Perspectives on the future of banking: In conversation with e-commerce pioneer Nick Ogden

This podcast series features topical conversations with leading figures in the global banking industry about current and emerging strategic issues facing banks. In this first episode, financial services entrepreneur Nick Ogden, founder of ClearBank and WorldPay, talks to Richard Cranfield, senior advisor and former chairman of A&O’s global corporate practice, about innovation in banking, his new venture RTGS.global, a cross-border liquidity network, and what it takes to be a digital innovator. Nick shares his thoughts on a range of issues including the role and impact of ‘atomic settlement’ on cross-border interbank payments, central bank digital currencies, the future of work and his personal approach to identifying opportunities for innovation and change. This episode was recorded in August 2021