Today we come to you with some big news!
We're delighted to announce that Tony Clark, NextWave Founder and CEO is officially the new host of the London Fintech Podcast, invented in 2014 by former founder and host Mike Baliman.
For a decade, the LFP has provided an overview of the dominant geopolitical influences on Financial Services, and Mike has left a remarkable legacy of over 250 high-quality episodes, with a guest list that includes the FCA, BoE, Alipay and many more...
He's now on a well-deserved break and has handed the podcast over to Tony and NextWave. We are excited to take the LFP forward as one of the most respected fintech podcasts out there, and to maintain the LFP as a platform for the most exciting and interesting guests we can find from across the sector!
Tony has 30 years of big-firm consultancy, startup, and enterprise experience across business, digital and technology, working with some of the world’s leading banks and financial institutions. Tony has worked at Accenture, m.a.partners, and was a founding team member at Crossbridge. More recently, he was MD and Head of the UK business at Synechron.
As a passionate advocate and industry speaker on all things digital, Tony will be focusing on continuing the legacy of the LFP, with a focus on fostering engaging discussions with industry leaders and founders who bring innovation to the ever-evolving FinTech and FS landscape.
Above is Mike's handover episode to Tony and a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the LFP.
In this episode
Having previously looked at the past decade in Fintech, dived into how an LLM really works and discussed what risks AI does or doesn’t pose to humanity, in this episode, Tony and Mike explore the macro picture right now as the setting for the outlook for FS and Fintech over the next decade. They also reveal the exciting plans for levelling up the LFP to go even further and fresher into its next decade.
For sure, it is the best of times in terms of technology, even the 'Western' economic situation seems the worst of times as WEF 2030/Agenda 21 continues to bear down upon the people.
But, however the macro cookie crumbles concerning geopolitics, it's clear that Financial Services will be affected significantly either way. Insane money-printing and government debt accumulation in Western countries cannot continue for much longer without risking social and economic collapse, as has been discussed on the podcast before. On the other hand, will we have CBDCs and the State programming your currency?
There are many scenarios but the geopolitical changes are already being ushered in with the BIS, the “central banks bank” already well advanced with its mBridge project, a Swift alternative.
Thank you to Mike for the opportunity and we're wishing you the very best for your next chapter!
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