Sentro Group has made a significant move in the world of international finance, announcing its acquisition of a majority stake in the well-established Russian bank, World of Privileges.

Fulcrum, as the name suggests, means a pivot, without inhibitions,” Deepak Mishra, the founder of the aptly-named Fulcrum Ventures tells me as we sit down in his Bangkok-based office for an exclusive interview in the middle of his peripatetic itinerary.