Raleigh, NC
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How Traditional Finance & Banking is being disrupted by Digitalization and Decentralization?
Date:
Wednesday February 7, 2024
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm US/Eastern GMT-5:00
Location:
Our meeting this month is NOT the 2nd Wednesday of the month because that is Valentine's Day. Our meeting has tentatively been moved to February 7th, the 1st Wednesday of the month.



Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (Confirmed)

Smith Anderson Law Firm
150 Fayetteville Street - downtown Raleigh
23rd Floor (after 6 pm Smith Anderson people will escort you to the 23rd floor)
Wells Fargo Building
Raleigh, NC 27601
Directions:
Driving Directions The best parking is in the garage entrance on Wilmington Street between Hargett Street and Morgan Street. Exit the garage on the Fayetteville Street side and cross the street to enter the building. Smith Anderson Law Offices Wells Fargo Capitol Center– 23rd floor in downtown Raleigh, NC From RTP/RDU (Airport)/Durham/Chapel Hill Take I-40 East to the Wade Ave. exit, number 289. Take Wade Ave. approximately 4.5 miles, through several traffic lights, and bear right onto Capital Blvd. (toward downtown). Upon reaching the downtown Raleigh area, Capital Blvd. will turn into Dawson St. Continue on Dawson Street to the intersection with W. Hargett Street. Turn left onto W. Hargett Street and continue to the intersection with Wilmington Street Turn left onto Wilmington Street. Alexander Square parking deck is to the left. Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck. From the Beltline (440): (view maps) Take Person Street/Hammond Road exit, number 299. Take a left at the light if you are coming from the west, a right if coming from the east, and go straight on Person Street until the intersection with West Hargett Street. Take a left onto West Hargett Street, then a right onto Wilmington Street (the second light) Alexander Square parking deck is to the left. Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck. From North Raleigh via Glenwood Avenue Take US 70 (Glenwood Avenue) toward downtown. Follow Glenwood until the intersection with Wade Avenue. Take the Wade Avenue exit, after you cross the overpass, toward downtown. Please see the instructions above regarding directions from I-40 to Wade Avenue. Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck. Our offices are located on the 23rd floor. Take the "13-28" series elevators to the 23rd floor. The receptionist will notify your party. You can park at Alexander Square (parking deck) on Wilmington St. or on Fayetteville St.

Meeting capacity:

40

Suggested Donation:

Free (Voluntary Contribution Welcomed)
Agenda:

 

 

Host: Armand Perry, Partner - Smith Anderson Law Firm

Armand Perry, partner at Smith Anderson, the largest law firm in the Triangle, always has great hors d'oeuvres and a wonderful selection of beer and wine so you do not want to miss this meeting. 

 

Topic: How Many Ways is Traditional Finance and Banking being disrupted by Digitalization and Decentralization?

We've all witnessed changes from technological advances in almost every area of finance in both our personal and professional lives the past few years. Yet, we may be at just the beginning of a continuing transformational shift in how we deal with money, and on a global scale, with the advent of Web3, DeFi, Crypto, A.I., and related FinTech innovations in the coming months and years.

 

Business, Talent and Wealth Strategist Dana Gower MBA CCP will cover trends and the expected impact of these changes for us at our next FENG meeting. 

 

He will address:

 - The growth of Digital Assets and organizations that have jumped onto the bandwagon

 - The various ways DeFi Payment Systems, Investments, Capital Markets, and Lending are eating into traditional financial services

 - Countries that have implemented, revoked, and/or are discussing adoption of Central Bank Digital Currencies "CBDCs"

 - The basics of Blockchain Technology and how it is a prime underlying foundation to DeFi applications

 

Speaker: Dana Gower

Dana helps business owners, executives and professionals of all stripes and industries, both locally and nationally. With a long tenure in global human resources, pensions, and benefits, plus personal finance with Fortune 500 companies, Dana has also run a small hedge type foreign exchange (FX) mutual fund and currently serves as an executive recruiter, individual career and financial advisor, which he has done for the past several years.

 

He is author of two books, CAREERING - How To Find and Maintain Meaningful Work and BOOMERNOMICS, which is about Money, Family, and Legacy. He does regular speaking and training sessions for corporations, groups, and associations on these and a multitude of related topics. 

 

Dana holds an A.S. degree in economics and finance plus a B.S. degree in business from the University of Maine, an MBA in finance from Rollins College in Orlando, FL, and a certificate in Social Media Management from NC State University. He is a VP with John O'Connor at CareerPro, Inc., has an affiliation also with Certified Financial Planner Michael Whitman of Millennium Planning Group, and is co-founder of the Career Network Ministry.

For meeting information, please contact:

Ted Bachman

[email protected]
(919) 606-3477
Attendees
32
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