Greg Palmer, head of strategy and host at Finovate conference series, analyses the developments in the US financial industry, highlighting how intense competition for deposits drives the adoption of fintech among banks, and allows…
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Arun Kini, managing director for payments in Asia Pacific at Finastra discussed the evolving landscape of instant payments in Asia Pacific. He highlighted that the region has been a leader in instant payments, with the emergence of…
Kai Fehr, the global head of trade and working capital at Standard Chartered Bank, discussed the recent launch of the bank's sustainable trade loan product. He likened the product to refinancing in a Swift trade loan that is issued…
Mick Fennell, the business line director of payments at Temenos discusses the significant opportunities and challenges in the payments industry, emphasising the dynamic nature of payments, particularly in Asia Pacific, which is leading…
Julie Bolan, head of payments for APAC at Swift discusses the adoption of Swift Go and payment pre-validation in Asia Pacific. She elaborates on the resulting enhancement in customer experience in cross-border payments. Bolan also…
John Mitchell, CEO and co-founder of Episode Six, discussed the future of instant payments and the increased demand for virtual B2B payments in Asia Pacific. Mitchell also shared how ISO20022 is laying the foundation for efficient…
Colin Dinn, Chief Information Technology and Digital Transformation Officer, Vietcombank, shed light on the evolution of computing models—from distributed processing to the cutting-edge world of edge computing.
Dušan Stojanović, founder of True Global Ventures, caught up with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, and talked about how the loss of trust in centralised financial institutions would drive the demand for decentralised assets…
Alex Manson, head of SC Ventures, the fintech investment and venture capital arm of Standard Chartered, talked about how banks and fintechs are collaborating to create innovative financial solutions.
Raymond Sia, CEO and board director of Canadia Bank was recognised as Best Bank CEO 2022 for strengthening the bank’s position as the top SME and consumer bank in Cambodia and places its team to be a dominant player in the Cambodian…
Recently retired Maybank Group CEO Abdul Farid Alias was recognised for his lasting contribution to its reorganisation and consolidation as the largest banking group in Malaysia, and one of the biggest in Southeast Asia. He has also…
Radek Jezbera, co-CEO of alternative investment platform Kilde discussed the performance of private debt instruments against publicly traded assets and in times of stress, the prospects for non-bank consumer and SME lending in Asia…
Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO talked to Emmanuel Daniel about the opportunities in remittance in El Salvador, as almost all the average Salvadoran household receives it. McCormack shared about N1CO's plans…
Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO discussed with Emmanuel Daniel how N1CO envisions itself as a fully Central American digital bank.
Mc Cormack shared how N1CO introduced digital payment services to the unbanked…
Patrick Cao, president of GoTo Group, discussed how Indonesia, its main market, remains resilient to inflationary shocks thanks to interventions by the government to keep energy and food prices in check. Indonesia’s largest technology…
Ricky Thomson, co-founder of Uganda’s first ride-hailing app SafeBoda, talked about how investments in digital technology can help the economy of the East African country bounce back from the pandemic, and how its government is paving…
Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG) discussed with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel how gaming has evolved to enable gamers to play, earn, and own assets that have value in the real world. He also discussed YGG’s partnership…
Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG) discussed with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel the evolution of the gaming industry and how YGG acquires non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to lend these out to players so they can play…
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. With the changes happening in this east African country, it shows that Rwandans manage…
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. With the changes happening in this east African country, it shows that Rwandans manage…
When it comes to Indonesia, we see it's still very early days to start with. So, open banking, open finance, those terms are just starting to make the rounds. It's kind of like started somewhere last year, and now everyone has heard…
In recent years, #China has carried out supply-side structural reform. This is one of the critical points of China’s economy. Since the reform and opening up, especially after China joined #WTO in 2000, the growth of China’s economy…
In this wide-ranging briefing on the impact of the #RussianUkrainewar on the #finance industry, Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the complexities private banks face in complying with sanctions on Russian oligarchs.
Darragh Hayes, CEO of LEI Worldwide, discussed how the legal entity identifiers (LEI) help both regulators and clients in verifying the identity of the company and the officials involved in financial transaction.
Grant Leech, chief technology officer (CTO) at LEI Worldwide talked about the importance of legal entity identifier (LEI) in regulatory reporting and compliance of companies. Darragh Hayes, CEO of LEI Worldwide, discussed how institutions…
Grant Leech, chief technology officer (CTO) at private limited company LEI Worldwide, shared his insights on the use of the verifiable legal entity identifier (VLEI) to enable the company to identify the parties involved in crypto-based…
Darragh Hayes, CEO and Grant Leech, chief technology officer (CTO) at LEI Worldwide, shared their insights on how the legal entity identifiers (LEI) play a significant role for both regulators and clients. They also discussed the issues…
Eric Barbier, founder and CEO of TripleA, shares how his company received the first crypto payments licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the new Payment Services Act.
Lars Holst, founder and CEO of GCEX, talks about his goal to replicate the prime broking model employed by intermediaries such as Saxo to the trading of security tokens and cryptocurrencies.
Dusan Stojanovic, founding partner of True Global Ventures that recently invested in the digital brokerage, GCEX, says the strength of the management team, its record of completing ventures and ability to operate a volatile crypto…
Simon Loong, founder and CEO of WeLab emphasised the importance of its first digital banking venture in Hong Kong, WeLab Bank, becoming profitable than to acquire as many customers as it can.
He Cong, founder of Probe Group, talks about how technologies like 5G will affect the blockchain industry. He explains that its development will improve the computation and storage capabilities of the entire network.
He Cong, founder of Probe Group, explains how despite the restrictions on cryptocurrencies, Chinese regulators continue to support the development and use of blockchain with real economy applications. He also describes the use of Pro…
Basker Rangachari, former chief marketing officer at Home Credit Consumer Finance, shares what he has learnt about China’s consumer finance market.
Crypto.com's Eric Anziani shares how the Staples Center became Crypto.com Arena. In this conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, Anziani also discusses his perspective on the risks, challenges and regulatory…
Aung Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO of 2C2P, identifies the different factors that make e-commerce successful. He also emphasizes the significance of logistics readiness in the entire e-commerce ecosystem.
Aung Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO of 2C2P, shares how the company adds value and facilitates cross-border payment transactions between merchants and consumers across Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
David Whiteing, group COO at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses how by reframing regulation as fulfilling a failed customer need banks create opportunities to change the way they think about and design around those expectations.
Every incumbent needs a digital bank experiment.
Author and former UOB TMRW head, Dr. Dennis Khoo, discusses the imperative for incumbents to start a digital-only bank experiment and offers a road-map to creating one.
The driving force for a digital bank like TMRW is higher experience and lower costs.
In a wide-ranging interview, author and former UOB TMRW head, Dr. Dennis Khoo, discusses the lessons from setting up one of the first digital banks…
David Whiteing, Group COO at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s commitment to consolidating and building global platforms to serve the need of corporate, institutional and retail customers.
Top DBS woman banker, Tan Su Shan, talks about the evolution of Web 3.0 and how blockchain will impact the future of finance in an increasingly decentralised world.
Top DBS woman banker, Tan Su Shan, talks about the bank's journey to become more of a technology company and how leaders learn to apply new technologies to the business through doing.
John Wood, founder of the non-profit organisation Room to Read, explains the importance of education and why it is imperative for young women to be educated.
Ravi Narayanan of Axis Bank explains the importance of his role as a banker to protect customers when it comes to their investments, especially in the area of wealth management where there’s a very fine line between speculation and…
Kalyani Nair talks about how Maybank is “democratising wealth” by digitising the whole process of helping their two segments of customers manage their wealth.
BIDV launched its mobile banking app Quickloan during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage customers to turn to e-transactions and to provide digital loans to more than 10,000 customers in Vietnam.
Millie Gillon, global head for Client Experience at Standard Chartered, points out that customers are looking for brands that know their specific preferences, thus it’s important for banks to look at the abstract data in order to offer…
Colin Dinn, Security Bank’s executive vice president and head of Enterprise Technology and Operations, shares his modernisation program strategy and points out that there should be a whole infrastructure of capabilities.
Carlo Nazareno, BDO senior vice president for its Transaction Banking Group, emphasises the importance of choosing partners who share the same values with the bank in order to provide quality service to customers.
Mark Carney, the Former Bank of England governor and now a UN special envoy for climate and finance, shares his opinion on the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies.
Mark Carney, former governor of the central banks of England and Canada, makes a surprise admission while revealing how he ended up as both the UN special envoy for climate and finance and as the finance advisor to UK, which is hosting…
Paula Hunter, executive director of Mojaloop Foundation, shares the objective of the open-source foundation in creating a software platform that would increase interoperability and reduce the cost in deploying a digital payments platform.
With all the potential use cases and ongoing developments around distributed ledger technology, Benjamin Soh, co-founder and managing director of STACS, is positive that multiple DLT projects will be announced soon.
Stephane de Baets, founder and president of Elevated Returns, explains what the digitisation of financial product will do and managing the expectation of clients in the process.
Sharon Tan, executive director at DBS, points out that banks should make it easy for clients to make payments, especially with the ongoing pandemic.
Newly appointed UN envoy on climate change, Mark Carney, discussed his role and what he hopes to achieve at the upcoming COP26 as well as his views on cryptocurrencies and experiences with past financial crises.
Paula Hunter, executive director of Mojaloop Foundation explained how it will work with its new sponsor member, MAS, to explore technology advancement in digital currency settlement infrastructure and applications to increase financial…
“People do fall for scammers,” says David Grammig, founder and managing director of consultancy firm Grammig Advisory. He explains the multilayered role of family offices and gives advice on how to identify the right advisory firm.
With the growth of a new asset class, Stephan Dreyer, managing director of the Association of National Numbering Agencies explains the role of the taskforce and the purpose of the International Securities Identification Number in assessing…
TNEX Digital Bank CEO Bryan Carroll shares his analysis on what banks need to do in order to be a successful digital bank.
Kanishk Upadhyay of Techcombank explains why it’s imperative for banks to partner up for different needs and points out that trying to solve everything by themselves is just a waste of productivity.
Shuyin Tang of Patamar Capital shares how COVID-19 has highlighted social and environmental issues, leading to more business founders thinking about the impact of their investments.
“There’s a long way to go but the best is yet to come,” promises Signature Bank chairman Scott Shay in terms of the bank’s payments ecosystem.
Signature Bank chairman Scott Shay reveals several insights into how they are making clients happy.
Scott Shay, chairman of Signature Bank, shares what makes their blockchain-based digital payments platform Signet different from stablecoin.
China Construction Bank teamed up with data provider Wind Info to launch the CCB-Wind Green ESG Bond Issuance Index. This will serve as a barometer for China’s growing green bond market
John Gong, professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, analyses China’s gross domestic product growth as it moves nearer to being recognised as a developed country.
John Gong, professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, talks about food security and energy security, two new concepts that were mentioned during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan.
Has China eradicated poverty? Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, answers that question and more but adds that there is, however, still a big wealth disparity among Chinese citizens.
Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, talks about the expansion of financial access to China’s small and medium enterprises.
Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, explains how the dual circulation strategy will help lessen China’s dependence from international markets.
Martin Jacques, author of "When China Rules the World", shares his views on why China is not going to become a Westernised society.
The World Federation of Exchanges’ head of research Pedro Perez talks about the importance of protecting investors and maintaining the trust of stakeholders.
Karine Hirn, co-founder and partner at East Capital Holdings, points out that being state-owned in China is not as straightforward as it may seem.
OCBC Group CEO Samuel Tsien shares his guiding principle when it comes to digitalisation and customer relations.
Samuel Tsien, OCBC Group Chief Executive Officer, talks about the company’s shares and its indications of growth.
Samuel Tsien, Group CEO of OCBC, reveals a personal trait, which helps him destress.
Samuel Tsien, OCBC’s Group CEO, explains why banking is an excellent career option.
OCBC Group CEO Samuel Tsien reveals the toughest crisis he had to face during his decades-long career in the banking industry.
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Standard Chartered has worked with SWIFT to create a comprehensive data strategy, turning cross-border payments data into actionable insights. Both organisations see an opportunity to use data in new ways to drive better, faster, more…
Holiday greeting video for Diwali Festival 2020
Victoria Harverson, Global Head of Business Development at SmartStream Air, a unit of SmartStream Technologies, discusses the challenges in traditional operational data management and how the latest technologies can address them
Holiday greeting video for Mid-Autumn Festival 2020
Rainer Fuchsluger, managing director of Wolters Kluwer’s finance, risk and reporting business in APAC, discusses the challenges that banks and financial institutions in Asia Pacific encounter in meeting their reporting requirements.
BPC Banking Technologies leverages a unique proposition with ecosystem linkages to implement modern payment infrastructures from real-time national payment systems to transit fare collection services for smart cities
The new global language for financial communications is very much a work in progress. Nancy So of
Deutsche Bank assesses how banks across the region measure up
The uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated more efficient and predictable
experiences when moving money across borders, says Alan Koenigsberg, Head of New Payment Flows at Visa
New opportunities for moving money seamlessly across borders can only be realised if transactions are also secure and compliant, says Michael Moon, Managing Director and Head of Payments & Trade at SWIFT, Asia Pacific.
Holiday greetings video for Eid al-Fitr 2020
Holiday greetings video for Dragon Boat Festival 2020 - A time to focus on health and sporty activities.
Andrew Beatty, senior vice president and head of global banking solutions at FIS, discusses the foundation of a modern banking platform and ensuring certainty of success in a core banking transformation.
Holiday greetings video for Easter 2020
Mambu’s Managing Director, APAC, Myles Bertrand, explains how traditional financial institutions can evolve to capitalise on the new era of digital banking.
Jay Wenjie Xiao, LexinFintech CEO, shares how he started the company, and how it leverages AI and big data to enable sustainable lending to China’s growing segments of underserved young adult consumers
SWIFT’s Julien Blanchez, Head of Data and Analytics, looks at the central role of data in supporting the move to real-time payments.
As a pioneer in the Chinese asset management industry with a 20-year history, Harvest Fund is focusing on “ideas” to create sustainable returns for investors, states company chairman Zhao Xuejun
The new global language for financial communications is very much a work in progress. Nancy So of
Deutsche Bank assesses how banks across the region measure up
With the aim to become the ‘bank of the future’, OCBC’s innovation lab ‘The Open Vault ’is leveraging emerging technologies, actively engaging with fintech and successfully commercialising initiatives while building the innovation…
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Sri Lanka’s People’s Bank has worked on achieving notable operational efficiencies and enhanced customer engagement through an integrated digital banking platform.
DBS has improved its digital customer experience by making most branch banking transactions digital though it s Video Teller Machines
Deustche Bank discusses the challenges and solutions to enhance cross-border payments with leading transaction bankers from key Asian markets
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…
Suvo Sarkar, head of retail banking and wealth management at Emirates NBD, discusses the bank's "futuristic branch" in Dubai, the purpose for its conceptualisation, its inclusions, and how will it work as a client attraction in the…
Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, in a straightforward speech to the attendees of the Huawei Global FSI Summit 2017, outlined the reasons why Kodak failed and what banks should do to avoid their own Kodak moment.
In a wide ranging discussion organised by the University of London and the British Council, and chaired by Adrian Smith, vice chancellor of University of London that comprised Richard Dearlove, chair of the university’s board of trustees,…
Bobby Lee, chief executive officer of BTCC, shares the developments happening in its bitcoin business and how the company maintains a good relationship with Chinese regulators.
