No problem — it was a really helpful conversation in terms of thinking about, and framing some of this. I now have Eddie’s book to read this week. Very well written, which is a great achievement given the complexity and depth of the topic.
I believe fintech is in very close proximity to geopolitics, and as more it continues to disrupt legacy financial services as more it will be closer and closer to geopolitics
Especially bearing in mind the data side of the equation, countries which are more embedded into financial systems of other countries with apps and services, will have more comprehensive picture for intelligence, surveillance and overall leverage over them
Thanks! I agree there are so many implications here. I could easily have written 10k words about this topic. Even things like AI models have an angle here which then impacts on energy policy. So while fintech can seem something simple and separate to all this, it doesn’t take long to link it all together.
This essay below is also insightful in pointing out the angle of sovereign money vs private money, which is also something to watch.
Fascinating! And thanks so much for sharing my conversation with Eddie!
No problem — it was a really helpful conversation in terms of thinking about, and framing some of this. I now have Eddie’s book to read this week. Very well written, which is a great achievement given the complexity and depth of the topic.
Amazing piece
I believe fintech is in very close proximity to geopolitics, and as more it continues to disrupt legacy financial services as more it will be closer and closer to geopolitics
Especially bearing in mind the data side of the equation, countries which are more embedded into financial systems of other countries with apps and services, will have more comprehensive picture for intelligence, surveillance and overall leverage over them
Thanks! I agree there are so many implications here. I could easily have written 10k words about this topic. Even things like AI models have an angle here which then impacts on energy policy. So while fintech can seem something simple and separate to all this, it doesn’t take long to link it all together.
This essay below is also insightful in pointing out the angle of sovereign money vs private money, which is also something to watch.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sonyalu/p/the-great-fork-why-china-and-the?r=brg8&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Lovely comparison of themes and stories from around the globe!
Thanks for reading! I find this stuff so fascinating… The challenge is not writing too much as there’s so many angles to explore.