Disruption Banking Weekly Highlights (16)

It’s time to catch up with the latest from #DisruptionBanking in London!

Andrew Samu spoke to Zygmunt Lozinski , Global Lead on Quantum Safe Networks at IBM, to discuss how financial institutions can mitigate quantum-related cybersecurity risks. How can firms transition from vulnerable cryptographic algorithms to post-quantum cryptography without impacting their systems? Andrew and Zygmunt discuss:

Harry Clynch then looked into developments on Chinese yuan (CNY) markets. CNY has been declining in value on markets, prompting commentators and politicians in the US to suggest that Beijing is artificially pushing down the value of the yuan to undermine US manufacturing. However, Harry argues that the yuan is already undervalued and if the US wants a stronger yuan, it needs to get a grip on inflation and lower interest rates:

Finally, Ayanfe Fakunle analysed the extent to which sovereign wealth funds are embracing crypto. “The volatile yet potentially lucrative nature of cryptocurrencies has caught the attention of these funds,” Ayanfe writes. Find out more about why SWFs are attracted to crypto here:

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