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Chris Principe

Chris Principe

CEO at APB, Inc.
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Bio Chris Principe has worked in International Trade as an exporter, importer and solutions provider for over 30 years. He is a consultant experienced with the sales, development and delivery of products focused on Transaction Banking covering Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain. Career History CEO of Asia Pacific Bridge, a financial consulting company. My career is in International Banking where I have worked for BankTrade, Surecomp, Belpay, Misys, ACI Worldwide, and DataPro. I am a consultant and trainer for International Trade. I am the publisher of Financial IT magazine.

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SWIFT Matters

Sibos – the Olympics of Banking

20 Sep 2023

Sibos – the Olympics of Banking For over four decades, SWIFT's Sibos event has been the premier annual gathering for the global financial industry. Sibos provides a platform for banks, financial institutions, technology companies, and industry leaders to connect, share best practices, and to discuss the latest trends and challenges in the financia...

Fintech

Everything Effects Everything

30 May 2023

Everything Effects Everything - The weight of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing everyday even if we do not see it. The use of AI goes back years before most had ever heard the term AI. Slowly AI has been ingrained into our lives. It has become our helper, guide or unseen force that pushes us without us noticing that we are being pushed. AI ...

E-commerce

Dream On, Bitcoin

06 Apr 2023

The dream of bitcoin is not just about fulfilling the fantasies you have in your brain when shutting your eyes. The reality of bitcoin is about not giving up on that dream. That means doing the work necessary to make the promises of bitcoin come true. That means keeping pushing until the bitcoin dream become a truth. The time is now to wake up and...

Cryptocurrency Insights

CBDCs – But WHY?

14 Nov 2022

CBDCs – But WHY? Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are being researched by central banks and governments of 87 countries and has already been launched in 11 countries. The key question is: But WHY? What follows is my view of the good, and the evil of CBDCs. CBDCs: the GOOD For you and for other people, the good things bought by CBDCs include...

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Digital or Open Banking

  Hi Ketharaman, thank you for your interest in my blog. I understand your point which is specific to one aspect of Open Banking. You make a number of interesting points that are accurite for US banks. The benefits for Open Finance have yet to be displayed. I do believe that it is early yet for monitoring the results and I will be keeping an eye on this now that you have correctly brought attention to this aspect.

22 Jun 2021 Reply Read article

Bond-Fires of the Vanities

  Thank you for your comment. Being born, raised and lived in Manhattan for decades. I understand what a inadvertent side trip to the bronx can be. This is more scarier.

10 Jun 2020 Reply Read article

CRYPTO or GOLD

  Dear Mr. Haskins, You correctly point out the value of many other assests and that will be the topic of my planned follow up piece. I agree with you that theft is a problem and issue for Crypto holdings. You would be surprised as I was to find that many people holding the other assest types you mentioned do not insure when they most certainly can.

18 Feb 2020 Reply Read article

Supply chain finance takes hold in Latin America

  Hernan has brought up all of the key points as to why SCF has been slow to grow in Latam and more importantly he points out the changes that will enable big growth and great opportunities for the Banks, buyers and suppliers. Nice to see a focus on the fastest grow region by percentage in TRADE! Lead us to the promise land Hernan...

10 Sep 2014 Reply Read article