Over 3 decades of experience across multiple industries and roles spanning consulting, capital markets trading and analysis, real estate, M&A, payments and fintech. Serial entrepreneur. Multiple achievements launching alternative payment products such as China Union Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay, Online EBT, real-time disbursements, least-cost debit routing, and ground-breaking real-time funds in/out for wallets in the US.
Key expertise relevant to this event: Leading innovations in bridging legacy infrastructure to new technology platforms; leveraging in situ systems for monetization via new services.
Key takeaway for participants: Banks, in fact most financial institutions, have a less risky, less disruptive path to ‘modernization’. This path allows the FI to continue to rely on the reliability of its existing system while arbitraging the gap with the fintechs threatening them. Regulated FIs have the long-term advantage.