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Lex chats with Steve McLaughlin, CEO and founder of FT Partners - the premier financial technology investment bank, and Jon Lear, president and co-founder of Fintech Meetup - the leading fintech conference in the world today. They discuss the early days of fintech, the growth and evolution of the industry, and the current market trends. They also touch on the definition of fintech and its boundaries, as well as the sectors that are seeing the most activity and opportunity in the coming year. They highlight the importance of networks, infrastructure, and emerging markets in driving innovation and growth in fintech. MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION FT Partners' Website: https://bit.ly/3vEVbEGFintech Meetup's Website: https://bit.ly/48NuzjiSteve's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/48P6AAmJon's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3Sgz7cs Topics: fintech, finance, financial technology, Investment Banking, Blockchain, crypto, paytech, insurtech, infrastructure Companies: FT Partners, Fintech Meetup, NASDAQ, ETrade, EarthPort, Visa, Mastercard, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Stripe, Worldcoin, Intuit ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT
Imagine being a part of an event that has the power to revolutionize the way we view the payments industry - welcome to Fintech Meetup. Our guest, Jon Lear, the president and co-founder of Fintech Meetup, shares his captivating journey in the payments industry and his intriguing insights into the impact of his experiences at Procter & Gamble and EarthPort. We also discuss the highly anticipated Fintech Meetup event scheduled to happen at the Venetian in Las Vegas from March 3rd to 6th, 2024.Fintech Meetup is not your typical event, it's a game-changer. Leveraging innovative technology, the platform is designed to maximize connections across all use cases, ensuring attendees get the best possible return on their investment. No stone is left unturned at the Fintech Meetup. Sponsors and exhibitors are given the opportunity to deliver value while providing an immersive experience that is competitively priced. The agenda is loaded with hot topic discussions delivered by over 175 industry experts, making Fintech Meetup an event you won't want to miss.In an exciting twist, John draws parallels from the success of the Mercedes Benz Formula One team and shares invaluable lessons from his journey in the Fintech and payment space. Highlighting the significance of precision, strategy, and strong leadership in achieving business success, John offers insightful advice for anyone interested in the industry.
This was another fantastic chat! I enjoy talking to @hameggsnsam from Twitter. He is a $XRP hodler that I befriended after going to war with some other hodlers. He and I hit it off because he was so eager to teach instead of yell. In this episode we talked about the Corona Virus The dangers of hyper-partisanship What happens to crypto of the economy collapses Sound money and precious metals On-Demand Liquidity Ripple's Bank of America partnership announcement Visa's acquisition of Earthport: a user of Ripple Tech Check him out on Twitter at @hameggsnsam and on YouTube at "To the life boats" If you like this episode, please consider giving us a 5-Star review. Visit us online at www.cigarsandcrypto.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigarsandcrypto/support
The latest episode of Nadia's Women of Fintech welcomes Helen Smith into the studio. As Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Earthport Europe, she is perfectly placed to discuss the market and she does a great job of it.Discussing unconscious/subconscious bias, her background and subsequent working relationship with Visa and much more, it really is an exceptional insight into life as a prominent woman in Fintech and where the industry is headed. Make sure you subscribe so as to never miss an episode and please do leave a review if you like what you hear.
#CryptoCorner: #Visa (NYSE: $V) to Buy #Ripple Partner and Payments Firm Earthport, Bakkt Raises $182 Million
#CryptoCorner: #Visa (NYSE: $V) to Buy #Ripple Partner and Payments Firm Earthport, Bakkt Raises $182 Million
#CryptoCorner: #Visa (NYSE: $V) to Buy #Ripple Partner and Payments Firm Earthport, Bakkt Raises $182 Million
Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news Bitcoin is up 7% at $3,872 XRP is up 10% at 37 cents Ethereum is up 18% at $136 Visa is set to purchase Earthport; a ripple partner and payment network for cross-border transactions. The national bank of Kuwait announces NBK remit, cross-border payments solution that uses RippleNet. Ledger has responded to a recent vulnerabilities announced at the Berlin Chaos Computer Club Conference.
Visa inks deal to buy Earthport for $250M; FBI warns of "money mule" fraud
This week on RPG Lessons Learned Dusty, Brian, and Mike talk about what is both their first Chaosium d100 game, and their first Sci-Fi adventure! It’s Escape from Earthport from the Basic Roleplaying Game Quick-Start Edition! Pick it up on Amazon! Please support RPG Lessons Learned by using our Amazon referral link. Canadian fans: please... The post RPG Lessons Learned 017: Escape from Earthport (BRP) appeared first on Radio Free Cybertron.
Paul Townsend is currently Managing director at Vitesse PSP and a Non Executive Director with Saxo Bank, following over 20 years’ experience in mainstream banking with Warburgs and Bank of New York, plus 15 years in electronic payments with Earthport plc, Neteller, Envoy and Worldpay. Before co-founding Vitesse, Paul was Founder and COO of Envoy Services Ltd. He is also a prolific angel investor with investments in the likes of Kwanji, veridu, proxama and many more. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Paul make his entry into the world of angel investing? 2.) With such strong experience in banking, how does Paul view the seed stage Fintech environment? 3.) What are Paul’s thoughts on bitcoin and why are banks so skeptical to it’s mass adoption? 4.) With extensive experience in the mobile payments space, where does Paul see room for innovation in mobile payments? Is it a monopoly market with the likes of Square and Izettle? 5.) Paul is also an LP to MMC Ventures, so why are institutional investors in the UK more skeptical to fund allocation towards VC, than say the states? What can be done to improve this distortion? 6.) Paul reveals some war stories from his past investments and how they have altered his strategy to investing? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: FlyPay (http://flypay.it) , MMC Ventures(http://www.mmcventures.com), Veridu(https://veridu.com), Kwanji (https://kwanji.com), Gousto (https://www.gousto.co.uk) If you enjoyed the show today please do share the episode on Twitter by simply clicking this link: http://ctt.ec/gYXb1 As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com “Angel Insights would like to thank Plantronics, who kindly supply the Voyager Edge UD headsets that our investors use during interviews”