Episode Six: Why Banks, Neobanks and Fintechs Must Integrate New Payments Tech and Crypto ASAP

Episode Six: Why Banks, Neobanks and Fintechs Must Integrate New Payments Tech and Crypto ASAP

Ian Kerr is the Director of Business Development for Episode Six . Ian has over 30 years’ experience in financial technology in a range of organisations starting with NCR and including IBM , payments and banking solutions providers. Prior to joining Episode Six, Kerr was the CEO at Bolero , a Software as a Service platform for global trade where he led new initiatives in digitisation, Supply Chain Finance and logistics. Earlier in his career, Kerr was the COO at a payments gateway company and led a payments focussed testing solutions division at Clear2Pay . With his wealth of expertise, Kerr explains why crypto and DeFi isn’t just a fad or craze – but something that will remain for a long time, and if banks and companies do not tailor to it, they will suffer in the future: On the eve of the Money2020 conference this week, crypto-currencies and digital assets are set to dominate the discussion agenda. The banking industry – neobanks and financial institutions alike – has an enormous opportunity to take advantage of the rise of digital assets. They also need to keep up with the massive shift in demand and evolving currency usage. In order to