Women entrepreneurs face barriers to entry and business growth. In our latest report, CITI GPS: Women Entrepreneurship - Catalyzing Growth, Innovation and Equality if we close the gender gap in business growth, there’s the potential to add up to $2.3 trillion to the global GDP leading to substantial job creation, with up to 433 million jobs created globally. Leading women in the world of FinTech share their thoughts. Interviewed by Ying Qin, Global Thematic Analyst, Citi Global Insights.

Women entrepreneurs face barriers to entry and business growth. In our latest report, CITI GPS: Women Entrepreneurship - Catalyzing Growth, Innovation and Equality if we close the gender gap in business growth, there&rsquo;s the potential to add up to $2.3 trillion to the global GDP leading to substantial job creation, with up to 433 million jobs created globally. Leading women in the world of FinTech share their thoughts.
Interviewed by Ying Qin, Global Thematic Analyst, Citi Global Insights.

Women Entrepreneurship – Paving the Way for the Next Generation

Women Entrepreneurship: Paving the Way for the Next Generation

Artur Sychov, CEO/Founder of Somnium Space joined Citi’s Ronit Ghose & Nisha Surendran to discuss the future of an immersive Metaverse. In his avatar form, Artur gave us a tour of Sominium Space, showcasing the community-built spaces and how NFTs enable incentives for users to build and trade digital assets. Artur is a VR enthusiast and believes the Metaverse should be spatial (AR/VR), decentralized and persistent. Artur claims that Somnium space is the first multi-chain Metaverse, existing on Ethereum and Solana and expected to integrate other blockchains too. Artur believes low latency is of utmost importance to support the spatial reality and experience the Metaverse in a pure form. Somnium space is device agnostic i.e. accessible via mobile, tablet, web, etc. Artur expects AR/VR to follow the trajectory of mobile phone adoption so it will become increasingly affordable as more companies start investing in building Metaverse-related hardware.

Artur Sychov, CEO/Founder of Somnium Space joined Citi&rsquo;s Ronit Ghose &amp; Nisha Surendran to discuss the future of an immersive Metaverse. In his avatar form, Artur gave us a tour of Sominium Space, showcasing the community-built spaces and how NFTs enable incentives for users to build and trade digital assets. Artur is a VR enthusiast and believes the Metaverse should be spatial (AR/VR), decentralized and persistent. Artur claims that Somnium space is the first multi-chain Metaverse, existing on Ethereum and Solana and expected to integrate other blockchains too. Artur believes low latency is of utmost importance to support the spatial reality and experience the Metaverse in a pure form. Somnium space is device agnostic i.e. accessible via mobile, tablet, web, etc. Artur expects AR/VR to follow the trajectory of mobile phone adoption so it will become increasingly affordable as more companies start investing in building Metaverse-related hardware.

Interview with Artur Sychov, Founder & CEO, Somnium Space

The Future of the Immersive Metaverse

Tom Lesche, Partner, Speedinvest Erik Mostenicky, Vice President, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures Host: Alix Brunet, Vice President, Venture Investing, Citi

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<li>Tom Lesche, Partner, Speedinvest</li>
<li>Erik Mostenicky, Vice President, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures</li>
<li>Host: Alix Brunet, Vice President, Venture Investing, Citi</li>
</ul>

Discussing the rising innovation trends and evolving investing environment to unlock Fintech opportunities

What is next for Fintech investing?

Dakota Gruener, Executive Director, ID2020 Sarah Clark, Senior Vice President Digital Identity, Mastercard Marie Geraghty, Innovation Catalyst, Digital Assets, Citi Host: Anuj Ganghar, Director, Global Insights, Citi

<ul type="disc">
<li>Dakota Gruener, Executive Director, ID2020</li>
<li>Sarah Clark, Senior Vice President Digital Identity, Mastercard</li>
<li>Marie Geraghty, Innovation Catalyst, Digital Assets, Citi</li>
<li>Host: Anuj Ganghar, Director, Global Insights, Citi</li>
</ul>

We look at the growing importance and opportunities around digital identity. What do corporates need to know? And who will drive the change necessary to make reusable digital identity a global reality? 