Brad Jones, CEO of Wave Money, talks about surviving a coup, power outages, and shareholder turmoil.

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Speakers: Chris Storbeck SVP, Real Time Payments – Partnerships at FIS Chris Storbeck leads FIS Partnerships for global RTP and establishes and manages partnerships with world class companies globally. Chris Storbeck is a senior executive with 15+ years comprehensive knowledge of payments, fintech, prepaid, stored value, enterprise software, and mobile sectors. With a forward-thinking, solution-focused […]

Australia is merging domestic payment systems into AP+ but its priorities are not yet known.

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WeLab’s Jessica Lam explains how the group is building an Indonesian digital bank alongside its H.K. one.

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Quick Take

• Founded by Barry Silbert in 2015, Digital Currency Group has made investments in numerous verticals that stretch the digital asset space and has been one of the most influential and active investors in the sector
• The two most populous verticals that makeup DCG’s portfolio includes the trading & exchange, and banking & payments categories
• In total, the firm’s portfolio consists of at least 165 startups and protocols across twenty-three verticals, which The Block has mapped out. This is the second iteration of DCG’s portfolio map and an update to our previous coverage

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