Alex Manson, head of the fintech investment and venture arm of Standard Chartered Bank, talked about how SC Ventures is out to transform the role of banks in the innovation space and how the future of finance is more collaborative…
Friday, 3 February 2023
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 implications of the Russia-Ukraine war on the financial services industry.
Simon Beitz, founder and CEO and Craig Fenwick, co-founder and CFO at Alex Bank shared their business model, strategic plans for future growth and how they build their technology to address the challenges and opportunities of digital…
In this Leadership Perspective Series, Samir Gupta, CEO, consumer banking at CIMB Group, discussed the strategy and opportunities that drive digital transformation. He tackled the bank’s strong performance and resiliency as shown by…
Mamerto Tangonan, deputy governor of BSP, discussed the latest developments in the Philippine’s journey to digitalising its financial ecosystem. He spoke of the country’s plans to have 70% of its population banked by 2023, make the…
Tan Su Shan, group head of institutional banking at DBS, discusses DBS’ digital transformation story, the evolution of its financial ecosystem to address issues confronting the industry today and its role as a technology enabler for…
David Becker, managing director Asia at Temenos, shared his perspectives on the emerging key technology trends, how banks need to focus on building their cloud capabilities and technology for real-time payments and the outlook for…
In this Leadership Perspective series, Colin Dinn, executive vice president and segment head of Enterprise Technology and Operations at Security Bank talked about the importance of an institution’s business model and proposition in…
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Oliver Plein, global head of investment specialists ESG at DWS discusses how sustainability related regulations and investor demand have driven ESG integration and strategies amongst asset ma
The head of digital and user experience at TMB Bank, Robert Anghel, discusses how the bank is focusing on consumers’ growing appetite for digital services to lead in the market, the impact of COVID and its target technology model after…
In this Digital Reinvention Dialogue, the chief technology and transformation officer of Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), Henry Aguda, shares the bank’s ambition of reaching 50 million consumers and one million SMEs as well…
Thomas William Tobin, Head of Retail Banking Group, Vietcombank, shared the outstanding 2019 results of the bank which earned it the Best Retail Bank Award in Vietnam. He also opened up about the digital transformation journey of Vietcombank…
Donald Lacey, managing director and chief operating officer of Ping An Global Voyager Fund discusses the investment philosophy of the company, the themes that shape its view on the future of finance and the impact that COVID-19 has…
The founder of The Asian Banker, Emmanuel Daniel, outlined new criteria by which the banking industry will be assessed after the pandemic, including being able to help rebuild society in a sustainable manner.
Jacqueline Keogh, Western Union’s global head of payments sales, discusses some key points regarding regulation and innovation in the industry as well as the need for better collaboration amongst financial institutions.
Clayton McDonald, head of sales for the global payments division at INTL FCStone, discusses how SWIFT's gpi initiative enables end-to-end tracking, making payment transactions more transparent to customers.
Ping An Bank chairman Xie Yonglin talked about the bank’s transformation journey into a leading retail financial services provider, the evolution of the bancassurance business model and his key career milestones and aspirations during…
Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP and Head for Product Management at SmartStream sees multiple challenges from Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 248 (BCBS 248) and other regulations as rising interest rates continue impacting intra-day liquidity…
ANZ’s Vasic and Huse speak about the greater transactional business needs of Australian clients expanding into Asia and also discuss the shake up the payments landscape in Australia, once open banking legislation comes into play in…
Marcus Treacher, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Ripple, discusses challenges in expediting payment processes from a clarity, visibility, and reliability perspective and talks about Ripple’s solutions focused on the open…
Claus Richter, Head of Transaction Banking Solutions at Nordea shares his views on the impact of technology, particularly blockchain, on domestic and cross-border payments.
TMB has introduced a new video conferencing technology to help them interact better with their customers.
The bank sees advice and interaction with their customers as a key driver for better services. The technology allows the bank…
Daniel Hoyoung Yun, chief executive officer of South Korea’s Kakao Bank, shares a background on the development of the internet-only bank, its recent achievements, and future plans.
Louise Beaumont, co-chair of the techUK Open Bank Working Group, shares an update on the implementation of open banking in the UK and the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and the future role of the open banking platform.
Julia Webb, executive vice president of sales and marketing at VoiceVault, discusses how the company provides seamless authentication for customers in mobile banking through voice biometrics.
Matthias Kröner, head and chief executive officer of German digital bank Fidor, speaks about Fidor FinanceBay, an online marketplace where consumers and suppliers can meet, and how it will try to cover all consumers needs, and the…
Eugene Danilkis, chief executive officer of Mambu, talks about the evolution of banking technology and how the company manages the expectations of the regulators and the customers.
Janine Crisanto, research analyst at The Asian Banker, shares the findings from the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Programme on the income outlook for Asia Pacific in 2017/2018 and the challenges banks are facing across 11…
Foo Boon Ping, managing editor of The Asian Banker, brings viewers on a tour of Emirates NBD's new "Branch of the Future" and its three distinct zones; Future Banking, Digital Banking, and Advisory Banking that showcase some of the…
Foo Boon Ping, managing editor of The Asian Banker, shares the key themes from the inaugural Private Banking and Wealth Management Awards programme at the China Private Wealth Dialogue in Beijing.
The heads of transaction banking from a number of leading banks in Asia Pacific – Deutsche Bank, BDO Unibank, PT Bank Mandiri, Maybank, China Merchants Bank and Canadia Bank - share their views on key developments that are transforming…
A panel of bank executives from India discuss their respective business models, future plans, key priorities and the outlook of the Indian banking industry during The Asian Banker Roundtable held on April 7, 2016 in Mumbai.
A panel of bank executives from India discuss their respective business models, future plans, key priorities and the outlook of the Indian banking industry during The Asian Banker Roundtable held on April 7, 2016 in Mumbai.
Bank of Beijing was awarded the Best City Commercial Retail Bank in China during the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards Programme 2014.
The Asian Banker tracks the work being done by leading technology decision makers in transforming their banks for the future. We maintain their profiles in a highly prestigious program called the “List of Leading Practitioners”.