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Sofie Blakstad

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Sofie Blakstad is CEO of Fintech startup hiveonline, which is building better economies for financially excluded African entrepreneurs. She has a 30+ year career in financial services in technology, infrastructure and business transformation, spanning eight banks and 60+ countries.

Sofie advises the UN, Central Banks, NGOs, Commercial Banks and other international bodies on applications of blockchain and fintech for sustainability and impact in financial services, with a focus on Africa and least developed countries. She chairs the Edinburgh Futures Institute's Finance and Fintech industry advisory panel, and has received many awards for the work done by hiveonline.

Sofie lives in Copenhagen, Denmark with her two cats. She enjoys opera, food ...more

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What are you currently working on?

Sofie Blakstad My next book is about community economics.

Inequality is growing and the cracks in economies are widening, as neo-liberal capitalism reaches its logic…moreMy next book is about community economics.

Inequality is growing and the cracks in economies are widening, as neo-liberal capitalism reaches its logical conclusion of increasing wealth for a decreasing minority. Large parts of developing economies have never been in the formal financial system, and use forms of social or natural capital which aren't part of a traditional economic outlook. Women are more likely to be excluded from formal finance, but are key to building social capital, which is the glue that keeps communities functioning.

I explore alternative economic paradigms, supported by enabling technology, that can help prevent the erosion of assets for the poorest, and start to rebuild a new, community based economy, where social and natural capital have real economic weight.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sofie Blakstad Fintech Revolution started out being called "How to Build a Bank"; Rob and I were both in the banking transformation game back then, but as we were wr…moreFintech Revolution started out being called "How to Build a Bank"; Rob and I were both in the banking transformation game back then, but as we were writing it, we realised the problem couldn't be solved within the banking system. We saw how enabling technologies are transforming access to finance, particularly for the poorest, and the potential for technologies like blockchain to disrupt banking, as we are now starting to see. It then became "Let's Not Build a Bank" until we settled on the final title.

While we were writing the book, it became increasingly obvious to me that capturing these ideas on paper wasn't going to make the change happen, so I set up hiveonline to be part of the change.(less)

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	FinTech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem by Sofie Blakstad (Goodreads Author), Robert Allen 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FinTech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem by Sofie Blakstad (Goodreads Author), Robert Allen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Change? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars