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Ex-Strate CEO Monica Singer on her gig with ConsenSys and SARB's blockchain pilot

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JOHANNESBURG — Uruguayan-born Chartered Accountant, Monica Singer, is legendary in South Africa's financial space as her 18 years at Strate included the hugely innovative introduction of electronic settlement of securities in the country. She also helped Strate become known as one of the most progressive Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) in the world. She left Strate in October 2017 and relocated from Johannesburg to Cape Town. But shortly thereafter she joined ConsenSys, which is a world-renowned blockchain software technology company founded by Joseph Lubin, one of the co-founders of well-known cryptocurrency Ethereum. The decentralised nature of ConsenSys means that Singer continues to live and work in Cape Town while taking on many global and local tasks for the company. Interestingly, ConsenSys also helped the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently with a recent major ground-breaking interbank settlements pilot on the blockchain. It looks like disruption is well and truly part of Monica Singer's DNA. Take a listen to this fascinating interview with her on this and more. - Gareth van Zyl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Aug 2018 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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