FinTech: Creating a Digital Value Infrastructure with Aron Alexander, CEO and Founder of Runa

Hilton Supra, Vice Chairman of Ztudium and openbusinesscouncil.org, interviews Aron Alexander, CEO and Founder of Runa, a digital value infrastructure that simplifies payout processes. The platform facilitates a smooth and instant transfer and exchange of digital value, including from fractional shares and gift cards. With a background in financial services, Aron is a fintech industry veteran who brings a fresh perspective and unique insights to the table. Aron Alexander Biography Aron Alexander is a tech entrepreneur and the mastermind behind Runa, a cutting-edge digital value infrastructure designed to simplify payout processes and unlock stored digital value for both consumers and businesses in the Fintech industry. With a diverse background that includes being an elite infantry services paratrooper, a competitive boxer, and an experienced professional in the financial services sector, Aron brings a unique perspective and a knack for unearthing valuable insights to the forefront of his ventures. He gained essential business experience from his family's retail and grocery stores and later managed a substantial portfolio in a family office. A graduate from Cambridge, Aron worked with a prominent B2B2C payment company. Inspired by a £5 paper voucher, he founded Runa (formerly WeGift) in 2016. WeGift expanded quickly, developing a network of 1,300+ brand partners and working with some of the world’s largest and most-influential companies, including Rapyd, Tango Card, Monzo, and Freetrade. In 2023, WeGift became Runa, a digital value infrastructure that enables organisations to issue, send, hold and accept digital value and enable the instant conversion & exchange of digital gift cards, shares, crypto, donations and other digital assets. About Hilton Supra Hilton Supra is a business and financial industry veteran and thought leader. Hilton has more than 30 years of Finance, Investment, Banking, and Asset Management experience in international markets namely London, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This while having a passion for growing businesses, fashion, and new technologies, especially fintech and blockchain where he has been deeply involved since these technologies' inception. Now, Hilton is co-leading the fashion directory fashionabc as well as technology startup Ztudium, a builder of 4IR platforms (using blockchain, AI and IoT data analytics). From Quantitative Asset Management, Capital Markets, Trading software, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity, Hilton has worked for Morgan Grenfell, Deutsche Bank, AXA Investment Management, EIM Fund of Hedge Funds (responsible for $2.4bn of $13bn), and Cheyne Capital. Hilton is a graduate in Engineering from Oxford Brookes University and a Master's in Finance at London Business School. Hilton has always been on the leading edge of innovation and technology in banking, derivative trading, quantitative asset management, hedge funds, and since 2015 the application of FinTech, AI, and blockchain to enterprise solutions. Hilton Supra is a partner and board member at ztudium, and the co-founder and one of the leading personalities driving techabc, openbusinesscouncil.org and fashionabc.org platforms. Learn more about Hilton Supra on https://openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/... Links & Resources   / aronalexander   https://www.crunchbase.com/person/aro... https://www.maddyness.com/uk/2023/06/... https://runa.io/blog/wegift-closes-4-... About citiesabc.com https://www.citiesabc.com/​​​​​​​​​​​   / citiesabc_​​​​​​     / citiesabc   About openbusinesscouncil.org https://www.openbusinesscouncil.org/   / openbusinesshq   About fashionabc.org https://www.fashionabc.org/   / fashionabcorg   About Dinis Guarda   / dinisguarda     / dinisguarda_   https://openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/...