Virtual keynote

The Future of Financial Services

Invited by Laura at Wolters Kluwer to keynote the company's annual summit, held virtually for COVID related reasons and watched by people around the world.

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Matthew GriffinFounder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute

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About this virtual keynote

Firstly, thank you to Laura at Wolters Kluwers for inviting me to be the keynote at their annual summit which, again for COVID related reasons was virtual, where we discussed the future of the financial services industry and how in time it could be disrupted by companies that today don’t even consider themselves to be in the same market. Even though they actually are already, even if they just don’t see it yet.

During the presentation, which was viewed by people from around the world, I took the audience on a journey through the future where banks are disrupted by fintechs, or just “Neo Banks just with fancy digital UI’s”, and a future where fintechs are disrupted by Decentralised Finance or DeFi players. Or as most people know many of them, gaming platforms, and many other new players including you, I and anyone else who fancies spinning up their own bank and own cryptocurrencies …

As we stare down the barrel of Web 3.0, with its complimentary suite of powerful enabling technologies that include everything from blockchain and crypto to NFT’s and tokens, the only thing that is changing in the world of finance is everything.

No stone is being left unturned, or digitised and turned into an NFT, and no corner of the market is safe as new players from all the corners of the Earth try to create their own global payment networks, develop super apps, and monetise new things in new ways using fractional ownership models, and much more more.

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Key takeaways

Banks are being disrupted by fintechs, which Matthew described as often little more than neo banks with fancy digital interfaces.
Fintechs in turn face Decentralised Finance (DeFi) players, many of them gaming platforms, and anyone who wants to spin up their own bank and cryptocurrency.
New players from every part of the world are trying to build global payment networks, develop super apps and monetise new things using fractional ownership models.

Questions and answers

What does the Future of Financial Services keynote cover?

It covers how financial services could be disrupted by companies that do not yet see themselves in the same market, even though they already are. Matthew walked the audience through banks disrupted by fintechs, then fintechs disrupted by DeFi players. He tied it to Web 3.0 and the technologies that enable it, including blockchain, crypto, NFTs and tokens.

Where and when was the keynote given?

It was given virtually in June 2022 for the Wolters Kluwer annual summit. Laura at Wolters Kluwer invited Matthew. The summit was held online for COVID related reasons, and people around the world watched.

Why does Matthew say fintechs are not the end of the story?

He argued that many fintechs are often little more than neo banks with fancy digital interfaces. They face their own disruption from DeFi players, many of them gaming platforms, and from anyone who fancies spinning up their own bank and cryptocurrency.

Can Matthew give this keynote at our event?

Yes. Matthew tailors each talk to the audience, as a keynote, panel, executive briefing or leadership workshop. He works in person first, anywhere in the world.