The Power of Balance Sheets: Incumbents, Digital Assets & DeFi w/ Simon TAYLOR [Metaco Talks #32]

Metaco Talks | Crypto podcast on building the future of Digital Assets

For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Simon TAYLOR, known among many others as co-founder of 11:FS, author of Fintech Brain Food newsletter, and most recently Head of Strategy & Content at Sardine – an API platform providing compliance and instant settlement to the crypto & DeFi wallet industry.

Simon started as a software engineer in Telco, before moving to payments and delivering one of the first Mobile Banking Apps in the United Kingdom.

Throughout his career, Simon has worked across consumer, SMB, cash management, capital markets and crypto/digital assets, with clients like HSBC, Barclays, Meta, Stripe.

At Barclays, Simon launched RISE, the Innovation Accelerator, and was Head of Crypto R&D.

Today Simon advises Governments, Regulators and some of the world’s largest Banks, Financial Institutions and Corporations on how Fintech and Web3 will impact their business in the short, medium and long term.

Simon’s Fintech Brainfood blog is one of the most popular in financial services, and Simon is a regular guest in major media outlets like the BBC and Bloomberg.

Topics covered

1. How will DLT and Web3 impact banks and corporates in the short, medium and long term
2. Understanding balance sheet power and why Top Tier banks are best positioned to capitalize on digital assets
3. DeFi as the new infrastructure of finance

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.