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In this conversation, we chat with Will Beeson, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at digital bank BELLA. Previously, Will was a Principal at Rebank, a fintech advisory firm, as well as he co-founded Allica, a digital bank for businesses in the UK. After starting his career at Citigroup in New York, Will spent nearly a decade in Europe working with and managing financial services companies prior to launching Allica. Will holds a BA from Amherst College (USA) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.
More specifically, we touch on frameworks for navigating down markets, valuations, multiples, why some fintechs have to disclose themselves as tech companies than banks, covid-19 implications, buy now pay later developments, and so so much more!
Will Beeson: …during COVID I can assure you that I was not making these sort of lucid forecasts as to exactly how specific companies or consumer trends were going to involve. I think like most, I was kind of afraid for my life the first few months, but in retrospect, it turns out that stimulus checks are a powerful tool, in terms of consumer psychology and even the kind of economic details of how we avoided recession and how instead we ended up in this period of what appears to have been pretty meaningful overheating. I think it'll take years and deep analysis to understand all the various component parts. But to your point, we certainly did stay at a recession and to the contrary, it was a massive growth phase.
I think in terms of, did it shift digital adoption meaningfully, did it speed up the future? I'm still convinced that yes, it did find myself and those around me using a lot more technology on a much more regular basis than previously. I work remote now. I didn't work remote before the pandemic. I don't think I expect ever to be…
Finance is being pulled apart by the forces of frontier technology. From AI, to blockchain, crypto and DeFi, to mixed reality, chatbots, neobanks, and roboadvisors — the industry will never be the same. Here is the blueprint for navigating the shift.
Finance is being pulled apart by the forces of frontier technology. From AI, to blockchain, crypto and DeFi, to mixed reality, chatbots, neobanks, and roboadvisors — the industry will never be the same. Here is the blueprint for navigating the shift.
