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Going Further, pushing your own boundaries!
Today is about breaking away out of the Caribbean
• Maturing into going further
• Our first Asia Story
• Our Europe Story
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Pushing boundaries...In the early days sights set on local but mostly regional market expansion.
Today our sights set on global expansion.
How did this happen?
Regional market aspects,...
• "Close to home" • Similar time zones • More or less same island culture / history • Religion, habits and parties • Mostly small island state like ourselves • Easier to build up "close" relationships
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Part 1...
How did it even occur to us...
• Global Business Partner EURONET
• User Conference meetings
• That nagging gut feeling
• We need to go and test for ourselves!
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Asia Preparations...
• Region is HUGE, so cluster up
• Define success (first client / cluster. & when)
• Setup target lists per cluster
• Start planning visit dates
• Start calling to make appointments
Asia Preparations..2
• Objective of first trip to meet with: Prospect banks, Prospect business partners, Sector associations, Central banks.
• Open rep. office in Asia region - KL office.
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Asia Preparations..3• Never forget the Team, they need to buy
in to this "crazy idea" too...
• Then Execute the Expedition trip...
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Asia Trip execution ...4• First trip...
Bangkok Sydney Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Colombo Luanda
Asia Result....• Any clients... No, ...Not Yet!
YOU BE THE JUDGE
Learn and don't be afraid to fail...
Mode...
• Solutions fit • Confidence • New Partners • Wealth of
Experience • Improve BD org.
• Matured our Asia and global thinking
What did ASIA do for us?....
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So just like the Bahamas,
In the meantime back home..
A new idea was being born...
• New Product
• New Sector
• New Approach
• New Successes
Our EUROPE Story !
FUZE story in brief..
• New Payment Concept • Trust companies • Reinvent our own stuff • See if the market likes it
• And then they bought it..
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• Largest Trust Companies in the world our clients
• Holland ,Luxembourg • Gibraltar, Jersey • Panama, Cayman • Curacao • Singapore
Now the Dutch are buying from us..
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ASIA part 2 starts tomorrow!
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Thank You!