Futurist Keynote, Ghana: The Future of Banking, Money, and Payments with Standard Chartered

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By Matthew Griffin Keynote Presentations 23rd December 2022

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

In this keynote speaker and futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how human ingenuity and technology are turning the world of banking, money, and payments on their head, and how tomorrow’s normal might be the one everyone least expects.

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Firstly, thank you to Albert, Ekow, and and Asiedua the Head of Corporate Affairs at Standard Chartered Bank for asking me to be their keynote speaker at their first ever Fintech Festival in Ghana where I spoke alongside his Honour Ken Ofori Atta, Ghana’s Minister of Finance, and to an audience dominated by fintech entrepreneurs from across Africa and representatives from the Ghanian government and other local organisations. During my keynote aptly titled the Future of Banking, Money, and Payments, I took them all on a literal mental roller coaster ride to show them the obvious and non-obvious future of the financial services industry.

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Naturally, I started high level showing them the forces that are accelerating the rate of global disruption and then I went straight into opening their eyes to new business models and ideas by discussing the impact of crypto mining cars and cities, and by demonstrating how a simple Web 3.0 Smart Fridge could disrupt global banking – a section which later I was told was one of the highlights of the session.

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Then, having chatted through industry’s current broken business model, the rise of Bank 4.0, and fintechs, I showed them how gaming companies such as Epic could leverage the DeFi (Decentralised Finance) trend to disrupt not just the industry’s incumbents but also Big Tech’s ambitions for the sector. I then moved onto the future of money and showed the audience why asking the right questions is crucial, how fiat currencies could be disrupted, and why when we discuss this particular topic talking about the future of money is the wrong conversation to have when really we should be talking about the future of value instead.

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Finally, we swung round to payments and here again I showed them why they need to expand their thinking and explore things that make the uncomfortable such as being able to pay with moves, play, or time, as we’re seeing companies such as Ikea and Nike already embrace.

And, not quite done I then had a lengthy round table discussion with Standard Chartered’s CEO and leadership team where we dived into all manner of topics, from the future of their business model and their physical branches, all the way through to their investment methodologies and approach to ESG.

Matthew Griffin / About Author

Matthew Griffin, described as “The Adviser behind the Advisers” and a “Young Kurzweil,” is the founder and CEO of the World Futures Forum and the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures consultancy working across the next 50 years, and is an award winning futurist, and author of “Codex of the Future” series.

Regularly featured in the global media, including AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, RT, Viacom, and WIRED, Matthew’s ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of revolutionary emerging technologies on global culture, industry and society, is unparalleled. Recognised for the past six years as one of the world’s foremost futurists, innovation and strategy experts Matthew is an international speaker who helps governments, investors, multi-nationals and regulators around the world envision, build and lead an inclusive, sustainable future.

A rare talent Matthew’s recent work includes mentoring Lunar XPrize teams, re-envisioning global education and training with the G20, and helping the world’s largest organisations envision and ideate the future of their products and services, industries, and countries.

Matthew's clients include three Prime Ministers and several governments, including the G7, Accenture, Aon, Bain & Co, BCG, Credit Suisse, Dell EMC, Dentons, Deloitte, E&Y, GEMS, Huawei, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, Lego, McKinsey, PWC, Qualcomm, SAP, Samsung, Sopra Steria, T-Mobile, and many more.