FinTech Revolution
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"When two true entrepreneurs, financial experts and tech-nerds such as Sofie Blakstad and Robert Allen write a book about fintech and the massive transformation of financial services, you should want to own that book. The industry is changing rapidly because of new technology and we are still in the beginning. This book lays out both how financial institutions and fintechs are evolving, the role technology plays and the broader trends impacting consumer behavior. It also - very importantly - gives a clear vision of the future. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the landscape of finance and technology, how it is changing and the impact it will have on all our lives. If you are a professional in the industry, this book should be mandatory reading." (Thomas Krogh Jensen, CEO, Copenhagen Fintech)
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Sofie Blakstad is the CEO of transformational financial technology company hiveonline, which levels the competitive environment for small and micro businesses, expands sustainable investment and promotes community engagement, founded after a career building and transforming international banks. Her banking build expertise spans technology and business transformation programmes involving thousands of people in over 60 countries. Her blueprint for service aligned banks is the subject of her first book, Why Change? (2013). Sofie is an advisor to the G7 and G20 groups, the United Nations Environment Programme, and various governments and central banks on fintech, identity, trust and blockchain.
Robert Allen is an engineer and payments specialist, spending much of his career delivering major transformation programmes in international banks. More recently he has co-founded the Digital Asset Services practice for PwC and built the revolutionary Vulcan blockchain platform. Rob is passionate about financial inclusion and has been targeting use cases for his platform to support financially under-served populations with new models based on digital identity, cryptocurrency and blockchain. Rob advises UNEP on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, is a board member of the Australian Payments Council, and is a mentor and advisor to numerous fintech startups. A keen advocate of marine conservation issues, Rob is also a director of the Shark Conservation Society.
Content
1. Ecosystem vs Egosystem and Revolution vs Evolution.- 2. What's the point of banks?.- 3. The Death and Resurrection of capital markets.- 4. New payments landscape.- 5. Central bank digital currencies and cryptocurrencies.- 6. Shifting values in the connected economy.- 7. Leapfrogging banks in emerging markets.- 8. Alternative wealth - the cow in your pocket.- 9. New standard models for Banking.- 10. The Money revolution - recycling value to drive sustainability.- 11. Green Fintech.- 12. SME Microfinance, Fractional Ownership and Crowdfunding.- 13. International sustainable investment.- 14. Services & Demand.- 15. Platform Consumers.- 16. Technology vs Solution.- 17. Career as microservices - reputation based skills validation.- 18. Plebocracy bias.- 19. New approaches to identity and authentication.- 20. Contextualised Trust Solutions.- 21. Service Consumers.- 22. Service Alignment.- 23. Case Managed and Core Standardised Capabilities.- 24. Communities of Practice and Centres of Excellence.- 25. Service Architecture.- 26. Decision Architecture.