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## [Fireside Chat w/Vikram Pandit - Editor-In-Chief @ Finance Disrupted](https://www.byteacademy.co/blog/fireside-chat-wvikram-pandit-economist-editor-chief-finance-disrupted)
By [Emily](https://www.byteacademy.co/blog/author/emily-hunt) on Aug 17, 2020 4:48:59 AM
No, we did not learn his presidential preferences (although that was a pressing topic). Vikram Pandit, the former CEO of [Citigroup Inc.](https://medium.com/u/f94418e96865) was a guest speaker at the Economist’s Finance Disrupted (#FinanceDisrupted) conference recently in New York City put on by Economist Events (great job Stephanie and Maria) The theme,*“Collaborate or Die,”* featured fireside chats with leading FinTech experts on topics such as *blockchain, financial inclusion, insurance and more*. [The Economist news desk](https://medium.com/u/140a85883fd0) Editor-In-Chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, chatted with Pandit in the late afternoon. In attempts to make this coverage “hot off the press” before the conference ends (!)
###### Here are some quick interesting bits we learned:
- Vikram still takes taxis (revealed during discussion of the different business models of [Uber](https://medium.com/u/b97b1b381b5a) vs. taxi medallions)
- And, maybe older than we think (guess it’s those genes): He still remembers when Mosaic (?!) was around (sharing this while making the point that FinTech is in early stages)
- He loves Singapore (the moderator brought this up after he mentioned the country 3x) *Why?* Government policy towards regulation ([Byte Academy](https://medium.com/u/f1c81dfcd75d) loves Singapore too :)
- He does not like picking banking partners: *Moderator:* “Who you would pick as a partner with if you were back in banking?” *Vikram: *“Thank G-d I don’t have to make that decision.”
Overall Vikram was a diplomat avoiding the moderator’s attempts to extract a true opinion (for instance, he avoided her question *“does the US suck with regulation?"*)
Stay tuned for a more extensive follow-up on the Economist’s FinTech Disrupted conference…
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