Archives: Podcasts
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Converge – The consumer sets the bar: How B2C innovation is pushing B2B finserv into the future
This special episode was co-produced with Tigerhall – a leading social learning platform. Commercial and retail clients have higher-than-ever expectations of banking as a service. How can financial institutions and banks stay ahead of the customer experience curve? How do we harness the latest applications in AI, including generative AI, to better serve customers? What…
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Converge – FinTech vs. banks: Who’s eating whose lunch? With Sardine’s Simon Taylor
Incumbent financial institutions pose both an opportunity and a barrier to the fintech boom. They’ve got the resources to acquire, emulate and dominate. But more legacy financial institutions are turning to fintechs and digital-first financial services providers as partners in the race to provide a better customer experience. Dig into the hungry-for-innovation FinServ environment with…
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Converge – Why DeFi Matters [Part 3]: CBDCs – opportunity or doom for DeFi? The challenges of building digital institutional trust
Most major economies, including 19 of the G20 nations, are in the end-stage processes of developing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). These digital currencies introduce DeFi technology and concepts into the world of central banking with many potential use cases across borders and domestically. CBDCs have opened up all kinds of opportunities for increased efficiencies,…
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Why DeFi Matters [Part 2]: Tokenization and ‘financializing’ our lives
Part 2 of our 3-part series. Although it’s early days for DeFi, tokenization of real-world assets shows promise for bringing much-needed liquidity to existing and newly emerging asset classes. Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) open even more opportunities and solutions for enterprises and companies within the realm of tokenization, but the regulatory circle needs to be…
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Converge – Why DeFi Matters [Part 1]: Bitcoin and DeFi’s influence on the future of TradFi and FinServ
In his upcoming book, author Ian Horne (a former FinServ relationship manager and head of content for Money20/20 EU), discusses the many reasons why the often lofty, quixotic-sounding concepts of decentralized finance (or #DeFi) should matter to anyone looking to improve the way we do business and exchange value. For Part 1 of our 3-part…
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Converge – The seismic shifts in education finance: China’s student decline, new dominant markets and payment methods
India now outpaces China in wealth creation and GDP per capita, and the number of their students able to afford high quality education overseas is projected to grow. Overall, the demographics of students who study abroad are shifting dramatically, presenting new opportunities and challenges for students, payment providers and higher education institutions. Furthermore, 60% of…