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Chris Principe CEO at APB, Inc.
The Threat of the Crypto-Whales, Why 2018 will be the Year of Regulation in the Cyberworld Whales are the largest animals on Earth, and many kinds of whales live from eating one of the smallest animals, plankton. I have used this example in many presentations; at banking conferences, I point to banks being the whales and needing to take care of the...
06 March 2018 /payments Digital Asset Class (DAC)
It's a Crypto Crazy Christmas!! What you should have remembered that was told to you by Billy Ray Valentine. So, I do not have an inside information, if there is any, about the last two weeks in Crypto pricing. What I will say is that I am not surprised by the fatigue that the market showed the last two weeks and I expected to see this happen. In m...
28 December 2017 /sibos Futuristic Banking
ICOs and ‘I Don’t Knows’ Reflections on the latest feeding frenzy Change is one of life’s constants. However, we have not seen the current velocity and volume of change at SIBOS since the Financial Crisis of 2008-09. Just before the Financial Crisis, we were literally dancing in the ballrooms of Austrian emperors. Within months, some of the bigges...
15 October 2017 /sibos /inclusion Finance 2.0
Future Shout Out !! I wake up every morning thinking about what innovation, idea's, enhancements, additions, changes, etc. I can offer that will push the future of finance another step forward. I believe many of you have similar thoughts and have a creative need to be part of this changing landscape as well as to be ahead of the curve. I also beli...
02 June 2017 /sibos Fintech
I know that many of you will be saying that SIBOS is long over and 2016 has begun with new opportunities. I do believe that there are some valuable take aways. Those of you who are SIBOS devotes, with more than a few SIBOS’s under your belt will recognize that there is a buzz word at each SIBOS event. In 2015, the word that was the theme or focus o...
24 February 2016 /sibos Innovation in Financial Services
Disruption, is a fascinating interest of mine, the magnitude occurring in energy, cars, Internet of Things and financial fronts is just amazing in its breadth and speed. On the energy front, U.S. growth has resumed due largely to the technical innovations of fracking and horizontal drilling. On the car front, Tesla, according to Forbes, has irreve...
23 February 2015 Innovation in Financial Services
Transitions and Transaction Banking Transaction Banking is a suite of uniformed products that comprise the key corporate needs for working capital optimization. That suite of products is made up of a designed for corporate solution that integrates Cash, Trade, FX and Payments. Transaction banking convergence is a challenge as the industry struggl...
23 March 2014 Transaction Banking
The Starving of SMEs Like many of my industry colleagues, I have been passionate about the financing of SMEs, who are the true lifeblood of global trade. Banks, like most businesses, only have time and resources to service the top 15% of their base where the large percent of their revenue comes from. In recent year's many of the regulatory conc...
02 December 2013 Innovation in Financial Services
Whales need Plankton! There are banks today that are expanding their trade business with additional supply chain financing activates and many more considering adding SCF. The results for them are good with their best corporate clients taking advantage of these added services. Unfortunately, the supply chain financing services are not being offered...
26 November 2013 Innovation in Financial Services
Trick or Trade ! Halloween is really one of my favorite times of year, with the kids in costume and the free chocolate, what's not to like. Thinking and planning this morning the strategy for this evenings Trick or Treat rounds, it dawned on me who in our industry is playing Trick or Trade? So, with a little help from my friendly Zombies and Teenw...
31 October 2013 Innovation in Financial Services
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