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Community is the hardest thing to build in financial services today


Community is the hardest thing to build in financial services today

November 2012

Conversation with Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO of SWIFT, on – SWIFT’s architecture and upcoming strategies – facilitating global interconnectivity – dealing with increased regulatory pressure


The banking system has been a terrible disappointment because it failed


The banking system has been a terrible disappointment because it failed

November 2012

Conversation with Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, on – going back to the core principles of microfinance – the failure of investment banking approach to microfinance in India - the need to be tied to the real economy – microfinance in the US


We normalize the data, not the outcome


We normalize the data, not the outcome

November 2012

Conversation with Philip Winckle, Executive Director of PECDC, on – PECDC’s formation – data sharing – implementing proper safeguards