In a world where currencies compete, technologies collide and financial power quietly shifts across continents, Money Pipes of the New World Order offers a guided tour through the hidden architecture that keeps the global economy running—and reshaping itself.
Drawing on decades at the intersection of banking, policy, and digital innovation, Sridhar Bhagawan unveils the real machinery behind money: the reserve systems built after Bretton Woods, the unspoken bargains of the petrodollar era, the rise of multipolar payment corridors, and the digital contenders—from Bitcoin to CBDCs—vying to rewrite the rules.
Through vivid scenes, human-scale vignettes, and clear explanations, the book demystifies how power flows through payment rails, why nations are racing to rewire them, and what a more fragmented, resilient future could look like. This is not a tale of collapse, but of redesign—where engineers, policymakers, and everyday users all shape the next generation of financial infrastructure.
For readers across finance, technology, policy, and global affairs, this book provides a blueprint for understanding the new monetary order forming beneath the headlines—and the choices that will define the next decade of economic life.
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Sridhar Bhagawan
Sridhar Bhagawan has spent more than thirty years at the crossroads of banking, technology, and innovation. His career began inside the walls of a commercial bank but quickly expanded onto a global stage where he advised central banks, guided multinational institutions, and partnered with fintech’s reshaping the future of money.
What sets Sridhar apart is his ability to blend the rigor of a strategist with the creativity of an architect. He has designed national payment infrastructures, explored the frontiers of central bank digital currencies, and pioneered AI-driven treasury and liquidity platforms. Along the way, he has worked on projects that span continents—from modernizing cross-border settlement systems in London to shaping financial inclusion initiatives in Asia and smart-city programs in the Middle East.
As a consulting leader, he built and scaled a payments practice that became a go-to partner for some of the world’s largest banks. His thought papers and reference architecture are widely read, sparking ideas and serving as playbooks for digital transformation across the financial services industry.
