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Converge explores the growing intersection of traditional finance (TradFi), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), and financial technology (Fintech) in a time of unprecedented uncertainty, technological advancement, and change in financial services. As the world moves fast on chain and new financial rails emerge, the sharpest minds in finance and technology come together to share the latest innovations and make sense of it all.
The Market Update, a sub-series of Converge, is a global financial market news series covering the latest news and events impacting trade, payments and FX, with forward-guidance for businesses.
Tune in as we decode regulatory shifts, financial innovations, and market trends to help you and your business stay ahead.
Episodes
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Guests: Germana Cruz, Fady Abdel-Nour
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 finte…
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Guest: Steve Dooley
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.
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Guest: Boris Kovacevic
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.
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Guest: Riya Grover
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…
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Guest: Boris Kovacevic
April has been about many things. In the United States, it was about inflation surprising to the upside and investors pricing out rate cuts from the Fed. In Asia, it was about a strong dollar leading central banks to verbally or physically intervene in FX…