Infographic: The Future of Money

By Matthew Griffin Connected Society Opinion 18th October 2017

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

The future of money is an emotive topic but it can be characterised by being cashless, digital, and varied.

A little while ago at the iGaming Show in Amsterdam I was asked to present a keynote on “The Future of Money” and then, shortly afterwards, I was asked to join a panel of bods, for a bit of fun, to explore the topic in more detail, and this is the output.

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I believe that as a society we often have this way of over complicating things but, like the future of transport, I think the future of money is a relatively straight forward topic – certainly at a high level. For example, if we look at transport the future is autonomous, electric and full of variants, and when we look at the future of money it’s cashless, digital and, again, full of variants – a veritable “Jurassic Era” of money.

Today we already have an increasing number of countries, from China and Russia, to Estonia and Sweden, who in total represent some 2 billion people, who are now experimenting with and laying the groundwork for national cryptocurrencies and a cashless future, but that said though, it goes without saying that this “switch,” to a completely cashless society, will take decades to realise, and as we head down this road we’ll no doubt see an explosion in the number of both community and national digital currencies, rising from some 1,800 “registered” cryptocurrencies today to, undoubtedly, many, many more.

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Welcome to the Jurassic Era.

Matthew Griffin / About Author

Described by NASA as a "Walking Encyclopaedia of the Future" and one of the world’s most in demand keynote speakers Matthew Griffin, Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm, is a multi-award winning Futurist and strategic foresight expert, author, lecturer, mentor, podcast and YouTube host.

With a distinguished career running global business units at Atos, EMC, and IBM today Matthew helps leaders and titans of industry from all over the world explore the impact of the inter sections of technology, culture, and leadership, then helps them create high performance organisations that can continuously disrupt, outpace, and outthink their competition.

15 times author of the hit series the Codex of the Future series Matthew's ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders across the G7, G20, and G77, and many of the world's most recognised and exceptional organisations including ABB, Accenture, ABN Amro, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Dentons, Disney, Dow, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Microsoft, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Nokia, Paramount, PepsiCo, PWC, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, Visa, WIRED, WPP and hundreds of others.

Matthew is regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, and his mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.