DigFin VOX

Alex Ypsilanti is CEO of Quantifeed, a Hong Kong-based wealthtech company that helps financial institutions with digitalized wealth solutions, for private and retail banks’ relationship managers, for asset managers (the manufacturers of fund products), and for financial advisors serving high-net-worth clients.He spoke with DigFin‘s Jame DiBiasio about trends in B2B wealthtech and how Quantifeed navigates relationships with its clients; the ongoing drive for growth; issues around data and insight; and how he sees the interplay with specialist B2C wealthtech companies.Ypsilanti provides a window into how fintech is growing in Asia and in Europe, with Asia’s major financial centers growing into enormous wealth booking centers, and Europe continuing to lead in sophistication.

Amanda Cassatt and Caroline York of Serotonin.io speak with DigFin‘s Jame DiBiasio about their digital-marketing venture catering to both startups and financial institutions involved in emergent technologies.Crypto relies on narrative more than a traditional financial product. Amanda and Caroline discuss the ways that conventional banks and institutions are adopting new ways to reach consumers, particularly younger, mobile-savvy people.Amanda lays out the big trends, including AI agents and other disruptive tools, while Caroline describes the evolving nature of fintech in Asia.

Venture GP Evan Thorpe discusses how fintech is changing and how he’s investing in the space in Asia.

Wealthtech entrepreneur Chandrima Das has a new startup, Teleskop, whose evolution tracks her own story.

Circle’s Yam-ki Chan discusses stablecoin regulations, business models, and role in payments.

Chetan Karkhanis, head of ventures in APAC at Franklin Templeton, talks tech in asset management.

With experience in startups and as a bank CDO, Shameek Kundu explains how genAI is impacting fintech.

Custody is even more critical in crypto than in TradFi, argues Alessio Quaglini, founder of Hex Trust.

Hubert Knapp of Chavanette Advisors discusses the deeper implications of CBDCs on commercial banking.

The CEO of Bhutan’s sovereign wealth fund talks about building out decentralized digital identity.