Re-architecting Finance with Blockchain - Not Just Hype, But Real-World Infrastructure We’re wrapping up this special Tokyo series of Couchonomics, filmed at the GFTN Forum — and what better way to close than with a bold conversation on the future of financial systems? In this final episode, I’m joined by Naveen Mallela, Co-Head of Kinexys & Managing D ... Show More
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The $80 Billion SME Lending Opportunity Banks Keep Missing
SMEs are central to the UAE economy, yet access to credit remains one of their biggest challenges.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Hassan Reda, Co-Founder & CPO of CredibleX, and Anand Nagaraj, Co-Founder & CEO of CredibleX, unpack why SME lending has remained difficul ... Show More
51m 44s
Jul 28
Why Most Digital Banks Will Never Make Money
Digital banks have spent years chasing customer growth. But scale alone does not create profitability.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Simon Loong, Founder and Group CEO of WeLab, explains what it takes to build a successful digital bank across Asia.He shares why lendi ... Show More
55m 50s
Jul 15
Could Your Data Become Your Next Asset?
Every day we create data, but almost none of us know who really owns it.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, André Vellozo, Founder and CEO of DrumWave, joins the show to explore one of the biggest questions facing the digital economy: what if people could own their data t ... Show More
52m 50s
Jun 2024
Blockchain, AI and the Impacts to Decentralized Finance
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Uri Ferruccio,</strong> co-founder and CEO of Concordia, discusses the use of blockchain and AI for financial risk management and future-critical data technologies that are incubating a global, multi-asset-class ... Show More
26m 27s
Oct 2025
1004. Insights: The stablecoin stack: building real-world payment rails
About this episode: Stablecoins Yep, we’re talking about those again - but this time, the story’s changed. The market has jumped to $270B, transaction volumes are rivalling SWIFT, and - finally - stablecoins are making real money. In this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, in p ... Show More
54m 50s
Dec 2021
The Future of Money: A History
On today's show, Daniel Jeffries, author, engineer, blogger, podcaster, public speaker and Managing Director of the rapidly growing AI Infrastructure Alliance, looks closely at the not so far future of money and accounting.
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15m 55s
Jul 2025
What’s Next for Fintech: AI, IPOs and Stablecoins
<p>In this episode of Deciphered, Jeff Tijssen, partner and global head of Fintech, Bain & Company is joined by Georgios Kolovos, EMEA Payments & Fintech Leader, NVIDIA and Phoebe Wallis, Chief Revenue Officer, Griffin to discuss what’s next for Fintech.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><ul> ... Show More
34m 23s
Sep 2024
Bitcoin, Blockchain and AI
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chandra Duggirala</strong> discusses bitcoin, blockchain and AI, and how the confluence of these technologies can empower of financial self-sovereignty and super intelligence to every investor. Chandra is the CEO ... Show More
23m 24s
Nov 2023
199. Insights: Real world assets on-chain: changing the future of ownership
gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Catherine Gu are back this week, talking about real world assets. On today's episode they dive into real world assets, or RWAs for short. They explain what they are, discuss some of the use cases of tokenized RWA we’re seeing today, the pros and cons of b ... Show More
44m 53s
Sep 2025
996. Insights: How are real-time payments reshaping global finance?
About this episode: Money is moving faster than ever - across borders, between people, even between machines. Real-time payments and account-to-account (A2A) technology are quietly transforming the payments landscape, challenging legacy systems and reshaping how we move money. In ... Show More
54m 41s
Oct 2017
Hash Power – Ep. 3 - Funding, Forking, and a Creative Future
In episodes one and two of Hash Power, we explored blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. In this episode, we discuss the current and potential future states of the crypto world. We cover new forms of cooperation, regulation, security and storage, and why blockchains ... Show More
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