Banking The Cloud

CHRIS ZADEH is the founder of Ohpen. Inspired to disrupt the way banks work Chris pulled a team of underdogs together to do what others thought was impossible—create the first cloud-based core banking company in the world. After leading the company as CEO for ten years, Chris now lives in Ibiza with his wife, their three cats, and two dogs, Myza and Yucca. When Chris isn’t sharkdiving, he is practicing yoga and martial arts. He has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, and Wired, which named Ohpen “Europe’s Hottest FinTech.” He is also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Monkey Money Mind: How to Stop Monkeying Around with Your Money. MATTHIJS ALER is CEO of Ohpen, where he leads to achieve its mission of developing the best core banking engine in the world. Before Ohpen, Matthijs was responsible for the launch of binck.fr and the rise of BinckBank in the ranks of the French online banking landscape. MARY CURRAN-HACKETT is a versatile and prolific author, editor, and ghostwriter. An avid business and leadership ghostwriter with Kevin Anderson & Associates, she is best known as the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novels, Proof of Heaven and Proof of Angels (William Morrow/HarperCollins). Mary’s personal essays have been anthologized and published nationally. In addition to her own writing, Mary has edited hundreds of books and ghostwritten over twenty published books for executives, entrepreneurs, doctors, artists, celebrities, and religious leaders. When not traveling, she calls Cincinnati home and enjoys her time there with her husband and two children.

The Great Wide Open Part One: Preparation Where It All Began Our First Unicorn Experience Giving Away a Piece of the Pie Part Two: No Coming Up for Air Building the Core Team and Getting Started Building a Bank from Scratch Part Three: The Bends(2009–2012) It Just Takes One One Thousand Rejections Part Four: In the Deep (2013–2014) Migrating the First Client The Sharks Circle Ensuring Security Part Five: Scaling (2014–2019) Casting the Net Going Global—The First UK Client Opening Barcelona: Building the Future of Cloud Banking Four Banks in Four Years Part Six: Ripping Currents (2018–2019) From Valhalla to Hell and Back Work Hard, Play Hard—Rewarding the Team Spreading the Message and Circumnavigating the Globe The Future Is Wide Ohpen Ohpen’s Next Steps APPENDICES Dear Banker: Here Are Twenty Things Ohpen Wants You to Know Glossary of Key Terms Used by Ohpen List and Bios of Key Ohpen Players Mentioned Overview and Timeline of Ohpen Acknowledgments About the Authors Endnotes