Shopify’s founder and CEO Tobi Lütke is probably one of my most impactful recent leadership discoveries. He was definitely one of the best speakers at the All-in Summit 2023. Here are several ideas that resonated with me and both of these ideas relate to the question of how much values and morality should be Read more…
In this episode, I share some of the invaluable lessons that I learned from listening to a speech by Tobias Lütke, the founder and CEO of Shopify, at the inspirational All-In Summit. From eliminating unnecessary meetings to his thoughts on why founders make the best CEOs for their companies. Tune Read more…
For months, I have had serious suspicions about the future of CBDCs becoming a very expensive failure similar to Libra/Diem, so I asked ChatGPT a series of questions about CBDCs and why they may fail. I got a few logical but very generic statements back. They all looked like a neutral Read more…
Have you used ChatGPT? I was interested to know what it would give me back regarding CBDCs and why they’re unlikely to be implemented on a large scale. Tune in today to hear the assessment I received from ChatGPT regarding the problems facing CBDCs versus my own! Which do you Read more…
First of all, let’s agree that the term “stablecoin” has been applied extremely loosely and liberally, in a truly decentralized fashion 😉 and I have personally seen it referring to single-currency or multi-currency pegged digital assets, to tokenized gold and diamonds products, to hybrid digital products with embedded algorithmic price Read more…
The FinTech Compliance Self-Starter Package has been fully updated for 2023 and the price goes up in just a few days on February 1st, 2023! This product is right for you if: What is included: Recorded workshops and video training: My templates are tested by dozens of FinTech professionals and hundreds Read more…
In January 2023, Coinbase reached a settlement agreement with the New York State Department of Financial Services and agreed to pay a $50 million fine. The settlement will also require Coinbase to invest an additional $50 million over the next two years to improve its compliance program. All the news outlets Read more…
Today, I wanted to talk about the fact that… fraud happens. 😤 Maybe your entity received funds or credit card payments that turned out to be fraudulent, maybe your customer comes back to you and says that their account was taken over and they did not authorize some withdrawals, or otherwise Read more…
A lot of people say that FinTech and payments became an overly saturated market where there are no serious opportunities left and it does not even make sense to start anything new because consumers expect everything for free, regulators impose new costly requirements, and banking partners take forever to make Read more…
Today, I wanted to talk (again 😬) about the “Travel Rule” for blockchain transfers and what might be the first simplified implementation of it for a FInTech startup that’s getting very confused by various complex solution providers and consortia offerings. 1. Scope – What is the “Travel Rule”? FATF issued Read more…