Interview Jul 31 HNB’s Alles: Vision 2020 is all about achieving qualitative goals In a candid interview with Emmanuel Daniel, the bank CEO looks back at the company’s transformation, talks about plans for digitalisation and share... 4318
Interview Sep 26 Ping An Group's Larsen: “We’re constantly looking at new businesses that can create value” Veteran banker Jonathan Larsen, who ran Citibank’s global retail bank and mortgages, came out of retirement to head Ping An Group’s chief innovati... 13046
Interview Jul 24 Ping An Bank’s Xie: “Those who focus on technologies will be the winners” Ping An Bank chairman Xie Yonglin talked about the bank’s transformation journey into a leading retail financial services provider, the evolution o... 13204
Interview Mar 31 NDB’s Seneviratne sees opportunities in Sri Lanka amid economic challenges Dimantha Seneviratne, the chief executive of Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank, discusses the challenges that the country has been facing as wel... 9396
Interview Mar 11 Michael Owen: Giving back to grassroots fosters a culture of excellence Former footballer Michael Owen talks about his desire to give back to the community, the values he shares with his family and his career in sports and... 5732
Interview Feb 18 Aurigin’s Jayawickrama: “We want to create transparency and visibility in investment banking” Romesh Jayawickrama, the founder of Aurigin, formerly known as BankerBay, shares how the platform manages to connect deals and capital investors globa... 10806
Interview Mar 24 CBSL’s Coomaraswamy: “Clear frameworks, macroeconomic stability are crucial” Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy talks about the structure of the central bank, institutionalising reforms and what the Sri La... 6921
Interview Apr 06 Central Group’s Winter: “Integration between online and offline retail channels is important” Axel Winter, chief technology officer at Central Group, speaks about building an omnichannel platform and some of the problems encountered while worki... 8185
Interview Apr 11 Coinhouse's Nicolas Louvet: "A global crypto bank is impossible" Nicolas Louvet, CEO, Coinhouse explores the idea of a crypto bank, discusses the steps the company is taking to apply for a banking licence in France ... 28796
Interview Sep 29 Sarafu Credit’s Ruddick and Dama: "Community currencies are a stable medium of exchange for local developments during COVID-19" Will Ruddick and Caroline Dama, both board of directors at Grassroots Economics Foundation, discuss how community currencies are helping the poor to h... 7947
Interview Nov 11 National Bank of Cambodia’s Serey: “Bakong is not a CBDC, it is a backbone payment system built on DLT” Chea Serey, assistant governor and director general of the National Bank of Cambodia discusses the development of the newly launched Bakong payment sy... 1180
Interview Jan 01 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Peric: “It is very expensive to be poor. Adequate digital financial services can help people escape poverty.” ... 2629
Interview Dec 03 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Peric: “Adequate digital financial services can help people escape poverty” Konstantin Peric, deputy director, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, advances the goal to increase digital usage... 2770
Interview Dec 04 Diginex’s Byworth: “DeFi is very fringe at the moment, certainly not open to many institutions” Richard Byworth, CEO at Diginex, discusses his entrepreneurial journey in leading the first digital asset financial services with a crypto exchange to... 83
Interview Dec 09 AKLTG's Khoo: "Not every value or growth stock is a tech stock" In this RadioFinance session, self-styled investment guru, Adam Khoo, explained the investment philosophy which has allowed him to be continuously suc... 87
Interview Dec 21 Zeepay’s Takyi-Appiah: “The concept of WhatsApp is not proprietary anymore” Andrew Takyi-Appiah, managing director and co-founder of Zeepay, discussed efforts around promoting financial inclusion through his venture Zeepay, th... 84
Interview Jan 05 GreenArc Capital’s Chaudhury: "Largest wealth transfer in history is to the millennial generation that believe in sustainability" In this RadioFinance session, Emmanuel Daniel spoke with Bikram Chaudhury, a veteran in investment banking, about his current initiative to run a star... 1648
Interview Jan 07 GreenArc Capital’s Chaudhury: "Shift to ESG driven by historic millennial wealth transfer and regulation" In this RadioFinance session, Emmanuel Daniel spoke with Bikram Chaudhury, a veteran in investment banking, about his current initiative to run a star... 354
Interview Jan 01 Zeepay’s Takyi-Appiah: “The concept of WhatsApp is not proprietary anymore” Andrew Takyi-Appiah, managing director and co-founder of Zeepay, discussed efforts around promoting financial inclusion through his venture Zeepay, th... 66
Interview Jan 16 Dodd-Frank's Barney Frank: "Ensuring social stability, fair distribution of wealth from growth is key" In this conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, Congressman Frank will share his insights on the incoming Biden administration’s key priorities,financial... 43
Interview Mar 01 StanChart’s Hanna: “The biggest opportunity of a low carbon future is in Asia” Daniel Hanna, global head of sustainable finance at Standard Chartered, shared his view on the future of sustainable finance and its prospects and bro... 4450
Interview Mar 04 OCBC's Samuel Tsien: "I don't play golf" In this up close and personal conversation with TAB chairman Emmanuel Daniel, Samuel Tsien, Group CEO of OCBC Bank, reflected on his journey of buildi... 27039
Interview Mar 16 Shangri-La Brewery's Gyalzur: "The orphanage changed me" Songtsen “Sonny” Gyalzur, founder of the Shangri-La Highland Craft Brewery, spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about his journey from a privileged young m... 228
Interview Apr 07 China’s 14th 5-Year Plans reveal unease over income inequality and social divide China has released its 14th 5-year plan with the over-arching theme of improving its own domestic conditions, boosting quality of growth and people’... 8200
Interview May 17 Signature Bank’s Shay: “Bitcoin has proven itself a store of value” Scott A. Shay is the co-founder of the Signature Bank and has served as Chairman of the Board since its inception in 2001.... 1251
Interview May 26 True Global Ventures’ Stojanovic: “Metakovan buying a Beeple for $69.3 million made NFTs a new asset class” In his discussion with Emmanuel Daniel, True Global Ventures founder and director Dusan Stojanovic shared the development path of non-fungible tokens ... 1252
Interview Jun 22 Grammig Advisory’s founder: “Next generation family offices more open to cryptocurrencies” David Grammig, founder and managing director of consultancy firm Grammig Advisory, discussed the growth of family offices in Europe and other parts of... 7453
Speeches and Presentations Aug 12 “FIs today use AI for cost containment and not productisation as they should” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker, joined the World Artificial Intelligence Conference’s (WAIC) first European online forum ... 4619
Briefing Aug 23 Provenance's Ou: “Blockchain is a technology application for the real world” In this conversation, June Ou, incoming president of Provenance Blockchain Foundation, shares the complexities of building a public blockchain network... 395
Speeches and Presentations Aug 27 On technology, skills and innovation in China: The next lap TAB chairman and founder Emmanuel Daniel was invited by the Nanjing Jiangbei government to speak at their "Yangtze River New Finance" Digital Economy ... 8100
Interview Sep 07 Richard Sandor: Creating a market to fund climate change American Financial Exchange (AFX) founder and chairman Richard Sandor in this wide-ranging conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, talked about th... 27189
Interview Sep 10 AirCarbon’s Thomas McMahon: “Carbon trading is not borderless” AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) founder and CEO Thomas McMahon stressed the need for transparent pricing and a marketplace for all related industries to grow... 6832
Speeches and Presentations Sep 27 “How climate change will transform finance” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed what financial services industry and institutions will hav... 8028
Interview Oct 29 China's economic policy makers Top policy advisor, Huang Yiping explains the history and direction of China’s economic policies.... 22291
Speeches and Presentations Oct 26 Creating a roadmap for future digital banking strategies This is a workshop presentation by Emmanuel Daniel at the MPC Digital Commerce Event 2021 on 18 August 2021.... 11262
Interview Nov 10 “A billion voices: How China built a common language” In this conversation, David Moser, author of “A Billion Voices: China’s search for a common language”, talked about the political and cultural b... 957
Interview Nov 15 Challenges to China's market reform model Isabella Weber, author of “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, discusses China’s journey to a market economy. She explains the dual price mechanis... 23317
Interview Nov 22 "Crypto regulation must stay ahead of innovation" J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman and author of “CrypotoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money”, spea... 24033
Interview Jan 10 Crypto experts on regulatory compliance and building trust in the industry Eric Anziani, COO of Crypto.com, and Anson Zeall, founding chairman of IDAXA joined Emmanuel Daniel, founder, in a wide ranging conversation to share... 756
Interview Jan 27 Chinese blockchain players want to ride 5G He Cong, founder of Probe Group and a leader in China's blockchain industry, met with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, in Beijing to discuss the challenges a... 31545
Interview Jan 28 Ambitions of MAS’ first licensed crypto payments player Eric Barbier, founder and CEO, TripleA, speaks with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, about receiving the first crypto payments licence from the Monetary Auth... 15040
Interview Feb 11 GCEX’s Holst wants to replicate Saxo model for crypto brokers Lars Holst, founder and CEO of GCEX, and Dusan Stojanovic, founding partner of TGV, discussed with Emmanuel Daniel the business model of the UK based ... 21576
Interviews Mar 29 Ukraine’s ambassador Zelenko: “Financial services community can contribute to stopping Russia's war” Ukrainian ambassador Kateryna Zelenko, in an exclusive conversation with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the implication... 33326
Interview Apr 20 Zhixin Investment’s Lian Ping: “China’s capital market will soon become the world’s largest” Lian Ping is chief economist of Zhixin Investment, president of Zhixin Investment Research Institute and president of the China Chief Economist Forum,... 36382
Interviews Jun 07 Safeboda’s Ricky Thomson: “Digital technology is reviving Uganda” Ricky Rapa Thomson, co-founder of Uganda’s first ride-hailing app SafeBoda, talked about how digital technology is helping the boda boda (motorcycle... 23786
Interviews Jun 03 YGG's Gabby Dizon: "Gamers earn crypto assets with value in the real economy" Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about how YGG and the gaming industry adopted blockchain technology and... 11950
Site Visit Apr 22 Rwanda builds international financial centre Ntoudi Mouyelo-Katoula and team spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about returning to Rwanda to build the Kigali International Financial Centre and connecting... 5654
Site Visit Apr 22 Ugandan fintechs make finance social Leading fintech entrepreneurs in Uganda spent an evening with Emmanuel Daniel to share how Africa will transform finance to focus on the community.... 4908
Interviews May 06 Bank of Kigali’s Diane Karusisi: "It is possible to transform Africa for Africans" Diane Karusisi, CEO of Bank of Kigali discussed with Emmanuel Daniel, Rwanda's current economic boom and its development path over the last 20 years. ... 20367
Interviews Jul 08 Alejandro McCormack: “N1CO, first digital bank in El Salvador” Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO discussed with Emmanuel Daniel how N1CO, a digital bank in El Salvador is leading the financia... 21204
Interviews Jul 14 "Going bitcoin is generating new investors for El Salvador" Mónica Taher is the senior most government official tasked with bringing businesses, academia and government together to look into new businesses for... 2042
Interviews Jul 14 Samson Mow speaks with Emmanuel Daniel on bitcoin bonds Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3 and Pixelmatic, caught the attention of El Salvador president Bukele with his idea of a country issuing bitcoin bonds and star... 1788
Interviews Jul 14 Leo Elduayen on banks carrying tokenised assets Several banks in Latin America already carry tokenised assets on their balance sheet, according to Leo Elduayen co-founder of Koibanx. He also shared ... 3179
Interview Jan 05 GreenArc Capital’s Chaudhury: "Largest wealth transfer in history is to the millennial generation that believe in sustainability" In this RadioFinance session, Emmanuel Daniel spoke with Bikram Chaudhury, a veteran in investment banking, about his current initiative to run a star... 1757
Interview Jan 01 Joe Studwell, author of How Asia Works: “US and China can be sources of capital for Africa” Joe Studwell, author of the book How Asia Works, shared his insights on the development of economies in Asia, China and Africa with The Asian Banker... 688
Speeches and Presentations May 10 A full presentation of 'The Great Transition: The Personalization of Finance is Here' Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, gave a briefing on his recently-launched book, The Great Transition: The Personalization of Finance Is H... 2801
Interviews May 23 Signature Bank shutdown explained Author Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, ignited a lively discussion with former US congressman Barney Frank and SC Ventures head Alex Man... 9290
Interviews Aug 30 Zhang Jun: “The biggest challenge in any economy today is the change in the labour market” Professor Zhang Jun, dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University, discussed China’s macroeconomic and structural challenges threading the ta... 3050
Speech Jul 24 Emmanuel Daniel: “We are coming to the end of the platform era” At Seamless Middle East 2023 Dubai, Emmanuel Daniel, founder of TAB Global, presented his book and discussed the ongoing transformation on the financi... 2362
Interviews Jul 25 Bitkub’s Topp Srupsrisopa: “We want to be the most trusted crypto platform in Thailand” JJirayut 'Topp' Srupsrisopa, founder and group CEO of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings, discussed the company’s commitment to compliance after a series... 3692
Interviews Aug 09 Howard Davies: “The regulatory networks are not as strong as they used to be” Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest Group, discussed the evolution of global financial regulation, the possible weaknesses of the current structure and... 2629
Interviews Oct 02 Chris Holmes: “Cooperate to enable economic and social benefit right away around the world” Chris Holmes, UK’s leading advocate for technology and innovation, and committee member on the groundbreaking Electronic Trade Documents Act that ca... 2921
Interviews Nov 23 StanChart’s Bill Winters: “My legacy is to have built-in resilience, a financially strong bank, and an innovative team” The bank’s CEO shared insights into its investment in talent, innovation, and sustainability, emphasising his commitment to organisational resilienc... 5730
Interviews Nov 29 HashKey Group to strengthen Web3 ecosystem, ramp up offerings At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, Anna Liu, general manager of tokenisation at HashKey Group, and Leo Li, CEO of the subsidiary HashQuark, talked about ... 1059
Interviews Apr 15 Suresh Ramamurthi on AI in banking: “AI and tokenisation will drive financial revolution” NetXD chairman Ramamurthi discussed the evolving landscape of financial technology, focusing on the integration of AI, blockchain, and programmable le... 2443
Interviews Apr 29 Sean Kiernan on blockchain: “Crypto bridges real-world capital needs” Banking innovator Sean Kiernan from Greengage discussed how they use crypto-collateralised loans to help SMEs, stressing the importance of partnership... 2804
Interview Jul 23 Yaser Abu-Mostafa: “AI can unlock DNA secrets and more” Caltech professor Yaser Abu-Mostafa shared his vision of artificial intelligence unlocking the secrets of DNA and transforming healthcare with Emmanu... 2836
Interviews Oct 14 Choudhry: “What will global banking regulation look like in a digital world?” In a conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, Moorad Choudhry stressed the need to simplify global banking regulations, particularly those from Basel, to b... 3188
Site Visit Jan 01 Rwanda builds international financial centre Ntoudi Mouyelo-Katoula and team spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about returning to Rwanda to build the Kigali International Financial Centre and connecting... 5325
Interviews Nov 25 Burnt Banksy - from burning NFT art to refining digital assets In a conversation with The Asian Banker founder Emmanuel Daniel, “Burnt Banksy”, who in 2021 set aflame a Banksy piece after tokenising it, talked... 2440
Speech Jan 21 DeFi is setting new rules for the future of banking At FirstBank Fintech 6.0 Summit 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria in November, Emmanuel Daniel discussed the transformative impact of decentralised finance (DeF... 937
