Uphold to attend SXSW2016 for a fireside chat on Beyond Banking

Uphold CEO Anthony Watson and TechCrunch senior editor Jonathan Scheper will attend SXSW, the annual music festival held in Austin, for a fireside chat on Beyond Banking. The talk is scheduled for March 14 at 9:30 a.m. as part of the 2016 SXSW Convergence Program.

Fintech startups are beginning to break down the walls of traditional banking and impact access to financial services. These new financial industry winners are bringing the functionality, functionality and security of payments, storage and investing to people who have previously been marginalized and ignored by large, regulated banks. A fireside chat with Anthony Watson, CEO of Uphold — a cloud-based financial services company that enables instant, secure and feeless transfers and exchange of money and commodities — and Jonathan Scheper, senior editor at TechCrunch, will explain the benefits of open finance for everyone and why it’s taking time to make the change until now.

Shangchi hopes that through this conference, more people will have a better understanding of digital currency, the convenience of cloud assets and the future of financial services.

Anthony Watson/CEO of Uphold

Prior to joining Uphold, Anthony was CIO of Nike, where he brought technology strategy and operations to the world’s largest global sportswear brand. In the past, Anthony was a Director at Barclays Bank and CIO of European, Middle Eastern Retail and Global Commercial Banking Operations.

Prior to joining Barclays, Anthony was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Technology Services at Wells Fargo, where he expanded the bank's technology organization across 44 countries and was a member of Wells Fargo's International Executive Committee.

Jonathan Shepard/Senior Editor, TechCrunch

Jonathan Schebo is an experienced journalist and fintech trend watcher. He follows some of the most meaningful technologies, products and industry trends that are disrupting the traditional banking sector and promoting global financial inclusion, and over the past few years has tracked the evolution of Bitcoin and the digital currency landscape. Jonathan is well versed in the monetary landscape - where money is flowing and what's hot, with questions surrounding how many cloud-based currencies can be used, the benefits they bring to businesses and consumers, regulatory shifts and why established financial institutions face today's competition.

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