75: The Finanser, Chris Skinner

By Joanne Cousins on 25/03/2021

In Episode 75 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Skinner, author, commentator and (in his own words) "troublemaker".

Chris Skinner is known as one of the most influential people in technology, and as an independent commentator on fintech through his blog, The Finanser.com. His latest book (sixteenth!) is called Doing Digital, and shares the lessons of doing digital transformation learned through interviews with BBVA, China Merchants Bank, DBS, ING and JPMorgan Chase.

Chris chairs the Financial Services Club and Nordic Future Innovation, is a non-executive director of 11:FS and on the advisory boards of various firms including Mode, Moven and Meniga. Chris Skinner has been an advisor to the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, and is a visiting lecturer with Cambridge University as well as a TEDx speaker.

In recent years, Chris has been voted one of the UK’s foremost fintech observers by The Telegraph and one of the most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters.

Chris is also co-founder with renowned artist Basia Hamilton of The Portrait Foundation, http://portraitfoundation.com/, a non-profit platform to encourage children and the arts.

Find out more about The Finanser

Follow Chris on Linkedin

Find out more about Chris' childrens books

Article written by Joanne Cousins

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