by Oscar Jofre | Dec 6, 2016 | KoreConX
Banks are beginning to recognise the potential of blockchain. Oscar Jofre looks at what this could mean for financial services in 2017. Blockchain is transformative. It has this massive potential to alter the economic framework, bringing it in line with the age of the...
by Oscar Jofre | Oct 10, 2016 | KoreConX
Most companies go out to raise capital knowing exactly what they’ll do with the money once they have it. They’ve got an itemized plan broken down by category, and by months and years, but they forget about the source of that cash: Their new shareholders. If your...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 16, 2016 | KoreConX
I’ve been in Shanghai and Hong Kong quite often over the last few months, speaking at events and meeting with partners. As a Canadian, what struck me most is scale. There is outstanding potential here, and that in itself isn’t at all surprising; but for alternative...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 13, 2016 | KoreConX
FinTech is about to get an upgrade. In 2016, get ready to see GermTech – the entry and infectious spread of high potential German technological financing companies. With investments nearly quadrupling since 2013, seed funding expected to grow well into 2016, and a...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 3, 2016 | KoreConX
Get your mind out of the gutter! Now, when you first saw the title, you asked yourself what business has to do with anything relating to double-Ds – of any kind. We’re talking about Due Diligence. Sexy, isn’t it? Due diligence is a topic that gets a lot of people...
by Oscar Jofre | May 9, 2016 | KoreConX
Like most of you today, I spend a lot of time reading about fintech. You can get massive amounts of news reports and companies talking about fintech, saying that they’re part of it. But what does “fintech” really mean? Fintech is not new, but it has been given a...
