Antony Jenkins worked for citibank for 17 years and then used to be CEO of Barclay's, one of the biggest banks in the world, for the 3 years - until being let go in 2015. So he's very experienced in the traditional banking world.
Now, he has announced to join the board of Blockchain.info !
Blockchain.info, the startup based in London, was launched in 2011 and just celebrated surpassing 10 million wallets in November 2016.
Today, they are actually the largest provider of Bitcoin wallets in the world.
Jenkins said that Blockchain could revolutionize the financial system:
“Blockchain technology has the potential to reinvent the way we use money and contribute to a finance system that’s high quality, low cost, secure, fair and transparent. I am proud to join a company playing a pivotal role in ushering in a new era.”"The ramifications of Blockchain’s technology are potentially enormous. Traditional banks’ record-keeping function would no longer need to exist, because this could be transferred to a digital system."
-Antony Jenkins
For Blockchain.info (and for Bitcoin in general) this is a big step towards making cryptocurrency more adaptable to everyone, and they will surely be able to benefit from his years of experience.
In an official Blogpost, Blockchain.info CEO and co-founder Peter Smith that he is "humbled Antony is joining us on our journey, excited to be a part of his, and delighted to share the news with you, our users, who make what we do everyday possible."
He also stated how he first met Jenkins, and how they ended up talking about the implementation of technology and the finance industry.
I wanted to collaborate with Antony for a simple reason: wisdom to navigate crossing the chasm from a simple, burgeoning technology to enabling a whole new financial ecosystem."-Peter Smith, Blockchain.info CEO and co-founder
Besides Jenkins and Smith himself, the Blockchain.info board now includes President and co-founder Nick Cary, Michael Jackson (fomer COO of Skype) and Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Just 2 months ago, Jenkins had actually announced his own new company - 10X Future Technologies, a fintech firm that offers digital financial services to non-bank financial companies.
Jenkins is convinced that the financial sector will soon face a "disruptive Uber Moment" - a point of rapid change and modernization, which will possibly involve cryptocurrency.
"You’ll see more economic pressure building up in the [banking] industry - There is going to be massive transformation, and it is going to be unpredictable."-Antony Jenkins
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