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Alisa DiCaprio is the Chief Economist for R3, one of the biggest technology and service providers in the blockchain space, focused on enterprise blockchain software. R3 traces its origins to a consortium of banks, and the company’s focus on secure and confidential blockchain-based transactions has made them an ideal partner for many financial services organizations.

Join Convera’s Market Insights team for special candid discussion on the policy and geopolitical events shaping the global markets, including the European elections, ECB rate decision, US-China tensions, and the impact of political uncertainty on monetary policy. We cover the implications of the impending US and UK elections in 2024, non-farm payrolls report, and potential…

In this week’s episode, we explore the growth of open banking in Latin America, featuring insights from Germana Cruz, CEO and Head of Financial Institutions for Standard Chartered Bank Latin America, and Fady Abdel-Nour, Venture Capitalist and LatAM fintech investor with Antler Elevate.

We project a significant surge in cross-border payment flows, expected to reach an eye-popping $290 trillion by 2030, driven by the rise of international e-commerce, greater workforce mobility, and advancements in digital payment technologies.

The US economy has clearly been in a league of its own in the post-pandemic era. And 2024 has underlined the exceptional position of the US economy compared to its peers with inflation and employment data broadly surprising to the upside.

Join Riya Grover, co-founder and CEO of Sequence, as we discuss how her fintech, dubbed “the financial router,” is building a flexible toolkit to help companies automate their contract-to-cash process. The move towards usage-based pricing and the adoption of hybrid pricing models are driving the need for tools like Sequence.