{"id":8600,"date":"2023-05-12T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoinvn.io\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:45:42","slug":"a-tribute-to-claude-spiese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinvn.io\/insights\/a-tribute-to-claude-spiese\/","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to Claude Spiese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, one of Saigon&#8217;s originals and well-known faces in the Vietnamese Fintech Landscape left us.<\/p>\n<p>Claude Spiese, who drove the build-out of Vietnam&#8217;s first digital bank<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/timo\"> #Timo<\/a> about a decade ago and at the time regularly joined our team members at local events on and off stage will be severely missed by all those who knew him and crossed paths with him over the years (and there have been many!).<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, a musical tribute in honour of Claude will take place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSnapCafe\"> The Snap Cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you knew Claude and want to share some of the good memories made with his fellow friends &amp; 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