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The Future of Financial Services | Wolters Kluwers, Spain | Matt Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker
During this keynote session keynote speaker Matthew Griffin discusses the future of the financial services industry and highlights four disruptive waves that are changing how the industry operates and who the main players and competitors are and will be.
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Griffin, M. (2022) 'The Future of Financial Services | Wolters Kluwers, Spain | Matt Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 8 June. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-spain-the-future-of-banking-post-covid-wolters-kluwer/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Laura at Wolters Kluwers for inviting me to be the keynote at their annual summit which, again for COVID related reasons was virtual, where we discussed the future of the financial services industry and how in time it could be disrupted by companies that today don’t even consider themselves to be in the same market. Even though they actually are already – even if they just don’t see it yet.
During the presentation, which was viewed by people from around the world, I took the audience on a journey through the future where banks are disrupted by fintechs – or just “Neo Banks just with fancy digital UI’s” – and a future where fintechs are disrupted by Decentralised Finance or DeFi players. Or as most people know many of them – gaming platforms, and many other new players including you, I and anyone else who fancies spinning up their own bank and own cryptocurrencies …
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As we stare down the barrel of Web 3.0, with its complimentary suite of powerful enabling technologies that include everything from blockchain and crypto to NFT’s and tokens, the only thing that is changing in the world of finance is everything.
No stone is being left unturned – or digitised and turned into an NFT – and no corner of the market is safe as new players from all the corners of the Earth try to create their own global payment networks, develop super apps, and monetise new things in new ways using fractional ownership models, and much more more.
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During this keynote session keynote speaker Matthew Griffin discusses the future of the financial services industry and highlights four disruptive waves that are changing how the industry operates and who the main players and competitors are and will be.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 8 June 2022. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2022). The Future of Financial Services | Wolters Kluwers, Spain | Matt Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-spain-the-future-of-banking-post-covid-wolters-kluwer/
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