The comprehensive story about Ohpen’s first ten years. A story about cloud banking and those who started it.

Chris Zadeh and Matthijs Aler
“IF WE DON’T DO THIS NOW, IN TEN YEARS, THE BILLION-DOLLAR VALUATION OF THE BANK WILL BE GONE.”

Chris Zadeh will never forget saying these words. This sentence would come to define the course of an industry—and his career.

Ohpen changed the landscape of the traditional banking industry. The team at Ohpen believed in the future they saw and under founder Zadeh, they refused to take no for an answer. Because when you want to incite fundamental change, you never throw in the towel.

Authors

Founder of Ohpen / Author

Chris Zadeh

Chris Zadeh

Chris Zadeh is the founder of Ohpen, the first cloud-based core banking company in the world. He has been at the forefront of digital banking solutions for decades, and had a vision to disrupt the way banks worked. He sought out a team of underdogs who shared his passion, to accomplish what many others thought was impossible-creating the first cloud-based core banking company in the world. Chris and his team worked hard to complete his vision and did so very successfully, his innovation recognized by Forbes, TechCrunch, and Wired to name a few. Today, Chris invests in startups, walks his dogs Yucca and Myza and advises companies on strategy, corporate finance and M&A. He is the founder of Whangai.nl.

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CEO of Ohpen / Author

Matthijs Aler

Matthijs Aler

Matthijs Aler is the CEO of Ohpen, dedicated to the mission of developing the best core banking engine in the world. He has helped grow Ohpen from a start-up to one of the most successful cloud banking platforms globally, with his expertise in finance, product development and data protection. Prior to Ohpen, Matthijs was part of the BinckBank adventure responsible for the rise of French online banking, having been working in online investment management since 2001. In his free time, Matthijs spends time with his wife and children, walking and cycling on the beautiful Dutch coast.

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Banking The Cloud

In their new book, Banking the Cloud: The Comprehensive History of Cloud Banking and Those Who Started It, Chris Zadeh and Matthijs Aler guide readers through the first ten years at Ohpen. The creation of not just a business, but an entire industry.

As young and hungry renegades bent on disrupting a buttoned-up banking world, the Banking the Cloud co-authors endeavoured in 2008 to defy the tall odds that were stacked against them to build the best core banking engine in the world—and build it on the cloud. While cloud-based banking may be everywhere today, its inception was fraught with closed minds and doors. With their signature outsider style and dogged determination, the best friend duo of Zadeh and Aler with their team of technical experts—managed to succeed even their own wildest expectations.

See how Zadeh and Aler fought to bring their idea into the light and, maybe, how you can bring your big idea to the world’s stage.

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