In conversation with Mike Laven: Insights from a European Fintech Champion [Talking Edge #4]

11/10/2021 38 min Temporada 1 Episodio 4

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Episode Synopsis

With almost 30 years’ experience at the helm of a number of high growth fintech and technology businesses, the guest for this Talking Hedge was Mike Laven, CEO at Currencycloud.   
Having worked for the United Nations, Mike has since gained a glowing reputation for fintech expertise and now plays a vital role in growing Currencycloud to become a leader in embedded finance.  
We discussed about how the Currency Cloud journey came about and key learnings, where are we in The European Fintech Ecosystem, UK post Brexit, challenges in executing B2B vs B2C vs B2B2C, the future of payments, stablecoins and wallets vs bank accounts and SWIFT and more…  

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