Doug Atkin
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Disruptive FinTech: A Look at Markets in Five Years
John Carney, Doug Atkin, Arjun, Laura Roden, Dave McClure, David Tedden
A diverse panel of venture capitalists and financial executives convened to evaluate the transformative trajectory of digital assets, mobile infrastructure, and alternative lending models across both established and emerging markets. The discussion highlighted a strategic shift from carrier-led payment networks to software platform dominance, while debating the potential of cryptocurrencies as precursors to institutional digital currency adoption despite current valuation skepticism. Speakers projected that regulatory arbitrage and advanced data scoring will soon enable significant disruption in SMB financing and wealth accessibility over the next two to five years, driven by tech giants acquiring fintech capabilities rather than traditional banks building them internally.