Despite significant shifts away from globalisation in some incumbent sectors, the global FinTech industry continues to scale rapidly. Matthew Gardiner details how APIs, BaaS, & AI continue to drive innovative global FinTech networks and how Dubai is aiming for a world first with 100% Govt blockchain adoption.

1. FinTech in a deglobalised world
Matthew Gardiner – Catch London
Arabnet - Dubai 2017

2. + numbers

3. E commerce

4. AI Rbo IBM

19. $200m Investment fund $XRP & Digital Currency Exchange Kraken

20. “The agreement for Asia is that we would do joint ventures with SBI,
and evaluate which market we're going to enter first”

26. You’re probably all familiar with SaaS
It’s basically paying for applications as you use them, rather than buying
them.
These services used to cost you a fortune, but are now free or near
enough.
That’s where banking is going.

28. Money invested in AI – Where

71. "We can make computers move so quickly that they can do 40,000
things in the time it takes for you to blink your eye.
The speed is incomprehensible for humans, and is now being
applied in its learning.”
Justin Lyon - Simuydne