The Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) is a not-for-profit organisation established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2024 to harness technology and foster innovation for more efficient, resilient, and inclusive financial ecosystems through global partnerships. GFTN organises convening forums, offers advisory services on innovation ecosystems, provides access to transformative digital platforms, and invests in technology startups with the potential for growth and positive social impact through its venture fund.
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Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer, Finspot
Ognjen Kurtić is a cofounder and CTO of Finspot. He is a software engineer by trade, with 14 years of experience in the industry. During his career, he has been involved in international projects spanning various domains, most notably finance, insurance and blockchain. He participated in all parts of the software development life cycle, from gathering requirements from clients through architecture and leading the teams responsible for implementation.
Some of the more notable projects he has helped build: Finspot in-house platform for invoice financing; Finspot Digital Token (FIN) - first regulated security token issued in the Republic of Serbia, National platform for preventing double financing fraud (Whisper), Risk underwriting platform for one of the biggest insurance companies in the world; Decentralized exchange for automated bonding curve trading on the blockchain.
He is very interested on topics that are at the intersection of finance and technology and especially on the positive effect they can have on the developing markets. He is an active open-source contributor.
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