Bankers Joining Fintechs Find Adrenalin and Bruised Egos: Resumen (English)
Bankers Joining Fintechs Find Adrenalin and Bruised Egos: Resumen (English)
bruised egos
Noonan, Laura . FT.com ; London (Jan 8, 2019).
RESUMEN (ENGLISH)
Fintech groups are growing rapidly, challenging established financial institutions by harnessing new technologies
— such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition — to offer new services such as online lending and
automated investment advice. Jonathan Larsen, the former global head of retail banking at Citigroup who now
runs the fintech fund at 10x investor Ping An, says Mr Jenkins’ involvement brings a “huge amount of credibility” to
the venture. [...]while Mr Pandit and Mr Jenkins give a glowing account of their fintech reincarnations, interviews
with more than a dozen other former bankers paint a more nuanced picture where the freedom, adrenalin rush and
rapid growth of fintech is tinged with unrealistic expectations, mismatched skill sets, bruised egos and sharp
wake-up calls. Other senior bankers who have made the switch to fintech include Anshu Jain, the former Deutsche
Bank boss who is an adviser to the US online lender SoFi, and Blythe Masters, the former JPMorgan executive who
ran the blockchain technology specialist Digital Asset before quitting last month.
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Bounding into a nondescript Manhattan conference room, former Citigroup chief executiveVikram Panditis a
powerful advertisement for swapping the banking world for the glamour and promise of financial technology.
His firm Orogen has invested more than $350m in fintech groups, and while Mr Pandit says he is working more
“intensely” than he expected when he set up the venture two years ago, he savours being part of the “significant
shift in the architecture of finance” that is gripping the sector.
Fintech groups are growing rapidly, challenging established financial institutions by harnessing new technologies
— such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition — to offer new services such as online lending and
automated investment advice.
Antony Jenkins, who was forced out as Barclays chief in 2015, is similarly full of the joys of his new life even
though his fintech 10x Future Technologies recently lost out on a big contract with Virgin Money.
The former Barclays boss says his new job is “essentially brilliant”; he relishes being more hands on with his 200
staff and was “never concerned with all the status and resources that went with” running a bank with 120,000
employees and operations all over the world.
Jonathan Larsen, the former global head of retail banking at Citigroup who now runs the fintech fund at 10x
investor Ping An, says Mr Jenkins’ involvement brings a “huge amount of credibility” to the venture.
As banks face tougher regulation, fierce competition from start-ups and endless cost cuts, fintech has become
atantalising prospectfor those who feel the “old” industry has too many constraints, is losing too much ground or
is unable to pay their wages any more.
But while Mr Pandit and Mr Jenkins give a glowing account of their fintech reincarnations, interviews with more
than a dozen other former bankers paint a more nuanced picture where the freedom, adrenalin rush and rapid
growth of fintech is tinged with unrealistic expectations, mismatched skill sets, bruised egos and sharp wake-up
calls.
“It’s a complete culture shock,” says Darragh McCarthy, a former senior executive in Morgan Stanley’s fixed-
income division who set up FinTrU in Belfast five years ago and now has a team of 330 people offering regulatory
Su firma Orogen ha invertido más de 350 millones de dólares en grupos fintech, y aunque el Sr. Pandit dice que
está trabajando más “intensamente” de lo que esperaba cuando creó la empresa hace dos años, saborea ser parte
del “cambio significativo en la arquitectura de las finanzas” que está atrayendo al sector.
Los grupos de Fintech están creciendo rápidamente, desafiando a las instituciones financieras establecidas
aprovechando las nuevas tecnologías, como la inteligencia artificial y el reconocimiento facial, para ofrecer nuevos
Haga: Piense mucho primero. “Piensa realmente en lo que te motiva, lo que te apasiona, y piensa en haber
identificado un problema y, en segundo lugar, ¿tienes una solución que es muy superior a cualquier otra solución
ahí fuera y luego estás dispuesto a ir en el viaje que inevitablemente tiene altibajos como emprendedor” , dice
Antony Jenkins.
Haz: Demuestra que te importa. “Simplemente no contratas a personas que no sean apasionadas por el área en la
DETALLES
Identificador / palabra Colombia Analysis Anshu Jain HSBC Holdings PLC Jonathan J. Larsen JPMorgan
clave: Chase &Co Citigroup Inc Barclays PLC Digital banking Santiago González Suárez
Nick Hungerford Fintech Antony Jenkins Deutsche Bank AG Morgan Stanley
Investment Banking Antony Peter Jenkins Blythe Masters Vikram Pandit Virgin
Money PLC Financial services Laura Noonan Fintech Financials Companies Markets
Banks
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