about cry...

#AI #Technology #Economy Technosocialism is the way the authors of the new book `The Rise of Technosocialism` suggest we tackle the complex large-scale problems that are facing humanity - Inequality, AI, and Climate. In this episode, I discuss new concepts with futurist Brett King for our socio-economic future. Brett King https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettking/ The Rise of Technosocialism https://r...

#Esg #sustainability #finance Change is in the air and everywhere. A delightful discussion with Sustainability expert Karen Wendt on SDGs, ESG, Impact investing and finance

#blockchain #tokenization #greenfinance A discussion at the intersection of Fintech, SDGs, and Digital Payments with Benedicte Nolens, currently the Head of the BIS Innovation Hub in Hong Kong. We caught up to discuss the latest BIS research papers that look at blockchain use cases for tokenized Green bonds. Benedicte Nolens https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedicte... BIS recent papers: -- BIS Innova...

#blockchain #governance #tokenization We don't talk enough about Governance and we are just starting to admit it. Whether it is in the context of ESG investing or AI or Blockchain uses cases. Dr. Eelco Fiole is the perfect person to discuss these topics as he teaches Ethics and has been focused on Governance in the investment world and now brings his expertise in the Blockchain world. In this...

#ecosystems #fintech ‪ #‎susasummit2021‬   The South African Singularity U Summit 2021 was one of the largest African thought leadership, innovation and technology events on the continent, focussed on driving positive change and exponential growth.  The event was focused on a variety of topics (leadership and investment, artificial intelligence, crypto/blockchain, biotechnology, future of banking,...

#artificialintelligence #ai #innovation The case of using algorithms to evaluate businesses using technology to innovate. A discussion with Federico Carrasco the founder and CEO of Graypes, a Swiss company, focused on deploying algorithms to provide a standardized and transparent scoring mechanism. Federico Carrasco - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrascof... Graypes - https://graypes.com/index.htm...

#money #fintech #blockchain This is an excerpt from a one hour talk I gave for the 6th cohort of the Unit Masters program for professionals from all kinds of businesses that are interested in the disruptive potential of Blockchain.  unitmasters.org

Money 20/20, Amsterdam — Day 2. A live chat with Jonathan Camilleri Browman, CEO of Sekuritance, about onboarding clients, tracing transactions, identifying fraud when offering crypto services from a crypto company or a traditional financial services company. Jonathan was the CTO of OpenPayd and understands the payments space. Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/joncbowman/ Sekuritance https://ww...

#payments #CBDC #fintech A live chat with Jason Mikula, at the First physical Fintech event in Amerstdam Money2020. Jason Mikula publishes one of the top Substack Fintech newsletters https://fintechbusinessweekly.substac... talks about digital banking trends in the US and Europe. Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmikula/ https://www.money2020.com/

#financialInclusion #fintech #SDGs An Inclusive Financial System goes beyond reducing the number of people with no bank accounts or with no access to credit & investment opportunities.  This long but colourful discussion with Theo Lau from DC and Richard Turrin from Shanghai touch on the complexity and the nuances of the topic. We were prompted to get together and cover the topic, after readin...

#cryptocurrency #money #fintech A spicy discussion with Prof. Alexander Lipton who is deeply involved in financial innovation, specifically in Money & Economic matters. He is the cofounder of Sila (Saas, Payments), Connection Science Fellow at MIT Science Connection, professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, co-author of two new books. Mathematics, Technology, and Economics, A. Lipton &...

#platform #ecosystem #openbanking A discussion with Fransesco Burelli partner at Arkwright Consulting about Platforms, Ecosystems. The importance of understanding the difference between partnerships, platforms and ecosystems; what the market is valuing and what client digitalization journeys are being built as we speak.

#Stablecoins #decentralized #poverty   Marco Barbosa https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcopsba... is a Forbes 30under30 serial social entrepreneur out of Portugal. ImpactMarket https://www.impactmarket.com/ is his current venture, built on Celo. A decentralized Universal Basic income design fighting poverty globally, for people in the Venezuelan slums all the way to people in need in the Philippines.

#banking #fintech #CX A short & juicy chat with Paolo Sironi about the difference in financial services between Outputs & Outcomes.   Now that access to technology is democratised, the key to succeeding during the Ecosystem platform revolution lies in the ability to offer personalised & contextualised outcomes. Paolo Sironi is a prolific author https://www.thepsironi.com/ and the Globa...

#technology #fintech #blockchain Insights with a genuine cross-cultural perspective around China`s Blockchain Service Network, its digital strategy and more. A discussion with Dr. Hans-Joerg Weger ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjweber/ ) a German economist working in Shanghai with more than 20 years of cross-cultural business experience and a focus on the intersection of international relations, t...

#blockchain #decentralization #consensus An interview with Roberto Capodieci, founder of the Blockchain Zoo, a technology implementation company based in Singapore focused on non-financial applications of blockchain - e.g. document management, identity etc. https://www.linkedin.com/in/decbc/ Download the first volume of the "the journey toward decentralization" series here: https://bcz.b...

#investments #fintech #fractionalization   An interview with Oi Yee Choo, the Chief Commercial Officer of ADDX.  An innovator based in Singapore, bringing more transparency and improving access to a wide range of investment opportunities in private markets.   ADDX — https://apps.apple.com/app/id1565314912?mt=8 Oi Yee Choo — https://www.linkedin.com/in/oi-yee-choo-a6b9732/

My interview with Jason Cao, President of Huwaei`s Global Financial Services Business Unit about Inclusive Finance and Huwaei`s stance and impact on this front. During the Huwaei Global Financial Services Summit in Shanghai with the theme “Accelerate Financial Digitalization, New Value Together”  https://e.huawei.com/topic/2021-event-fsi-summit/en-ap/index.html

#Defi #stablecoins #CELO Ashley Taylor is one of the first employees of Consensys and a young entrepreneur with already a very diverse experience. She is a social entrepreneur at heart who is heading business development at ReSource Network. A decentralized mutual business credit venture built on the mobile first Celo protocol. 

#technology #innovation #antifragility Navroop Sadhev is on a mission to create a global network of individuals and initiatives that are involved in the Intersection of all the future technologies and the future of our Global Economy which has to be more human-centered and anti-fragile. She is the founder of the Digital Economist.

#SDGs ​ #blockchain ​ #climate ​ An enriching discussion with Katherine Foster - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine... ​ - whose unique and diverse experience has led her to be involved in important initiatives at the nexus of technology, climate, Sustainable development, Green finance and impact.

#tech4good #SDGs #open An interview with the co-founder of the  Social Alpha Foundation , Nydia Zhang, a not-for-profit foundation that is now nearly 4yrs old. The Social Alpha Foundation awards grants as you will hear and have been recently involved in the landmark fundraising event of the Open Earth Foundation. Although this interview was in mid-2018, it is relevant as I recently interviewed Kat...

#financialinclusion ​ #fintech ​ #Asia ​ A great discussion with Neha Mehta, founder of FemTech Partners and UNDP SDG expert. Her activities in Southeast Asia are focused on financial inclusion with an ecosystem approach. She has built bridges with the UK fintech ecosystem and with corporates who engage with her as a local partner for their CSR objectives.