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FinTech Focus TV – Powered by Harrington StarrWhat to expect in 2024 from the Liquidity Futurologist | FinTech Focus TV with Olaf Ransome, The Bankers' Plumber and Founder of 3C AdvisoryToday on FinTech Focus TV, Toby is joined by the fantastic Olaf Ransome (AKA the Bankers' Plumber), Founder of 3C Advisory and Liquidity Futurologist at Planixs.The pair delve into the evolving landscape of the financial services sector, particularly the impact of the UBS and Credit Suisse situation on the Zurich economy and the broader financial industry. Olaf shares his perspective on the intersection of traditional banking and emerging fintech innovations. The conversation also explores the challenges and opportunities within digital assets and blockchain technology, highlighting his role in guiding traditional financial institutions and fintechs t...2024-01-3138 min
Liquidity TalksWhat will it take for banks to take liquidity seriously?In this episode of Liquidity Talks, Olaf Ransome and host Neville Roberts discuss the importance of banks taking liquidity seriously. They delve into the topic of metrics and the need for more up-to-date measures of liquidity health. Using the analogy of monitoring blood pressure, they highlight the limitations of current industry metrics and explore potential solutions. The episode also speculates on the future of smaller banks and startups in the face of increasing liquidity pressures and regulatory demands and emphasises the need for banks to manage liquidity in real-time rather than relying on historical reports.2024-01-0432 minLiquidity TalksLiquidity: The lifeblood of your organisationThis episode of Liquidity Talks, hosted by Neville Roberts, Planixs’ CEO, welcomes Olaf Ransome, Planixs’ Liquidity Futurologist, otherwise known as The Bankers Plumber. During their conversation, they shed light on the significance of liquidity as the lifeblood of any organisation. Olaf offers insights into the unique nature of financial services, which demands continual interaction for trade settlements and payments. He compares liquidity to health, advocating for its serious consideration beyond a yearly check. Listen now as Neville and Olaf unpack the repercussions of neglecting liquidity, with real-life examples from recent events.2023-12-1926 min
Fintech Insights & Conversations with Efi PylarinouUntangling the Complexity of Liquidity & Settlement in the Banking System #CDBC #tokenization #payments#CDBC #tokenization #payments #banking #liquidity #settlementDescription: Discussing the complexities of liquidity and settlement in the banking industry with Olaf Ransome, also known as The Bankers' Plumber. The conversation centers around topics such as settlement coins, CBDCs, and the challenges associated with replacing infrastructure at the settlement layer. Enjoy insights into the current state of the banking industry and the potential future of settlement processes. Olaf Ransome https://www.linkedin.com/in/bankerspl...Aka the Bankers’ Plumber. Olaf has been in Financial Services for over 35 yea...2023-05-1142 min
Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain Radio; Powered By Cyber.FMOlaf Ransome from The Realization Group: Traditional and decentralised finance: the era of convergence?Traditional and decentralised finance are no longer the strangers they once were. These two once disparate worlds are colliding whilst at the same time multiple new technologies are converging to fundamentally change the future of finance. But what does the ‘era of convergence’ mean today? How are traditional firms embracing the digital asset revolution? And why are blockchain and crypto firms also beginning to look to traditional finance for some key aspects?2022-11-0824 min
Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain Radio; Powered By Cyber.FMJonny Fry / James Tylee of Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain on Cyber.FM featuring Olaf Ransome from The Realization GroupThe role of blockchains for supply chain management in the food industry - the supply chain management process plays a critical role in the food industry. Blockchain technology offers the food industry new tools to improve food safety, reduce waste, offer provenance of supplies and bring together diverse stakeholders over what can be complex global supply chains. Blockchain technology is also being used in the food industry by firms such as Starbucks to make loyalty programs more attractive and engaging.
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The challenges with digital assets being hacked - news about digital assets...2022-11-0851 min
PoundcastTransformative Potential: Digital Money in Wholesale MarketsIn episode 3, our host Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead and originating member of the Digital Pound Foundation, speaks to Olaf Ransome, founder of 3C Advisory and also known as The Banker’s Plumber. In this interview, we turn our attention to the applications of new forms of digital money in wholesale markets. As we'll see, the potential of digital currencies to improve settlement times has massive implications for liquidity and funding across the financial system.
In the digital asset space there are new exchanges or execution venues and new custody solutions. Settlement processes also need a means of payment. The...2022-11-0338 min
The GageEpisode 4 - How will DeFi transform bankingIn this episode, Olaf Ransome otherwise known as The Banker's Plumber is interviewed by Sean Kiernan to discuss how banking institutions can prepare for becoming fully decentralised, the shifting role of the custodian and how the new world of banking created by blockchain and digital assets can coexist with the traditional financial space.
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Olaf has been in financial services for some 35 years. First in what we call traditional finance and more recently helping the industry prepare for the new era of digital assets. For the last...2022-05-1842 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#11 - Gautam Gujral / VertaloDigital assets are a whole new world. The team at Vertalo is working hard to enable & connect that space by delivering innovative technology solutions to support the digital asset lifecycle. I am joined by Vertalo General Counsel and co-founder, Gautam Gujral, a US-based company focused on digital assets. Before Vertalo, Gautam worked in various roles in Prime Services at Credit Suisse and some way back he had a spell at the SEC.
Some highlights:
Vertalo's registrar or transfer agency tech supports both primary and secondary trading, ensuring holding period rules are obeyed and ownership changes...2021-07-0517 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#10 David Potter - Islamic FinanceIslamic finance. A different world? To help give us a perspective on this, I am joined by David Potter, who has spent the most recent part of his career in the Islamic finance space. Now he is working on a project to make the whole asset & liability lifecycle much simpler.
David shares his observations on where the Islamic finance world differs from "Tradfi" and where it is the same.
Some highlights:
The Shairiah world places a lot of emphasis on having a proper audit trail
The hard work is all in the...2021-06-2014 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#9 Colin ParryCash is king. In this podcast, my guest is industry veteran Colin Parry, the CEO of ISSA, the International Securities Services Association. We might describe ISSA's members as the caretakers, custodians and standard setters of the world's securities business. Before ISSA, Colin was an MD in Operations at UBS.
Colin shares his insights on where we are and where we are going. A few snippets:
Cash is king. This echoes my very very podcast guest, Barry Lewis.
Standardization, inter-operability, not just in name but rules, legal frameworks etc
Thinking deeply about cash...2021-05-0920 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#8 - Tim SwansonWelcome to the latest edition of the podcast series: The Banker’s Plumber - Lessons Learned. What’s up in banking? What’s changing? What has gone wrong? What is going right?
Today we take a different look at something I am calling the “consortium conundrum”. Banks want to and need to become more efficient; produce the same for less or more for the same.
Digital assets and things DLT or distributed ledger offer a lot of promise. There is at least one easy explanation for the appeal of DLT; banks have to do a lot of c...2021-04-1227 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#7 - The Consortium Conundrum Pt 2 - How banks change things My guest for this episode is the wonderful Keith Bear. Keith is an industry veteran who has seen and helped banks and their infrastructure evolve over a number of economic cycles. Keith Bear is an IBM alum and is now a Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
With his many years of experience Keith is well placed to talk about the challenges around driving change in financial services. He has coined the phrase: "The trouble with utilities"
Takeaways from our...2021-03-2121 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#6 The Consortium Conundrum Pt 1 - How banks change thingsWelcome to the latest edition of the podcast series: The Banker’s Plumber - Lessons Learned. What’s up in banking? What’s changing? What has gone wrong? What is going right?
Today, the focus on something I am calling the “consortium conundrum”. Banks want to and need to become more efficient; produce the same for less or more for the same. Some improvement steps they can take on their own. Only some though. A very large part of the cost base for banks is driven by the need to collaborate with other...2021-03-0725 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#5 More Operational RiskWelcome to the latest episode. We'll talk about a recent blow up that was anything but cosmetic. Revlon, Citibank, payments in the hundreds of millions of dollars made in error. Those are the classic ingredients of an operational error. In days long passed, this type of thing might have been brushed under the carpet. Today, there is a requirement to capture these issues and review them. That discipline is called OpRisk aka Operational Risk.
"The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed processes, people and systems or from...2021-02-1320 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#4 The role of Operational RiskBuilding on the last episode, in which we focussed on the huge loss at the German payments process Wirecard, today, the focus on OpRisk aka Operational Risk.
The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed processes, people and systems or from external events.
It would not be a stretch to say that in Financial Services this is a discipline that is really not well understood. Yet things going wrong has a huge impact on the banks. Operational Risk is something that in my opinion is poorly understood. In that misunderstanding...2021-01-2416 minThe Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#3 Size MattersWelcome to this latest episode of The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned. In this episode, we will be talking about size. Size matters; it really does.
Inspiration for the thoughts I’ll share today came from the collapse of Wirecard, the German payments processor. A sudden announcement that nearly 3 billion Euro had gone missing and the company declares bankruptcy. Sudden yes, surprise no. My view is that this a case study in what happens when you get the basics wrong.
A word or two of thanks to the folks at TRG, the Realization Group, in Lond...2021-01-0917 min
The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#2 Mike Certo / Ed Watts - The origins of the title “Lessons Learned”It’s a great privilege to welcome two guests today both of whom I have worked closely with, in Zurich and New York and both of whom have mentored me over the years. Mike Certo and Eddie Watts served Goldman Sachs in Operations in both London and New York. They were exceptional talents of their day, something Goldman acknowledged when it included them in the very first cohort of senior managers to be designated Managing Directors, back in the mid ’90s.
Mike, Eddie. Welcome and than...2020-12-2019 min
Fintech DaydreamingDreaming of a white ChristmasYear 2020 is coming to a close and it’s time for the season two finale of Fintech Daydreaming.
in this episode Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu sit down in their brand new studio with some Christmas themed beverages and take a look back at past episodes and the journey of how the show has evolved during the year.
We would like to warm heartedly thank all our loyal listeners and the fantastic guests we have had during 2020 for season 1 and 2 of the podcast:
S01:E01 - Hello with Pål and Ville
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The Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons Learned#1: Barry Lewis - About Basics and Good ControlWelcome to the very first edition of my podcast series: The Banker’s Plumber - Lessons Learned. What’s up in banking? What’s changing? What has gone wrong? What is going right?
The inspiration to actually do this series came observing the mess and meltdown at Wirecard. My own other inspiration is that down the years, of which there are now more than thirty in my professional life, I have had the privilege of working with some fantastic people, in places far and wide and on some very interesting projects.
It is ent...2020-11-0212 minThe Bankers’ Plumber - Lessons LearnedTrailer60 second listen to find out what's it all about. 2020-09-2301 min
Crypto Curry CastTo CBDC or not to CBDC? That is the question!A debate-style event, with our two teams (CBDC Enthusiasts & CBDC Sceptics) having the opportunity to consider and respond to questions from the moderator as well as live questions from our audience!Digital currencies present themselves in many forms, ranging from native cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, through to stablecoins such as Tether and Facebook's Libra, and the emerging Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). They have a variety of use cases, from providing new means of exchange and facilitating better and cheaper cross-border payments, to enabling the development of digital asset markets.Against this backdrop...2020-09-101h 05Fintech DaydreamingWhat is central bank digital currency and why does it matter?We're back after the summer break with season 2 of Fintech Daydreaming!
In this episode Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu go straight into the weeds of financial market infrastructure with our guest Olaf Ransome and talk about how interoperable digital cash could very well be the magic ingredient to make it all go faster.
Also featuring some truly bad jokes. We're sorry about that.
Guest: Olaf Ransome (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bankersplumber)
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Goldman Sachs names new head of Digital Assets
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