by Alicja Teagle | Aug 8, 2025 | Events, Commentary, Writing
Tokens in 2050 Where do we go next with the new digital tokens of the post-industrial revolution? Noted Fintech investor Matt Harris, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, predicted that fintech would mean the end of money as we know it. He wrote that in the future...
by Alicja Teagle | Jul 23, 2025 | Events, Commentary, Writing
The History and Future of Stablecoins Stablecoins Unblocked Conference 2025 There’s nothing inherently dodgy about stablecoins. But there is something inherently dodgy about banking, which is why countries build elaborate regulatory regimes to protect deposits —...
by Alicja Teagle | Jun 13, 2025 | Events
Money 20/20 Europe 2025 Last week, David Birch was back on the road at Money 20/20 Europe 2025 back on stage at the RAI, Amsterdam, speaking about everything from payments to digital identity to artificial intelligence (AI) with a host of friends new and old. ...
by Alicja Teagle | Jun 12, 2025 | Events
KYA KYB KYC in The Netherlands, Cyprus, Turkey and finally London Last month, David Birch was globe trotting again highlighting his new organising principle throughout KYA KYB KYC (know your agents, businesses and customers), this time from a zoo in the Netherlands to...
by Alicja Teagle | May 8, 2025 | Events, Uncategorised
AI in Payments These last few weeks, David Birch has been globe trotting from Thailand to Canada to talk about AI in Payments, particularly on the digital identity side as well as AI to AI (or robot-to-robot R2R) payments which he believes is where institutions should...