UPCOMING EVENTS
“Ripple and Fintech changing traditional Banks and Banking”
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 12pm
Speaker: Chris Larsen, Executive Chairman of Ripple
The Association of Asian American Bankers (AAAB) will be hosting a lunchtime virtual presentation via Zoom, on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in partnership with the law firm Perkins Coie and the accounting and consulting firm of BPM, on the intersection of Fintech and Financial Institutions. There will be a conversation with Chris Larsen, Executive Chairman of Ripple, followed by a panel discussion on the legal, accounting, and tax issues as well as the capital investments in the space. We will discuss the trends in Fintech, how they may be conducting services typically reserved for banks and what this may mean for the future of banks and the banking industry.
About Chris Larsen:
Chris Larsen is Executive Chairman of Ripple’s board of directors and former CEO and co-founder of Ripple. Prior to Ripple, Chris cofounded and served as CEO of Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and E-LOAN, a publicly traded online lender. During his tenure at E-LOAN, he pioneered the open access to credit scores movement by making E-LOAN the first company to show consumers their FICO scores.
Please RSVP with Stella Kong at: skong@met.bank. Please provide your name, email and work telephone number and she will reply to you with a Zoom invitation.