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" To be a global business, you need access to the best talent from around the world - fix this, everything else falls into place. Whether it's homegrown or imported, we don't mind where it comes from - we just want the best. "

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" Securing and attracting the best talent is an obsession in the tech industry for good reason. It's your main asset; it's your edge. "

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

" The world is getting smaller thanks to technology. "

" International money transfer is a massive consumer rip-off. Banks and companies like Western Union have gotten away with it for too long. "

" I get a kick out of helping the next generation of founders. "

" Companies that are natively technology-focused I would trust more than a bank. "

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

" Climate change, migration... they transcend national borders and require an international response. "

" 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. "

" No amount of PR works if you've got a bad product. "

" You start a business being hungry, foolish, and a little bit naive. But more often than not, you end up being disrupted yourself. It happened to Skype. "

" There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs. "

" A preoccupation with job title is an immediate giveaway that someone's priorities are not in line with the company's. "

" For Estonia, joining Europe meant our potential as a country increased - not decreased - because of that connectedness. "

" Creating a new country from scratch has given Estonia the license to imagine what a country could be. "

" Talent is the lifeblood of a fast-growing company. "

" If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe. "

" The world is becoming more global. More than ever, people are proactively deciding where to live, where to study, where to work. Sometimes it's out of necessity, sometimes it's out of choice. "

" Sometimes, companies are better placed than politicians and governments to make change happen. That doesn't mean that they should not be held to account and follow international rules. But with the right motivation, they can be the force for change. "

" I was in my early 20s when Estonia joined the E.U. For a kid who'd grown up in the Soviet Union, it seemed like my country had come of age. For a country that had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, it seemed like we were becoming part of the global community. It opened a whole new world of possibility. "

" The U.S.A. is a huge market which has a large immigrant population from Europe, India, from all around the world; lots of them have, still, strong ties to home, so move lots of money. "

" Financial services have always been about trust. Perhaps the biggest barrier to entry has been getting new customers to trust an unknown brand or service, and that's particularly true with digital disruptors who lack a physical presence on the local high street. "

" Doing something that empowers people makes you realise how boring it would be to work for a place where the goal is just to make more money. It's much easier to get out of bed and look forward to 12 hours of work if you're making the world a better place. "

" There's most definitely a Davos bubble. You're in a small Alpine town that, for just four days in January, sees its population tripled with world leaders, CEOs, media, police, the army... and a whole bunch of people who aren't invited but just come to hang out. "

" As a consumer, I'm definitely waiting for what's going to come after banks. "

" 'Big' problems are overwhelming, but when we distil them down to their simplest forms, then the solutions become simple, too. "

" The technology is not an end in itself: it is a tool. It can make it easier for us to communicate or manage our finances. It can help us take care of our health or help policemen in their work. It can create jobs and boost growth. It can enhance transparency and accessibility to services. "

" Historically, people have flocked to Silicon Valley because of the belief that that's where the latest innovation is happening. It's a snowball effect. "

" Competition and variety in financial services are always good things. "