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Jun 2022
27m 37s

Saxo Bank CEO on 30 years in FinTech

The National
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Investment banks have faced unprecedented times before, but market dynamics and the volume of data in play in 2022 makes this a time like no other. That's according to Kim Fournais, who founded Denmark firm Saxo Bank in 1992. The CEO joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner to discuss how using technology and pushing East to new markets is helping the ... Show More
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