75 Quotes by Taavet Hinrikus

There's the risk of a serious case of FOMO at a place like Davos.

Traditional consumer finance has been unfair for decades. Banks have had a monopoly on financial services and have been able to overcharge and underserve consumers.

When we talk about technology changing the world, we often hear about how it makes our lives easier, more connected, safer, or even healthier. They're all things we can easily identify with. The Internet makes our lives easier; services like Skype and WhatsApp allows us to be more connected - the examples are endless.

We built TransferWise focused on customer innovation. That means we build our product based first and foremost on our customers.

As technology progresses, I believe that fintech will fundamentally change finance.

Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead.

Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future.

Talent is the lifeblood of a fast-growing company.

As consumers in general, and with Millennials in particular, we're getting used to everything being cheaper, faster, better - and banks aren't keeping up.