Fintech

🇹🇭 Plot twist! On my way back from GM Vietnam, I’ll be stopping in Bangkok for Techsauce Global Summit 2025 (August 4-6) at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Broader than blockchain/crypto, TechSauce brings together 300+ speakers across 13 stages covering AI transformation, corporate innovation, fintech, healthtech, and foodtech. Perfect opportunity to connect with the wider tech ecosystem and explore how Camino Network’s blockchain infrastructure fits into Southeast Asia’s digital transformation, always bringing next-gen travel infrastructure to the mix. ...

One more step towards the future of travel payments: we wrapped up our participation in the ECB’s Digital euro (official page) Pioneer Programme, where we demonstrated how central bank digital currencies can enhance the travel industry’s complex payment infrastructure. We strive to give Camino Network partners and the travel industry the best options when it comes to digital money, and among these, CBDCs represent a compelling opportunity alongside stablecoins and other innovations. From automated supplier settlements to multi-party commission splits - we’re building the “TravelFi” bridge between banking and blockchain. ...

Paul van Alfen’s questions on the on-chain future of travel paymentss cut to the heart of what matters, and here’s my take. Value prop: I won’t be repeating bold numbers that tend to oversimplify, as per our conversations 😉 will just mention two big “quality” advantages: (1) owning the platform on which we distribute/source, so that we can steer its development, and (2) having it standard-based and composable so that functionality can be built upon functionality like lego bricks, to amplify business models, while still maintaining privacy among parties as required. ...

My Travel Un’Chained 2024 wrap up, or how I witnessed #TravelTech, #IDtech, and #FinTech making history before my very eyes. They say the third time is the charm: first year was about vision, second year about tech foundation, and this, finally, mostly about demonstrated, tangible traction with an impressive string of live use cases lineup. Highlighting Lufthansa Group and AVRA Tours S.A. going public with some of the use cases we’ve been working with them and tech partners on: onchain payment and settlement with #stablecoins for non-BSP markets, and product supply & distribution via the Camino Messenger. And witnessing this in turn generating immediate fomo (corporate fomo: a beauty to be seen). ...