Andrew Samu

Standard Chartered or StanChart is not a bank that is shy about it’s aspirations when it comes to China. Many of the speakers at this year’s Sibos have talked about China as well. Apart from CBDCs, digital transformation and the generous plethora of leaders involved in this years’ event, the Regulator and the Customer were also talking points.

Asia Fintech

Two Currencies One Nation with Invest Hong Kong

October 13, 2021

“There’s a very strong regulatory framework, one that is attracting businesses from around the world to do listings or secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.” Andrew shares.

Banking Cloud

View from the Top with Kenneth Harvey, Chairman of CLS at Sibos 2021

October 12, 2021

CLS Group work with many of the central banks around the world though. Kenneth Harvey joined CLS Group as Chairman from his role as Group Managing Director for HSBC Holdings, in October 2014. His ‘View from the Top’ kicked off proceedings at the second day of #Sibos 2021.

Banking Events

HSBC’s Noel Quinn opens Sibos 2021 with strong focus on Sustainability

October 11, 2021

“We’ve been around for 156 years bridging east and west. We still believe there’s a need to bridge east and west, from a corporate point of view and a trading point of view.”

Sustainability ESG

Moody’s: G20 financial institutions face $22 trillion of exposure to carbon-intensive sectors

September 29, 2021

This week Moody’s Investors Service has published new data showing that G20 financial institutions have nearly $22 trillion of exposure to carbon-intensive sectors.

Events Fintech

FintechDigital Congress – The Showcase Event for Polish Fintech

September 28, 2021

Having successfully run so many Fintech events in Poland, it’s always hard to build on the successes of the past. So what have the organizers planned for this year? Fintech 2.0 and more.

Asia Capital Markets

Evergrande – Too Big To Ignore?

September 27, 2021

he Real Estate industry accounts for more than 15% of China’s economy. 62-year old Hui Ka-yan owns 76 percent of Evergrande, China’s second largest property developer by sales. However, with the South China Morning Post reporting liabilities of more than $305 billion, Hui’s investment might be too big to ignore.

Digital Assets

Ask Coinbase Anything at Money2020

September 22, 2021

One of the differences in the way that this year’s Money2020 has been organized is the availability of the Speakeasy room where a small group of fintech nerds can #AskMeAnything from selected speakers. One of those speakers was Marcus Hughes, the Managing Director of Europe for Coinbase, and the editorial team at #DisruptionBanking were delighted to be invited to hear what he had to say:

Banking Events

#Money2020eu, Open for Business with CBDCs and more

September 21, 2021

Moderated by Carline Emch, Director of Government Affairs at American Express, the discussion focused on ‘How should CBDCs be designed and what function should they perform to become a trusted medium for payments’:

Digital Assets

Why are investors turning to Coinpass?

September 15, 2021

Europe Fintech PayTech

How important is consumer choice in Europe?

September 9, 2021

“Europe is one example where AppGallery has grown considerably since its global launch three years ago. Huawei’s AppGallery is now the world’s third largest app marketplace with 540 million monthly active users (MAUs), growing in Europe by 61.5% year-on-year to more than 42 million users.” Michael shared.

Banking Europe Sustainability ESG

Good results for Amundi is good news for Europe

July 30, 2021

Today’s news by Amundi shows a strong result so far in 2021. Some of the takeaways of the financial statements for the second quarter of 2021 were summarized by their CEO, Valérie Baudson, who spoke about their Medium-Long-Term (MLT) Assets amongst other things:

Fintech

Is London ready for DeFi?

July 20, 2021

DeFi may not have filled as many hours of discussion as Open Banking or Payments at Fintech Week London last week. But, there was no way the organizers could leave it off the agenda.

Fintech

Ekstasy launches Starling Bank’s latest integrated campaign – ‘Hello Starling Bank’

July 13, 2021

Starling is the leading digital bank, aiming to make banking easier, fairer and more human than banks of the past. Ekstasy wanted to shine a light on the customer centric humanity that is at the core of it all.

Digital Assets

DeFi’s Oracle Problem, with ChainLinkGod

July 5, 2021

“While we tend to choose to ignore the noise from the Chainlink community, we feel obliged to react in this instance due to the gravity of the accusation.” Kunkel explains, “MakerDAO does not participate in nor benefit from liquidations in neither the Maker Protocol nor other protocols.

Banking Digital Assets

Why is Citi embracing Crypto?

June 28, 2021

Fraser shared her policy regarding cryptocurrency before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee last month. She shared how her company was taking a ‘measured approach’ to cryptocurrency as the bank sought “to understand changes in the digital asset space and the use of distributed ledger technology, including demand and interest by our clients, regulatory developments and technology advancements.”

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