Christer Holloman

Hands down, the fastest and most cost-effective way for a bank to innovate is by acquiring fintechs on the cheap, and now is the exact moment in the economic cycle to scoop up a bargain. I recently sat down with David Thomasson, Managing Director, Bankin…https://t.co/ej2sunHZg9

Are you attending Fintech Meetup in Las Vegas next week? DM me and let’s grab a coffee! We can talk about SVB, all day, every day 😴 - or something more interesting - in person 🤗! Fun fact, did you know that the founder of Fintech Meetup is…https://t.co/oCtfLMjS1h

Excited to have led my second angel syndicate, investing $1.2m in Luke Shipley and Charlotte Lucy Hall building Zinc, a next-gen background-checking platform for employers and employees. Other angels include @t_blom (founder of M…https://t.co/Nskwx77Mwk https://t.co/oUTUDMtN7q

I recently met up with Howard Silby, Chief Innovation Officer at NAB (National Australia Bank), to learn more about how he had to change their approach to innovation to win again – a summary is now live on FinTech Futures, https://t.co/uamKzmpfK2, and for…https://t.co/noleECHWrl

Back in the pod studio! Delighted to have been invited to 11:FS’s Fintech Insider news, discussing why I don’t think it’s a problem that #lgbtq+ founders and investors conceal their sexual orientation at work, as claimed in a new survey from Proud Venture…https://t.co/deejXF10gq

Thank you Pinar Alpay, previously Senior Vice President of Global Payment Solutions & Transformation at Worldpay, for sharing your thoughts earlier about my book, How Banks Innovate, published and distributed by Wiley: “The succe…https://t.co/32m84I8n1w https://t.co/xBYGI58OMd

I just led my first angel syndicate investing $1.3m in Superlayer alongside strong institutional investors like Accel and Notion Capital in a round led by Triple Point. Thanks to my fellow 'star studded' angels for trusting me to…https://t.co/bim4yb6Bef https://t.co/aenGDlaNxP

Can a bank once bad at innovating become good at it? When RBC, the largest bank in Canada, launched their first mobile app back in 2016, it ranked as the seventh most popular among the top five banks (😳). To fix this, not only did they have to innovate…https://t.co/vC1WDlryyC

Thrilled to be investing $6.5m in Juan Espinosa, @Nihilist_tweets and Mark Holleman and their invoice platform Sprinque, the Klarna for B2B payments, in a round led by @rorystirling at Connect Ventures with participation from @RonaldJSchuurs at Antler,…https://t.co/EFu9WajHM0

Thank you @Werner Decker, EVP and General Manager of Global Merchant Services International at American Express, for sharing your thoughts earlier about my book, How Banks Innovate, published by Wiley: “This book shows that there…https://t.co/1EFujcYYMM https://t.co/zEeEwVPQiU

Did you know that the global psychedelic therapeutics market is estimated to grow from $4.2 billion in 2022 to $8.3 billion by 2028. Therefore I'm thrilled to be investing $2.3m in Henry Fisher, Tom McDonald and Sam Lewis, the fo…https://t.co/1ueDtoGUEz https://t.co/Z6dbj8ysno

I’ve just been appointed global Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at HSBC, the largest bank in Europe and the third largest bank in the world outside China (active in 60+ countries, $3 trillion in assets, $50 billion in revenues, and 220,000 employees), and…https://t.co/t0EoYhu4AP

I was recently elected to join the board of the New York chapter committee of OBA, the University of Oxford Alumni Network for business leaders. We currently represent almost 1,000 senior executives in the local area. If you aren’t…https://t.co/SGUnNSkdTI https://t.co/y12E38hq5f

How can banks accelerate their digital transformation? Here is one idea: The tech team at RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) frequently hosts ‘Ask Us Anything’ sessions throughout the year to which the whole company is invited to learn about the bank's new and o…https://t.co/SvFzzuPP1g

Will banks creating corporate venture studios kill the fintechs? Most large businesses innovate through a series of never-ending incremental changes, but when it comes to trying to beat fast-moving fintechs, that just doesn’t work…https://t.co/ZvsEkIvIfr https://t.co/5dt0FZGQlB

In my humble and of course totally unbiased opinion, the smartest and fastest way for a bank to access talent and deliver innovation to its clients is by working with, investing in and acquiring fintechs. One such example is when HSBC, the largest bank in…https://t.co/5QTNaFJDVC

As Pride Month draws to a close I was asked by 11:FS to share my thoughts with their followers on how fintech VCs can better support the LGBTQ+ community; check out their latest newsletter here: In short, whilst I recognise that…https://t.co/XCHeeI604q https://t.co/V79YXEYyH9