For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Riegelnig, Founder and CEO of recently launched institutional trading platform Rulematch. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Ou...
Feb 07, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 44
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Rajeev Tummala , Head of Digital & Data – Asia & MENA at HSBC Securities Services. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our obj...
Jan 11, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 43
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by experts Ashveen Gopee from Mauritius and Angela Itzikowitz from South Africa to delve deeper into the digital assets ecosystems in Mauritius and South Africa and discuss the state of regulation, licensing requirements and adoption of digital assets in these markets and the broader region. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations wi...
Nov 16, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 42
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple. Since 2016, Brad is the CEO of Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions. Prior to Ripple, Brad served as the CEO of file collaboration service Hightail. Agenda – The paradigm shift toward the Internet of Value – Ripple’s role in assisting both financial and non-financial firms in navigating this transition – Strategic considerations underpinning Ripple’s emphasis on institutional digital...
Oct 20, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 41
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Creer, Global DLT & Crypto Lead at GFT. David is a global leader in the Enterprise DLT field, being heavily involved in both the strategy defining and technical implementation of banking and enterprise projects. David is also a thought leader in the space and a prolific speaker on digital assets and blockchain. Agenda - Real-world digital asset use cases from banks and corporates - Technological, operating and implementation models - ...
Jul 28, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 40
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Angela Ang , who leads Asia Pacific public policy and regulatory affairs for TRM Labs , and Vince Turcotte , Director of Digital Assets APAC at Eventus Systems . Agenda 1. Frameworks for Risk Management in Institutional Digital Asset Management 2. An insider view of regulatory environments across Asia Pacific 3. Winning the digital asset race: TradFi vs. Crypto-natives Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss o...
Jul 27, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 39
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Lisa Wade, CEO at DigitalX, a publicly-listed blockchain financial company innovating at the frontiers of Web3, providing digital asset funds management services for institutional investors and development of blockchain-enabled products for capital markets applications. Agenda 1. Real-world assets tokenized funds: the why and how 2. Digital asset fund management services: Crypto-native vs. traditional institutions 3. Learnings from big bank pro...
Jun 08, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 38
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Richard Rosenthal, Principal in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Advisory practice, where he specifically leads Deloitte’s Business & Entity Transformation integrated services and also Deloitte’s Digital Assets Banking Regulatory practice. Agenda 1. Digital Asset & Transformation projects in Banking (before and after the crypto winter); 2. U.S. regulatory developments, and potential ripple effects across the globe; 3. Opportunities and chall...
Apr 25, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 37
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Marcus Gassmann , Senior Business Expert Capital Markets at Union Investment , one of the largest asset management companies in Germany with more than 400 billion EURO assets under management – and as some people call it – one of the most crypto-friendly asset management firms on the market. We are also joined by Benjamin Schaub , Chief Digital Officer at Intas.tech , a highly specialized consultancy which supports financial institutions in the...
Mar 17, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 36
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Paul Brody , Global Blockchain Leader at EY . Based out of San Francisco, Paul is responsible for driving EY’s initiatives and investments in blockchain technology across consulting, audit, and tax business lines, including the build out of EY’s first global SaaS platform Blockchain.EY.com . Topics covered 1. Privacy-first, permissionless, open blockchains 2. Blockchain, digital asset & DeFi use cases in financial services 3. Mass adoption ...
Mar 09, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 35
For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Kelly Chia , Deputy Head of Research Asia, Bank Julius Baer , covering digital assets, macro strategy, ESG and thematic investing. Prior to joining Bank Julius Baer in 2011, Kelly worked for Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Graduating as an engineer from Nanyang Technological University, he first worked at a General Electric joint venture designing complex repairs for aircraft engines. Mr. Chia then transited into business deve...
Nov 18, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 34
For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Nitin Gaur , Managing Director at State Street Digital, a division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization. Nitin leads the digital asset and technology design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. In a previous role, Nitin, served as the founder...
Aug 08, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 33
For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Simon TAYLOR , known among many others as co-founder of 11:FS , author of Fintech Brain Food newsletter , and most recently Head of Strategy & Content at Sardine – an API platform providing compliance and instant settlement to the crypto & DeFi wallet industry. Simon started as a software engineer in Telco, before moving to payments and delivering one of the first Mobile Banking Apps in the United Kingdom. Throughout his career, Simon has ...
Jul 11, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 32
For this episode of METACO TALKS , we were joined by Pedro LOPEZ-BELMONTE , Blockchain Lead at Richemont , the Swiss-based luxury company, owner of brands such as Cartier, Montblanc, Net-a-porter etc. Pedro is a Blockchain expert, mission-driven, leading business to generate value through emerging technologies and cross-tech innovations. Currently driving the blockchain & digital asset management strategy & roadmap for Richemont in the public & private blockchains that makes it possi...
Apr 01, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 31
For this episode of METACO TALKS , we were joined by Jean-Marc STENGER , Chief Executive Officer at FORGE, a fully integrated subsidiary of Société Générale Group focused exclusively on digital assets. Jean-Marc has been with Société Générale since 2000, and has an active member of the European blockchain ecosystem for many years. Prior to help founding FORGE in order to expand Société Générale’s capabilities in digital assets and digital capital markets, he was Chief Investment Officer (and par...
Mar 28, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 30
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Catherine Bautista-Casas, Head of Blockchain Center of Excellence and Digital Asset Markets and VP Fintech Business Group at Union Bank of the Philippines. Catherine is a pioneer in blockchain in the Philippines and has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of innovation at Union Bank (in areas such as market risk, treasury and fixed income derivative trading, and blockchain). In this episode, we discussed, among others: - What prompted Union...
Feb 28, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 29
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Julian Sevillano, Managing Director and Head of Digital Assets at Promontory (an IBM Company). Julian leads Promontory’s client relations on the west coast – this includes developing strategies and solutions for their Fintech practice. He has spent the last 20 years experience in international payments and banking and building an impressive reputation as an advisor to early-stage companies and investment firms. In this episode, we discussed, amo...
Dec 13, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 28
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Rehan Ahmed , Chief Product Officer and founding team member at Marketnode , a SGX & Temasek joint venture focused on digital assets. Within this role, he focuses on product development and the digitalisation of capital markets products including bonds, funds infrastructure and sustainable finance. As Head of Fixed Income Products & Digital Assets at SGX, Rehan oversaw the launch of a digital bond issuance platform that culminated in the...
Dec 02, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 27
For this episode of METACO Talks , we were joined by Izabella Kaminska , editor at FT Alphaville . Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP’s internal magazine. She has also worked as a reporter on English language business papers in Poland and Azerbaijan and was a Reuters graduate trainee in 2004. In this episode, we discussed, among others: The role of Bitcoin within capital markets; Can Bitcoin qualify as ESG; How is privacy ...
Nov 12, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 26
For this episode of METACO Talks , we were joined by Rajeev TUMMALA , Director in Digital and Data team for HSBC ’s Markets &Securities Services Business in Singapore. He is engaged with Financial Market infrastructure providers on implications of DLT for securities issuance and associated asset servicing. Rajeev has worked with Broker Dealers and Securities Service Technology providers for over 20 years in India, Japan and Singapore. Prior to joining HSBC, he was with Bank of America Merril...
Oct 29, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 25
For this episode of METACO Talks, we are joined by Kevin Lim, Director for the Blockchain Team at Temasek. He is heavily involved in the team’s venture building and ecosystem development activities and leads a series of strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Temasek, Kevin has worked in the Financial Institutions Coverage Team within Standard Chartered Bank with responsibilities over key accounts in the region. He is also a strong advocate for community led initiatives and is an active voluntee...
Oct 18, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 24
For this episode of METACO Talks we are going to be discussing digital identity with Greg Kidd, co-founder and CEO of Global ID. Greg is a serial entrepreneur, early investor in Twitter, Square, Coinbase, Filecoin. In a highly interesting career so far, Greg was also Chief Risk Officer at Ripple Labs and a senior analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington. In his latest venture Global ID, Greg is acting on his long-held belief that people’s identity should be truly p...
Oct 04, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Our guest for this episode of METACO Talks is Mathias Imbach, Co-Founder & Group CEO of Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage, operating globally. Prior to Sygnum, Mathias was General Manager at RNT Associates, Mr. Ratan N. Tata's personal investment platform, where he joined as first employee. He led multiple venture capital and private equity investments and participated in Blockchain/ DLT related equity deals globally. In this episode, we di...
Sep 20, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation at Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), based in Luxembourg. Since 2018, Laurent is Blockchain Leader for the Group and founder of the Innovation Lab #LePlateauLUX Laurent is highly involved in the Fintech ecosystem. He is Co-Chairman of the ALFI (Association Luxembourgeoise des fonds investissements) Working Group Blockchain & Crypto Currencies and Member of the Fintech & Digital Executive Committee...
Sep 09, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Swen Werner, Managing Director and Global Product Manager at State Street Digital – a new division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization. Swen is responsible for designing new products, leveraging different emerging technologies, including distributed ledger technologies and engagement with industry partners to design industry-leading servi...
Aug 24, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Andy Flury, Founder and CEO of AlgoTrader – an all-in-one trading technology solution for financial institutions. Andy is a serial entrepreneur and software development expert. He served as a senior project manager and software architect at Siemens Switzerland. Amongst others, he led projects at the Swiss Intelligence Agency and various major banks and insurance companies. After leaving Siemens, Andy became Partner and Head of Algorithmic Trading at Lin...
Aug 09, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Our guest for this METACO TALKS episodes is Peter DeMeo, Global Lead at IBM Crypto Asset Solutions for institutional custody, exchange wallets, and tokenization which require advanced secure private key management. Peter is responsible for market development, technology roadmaps, and building sales and services infrastructure. On the show, we’re going to be discussing the cutting-edge IBM infrastructure that allows institutions to retain full privacy and control of their data, from confidential ...
Jul 16, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
For this episode of METACO TALKS, we have partnered with The Network Forum – the global community for the custody, settlement and post-trade industry – and we streamed it live exclusively for the attendees of THE NETWORK FORUM VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING 2021. Our guest for the episode is Maxime de Guillebon, CEO of Zodia Custody – the Standard Chartered-backed digital asset custodian for institutional investors. Maxime is based in London, and previous to his appointment as CEO of Zodia, he worked in...
Jul 01, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This is a special episode. In a truly platform company fashion, everything we do internally must be done in a way that can be also consumed externally. We’re transforming the onboarding session of two of our recent new joiners – Craig Perrin (VP Sales) and Dario Duran (Solution Architect) – into a public-facing METACO TALKS event. Craig and Dario interviewed METACO’s CEO, Adrien Treccani, and its VP of Strategic Alliances, Seamus Donoghue, on anything from the digital asset market opportunity to...
Jun 22, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Our guest for this week’s show is Alfonso Gomez , who is CEO of BBVA Switzerland . Alfonso has worked across the world in many capacities for BBVA, including running the global private banking from New York. Alfonso is a big proponent of digital assets and he recently spearheaded the launch of a crypto trading and custody service at BBVA. Among other topics, we will discuss: How transformative can the digital asset market be in general and for finance specifically? Does Switzerland have competit...
Jun 04, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
