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Only moments to go until #FTFutureFinance goes live at @TNW, Europe's largest tech festival. Our morning will consist of conversations around blockchain, crypto, open banking & finance. Watch this thread for the day’s highlights.

From open banking to open finance: creating a new economic reality. Nilixa Devlukia, CEO of Payments Solved, shared her thoughts on where she sees the position of open banking right now, at #FTFutureFinance.

Blockchain technology is radically transforming the banking and financial sector. @jpmorgan's Sushil Raja shared his thoughts on the future of blockchain at #FTFutureFinance

'The idea that Bitcoin is going to be usable by anyone in the world to buy [their] milk and bread, is something I would question' says @lwintermeyer, Chair of @GlobalDigitalFi, at #FTFutureFinance

Up next at #FTFutureFinance is @SBF_FTX, CEO of @FTX_Official, who will be speaking about crypto's upcoming regulatory challenge

We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties, #FTFutureFinance will be right back!

Don't go anywhere, we're back with @SBF_FTX at #FTFutureFinance

As the morning of day 1 at #FTFutureFinance comes to a close, it's time to reset for an afternoon of climate fintech, cashless societiesm, plus a keynote interview with @Monzo at 4:00BST

@SBF_FTX spoke candidly on the incoming crypto regulations and where he saw the bills helping or hindering at #FTFutureFinance

We're live now at #FTFutureFinance with @jonas, co-founder and CTO of @monzo, talking about some the biggest financial topics of the day

@jonas spoke today at #FTFutureFinance about the success of the iconic coral card, cashless societies and of course, crypto. Keep following this thread for all the updates from the FT Dome at @thenextweb

Our ongoing fireside chat is taking place right now with Marilin Pikaro and @sjhmorris on consumer protection in relation to crypto-asset products at #FTFutureFinance

Marilin Pikaro Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers at @EBA_News spoke on how a company is best set to retain consumers' trust

Gerard Lavin, Field Chief Technology Officer at @citrix is joining #FTFutureFinance at @thenextweb's FT Dome to discuss the whether future of finance is in the cloud

Is cloud computing is more than just a technology for financial institutions? Our panel of speakers from @HSBC, @citrix, @DeutscheBank and @EU_Commission discuss...

Day 1 of #FTFutureFinance with @TNW has come to a close, and some of the highlights of this incredible fintech festival included...
🚀Our keynote interview with @SBF_FTX discussing the future of crypto's regulatory challenge, as one of its founding principles was decentralisation

🚀 Our panel from @Visa and @commerzventures who discussed the arrival of climate fintechs expanding beyond being a niche market...

🚀 And @SahanaHussain who spoke in our panel on the future finance in the cloud, and answered some questions on how this will impact financial institutions

Day 2 of #FTFutureFinance commences tomorrow morning at 9:00BST, block out your calendars for cyber risk, neobanks and a dive into Buy Now, Pay Later.
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