The Finance Philippines 2024: Leading Practitioner Roundtable on Technology Modernisation for Digital Banking and Lending Innovation explored the critical role of foundational technologies, financial inclusion, identity verification systems,…
On June 21, The Asian Banker held the 2024 Future of Finance China Summit in Beijing, themed "Challenges and Vision". The year 2024 is expected to be a challenging one globally due to intensified geopolitical tensions and increased trade…
At the Finance Thailand Leading Practitioner Roundtable 2024, industry leaders discuss strategies to address the high costs of regulatory compliance, technology modernisation challenges, and the importance of strategic collaborations in…
Industry leaders at The Asian Banker Finance Vietnam Leadership Roundtable 2024 discussed modernising core banking and payment systems to boost operational resilience, financial stability, and hybrid cloud adoption to address legacy system…
During this RadioFinance session, we explored asset tokenisation and the digital asset world from the perspective of the global banking industry, highlighting key trends and challenges and how it is helping evolve finance.
At a recent roundtable hosted by The Asian Banker, industry experts from banks and financial institutions across Asia offered a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and potential solutions in cross-border payments.
Heads of digital asset banks and Hong-Kong based virtual asset exchanges discussed the future of asset tokenisation at the closing session of The Asian Banker Summit 2024 held on 23 May at the Conrad in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is launching a regulatory sandbox for generative AI this year to allow banks to deploy solutions in a controlled environment
As the global financial landscape continues to evolve, digital advancements are playing an important role in reshaping transaction finance, according to a panel at a recent Heads of Transaction Finance Roundtable. The meeting was held in…
At a recent roundtable, chief risk officers (CROs) from major banks across Asia Pacific discussed strategies for tackling emerging threats and building operational resilience in the digital age. The roundtable was held in conjunction with…
Accelerated growth in digital transactions and evolving customer needs require more resilient core, scalable architectures, and strategic AI adoption, according to participants at the Heads of Technology roundtable in conjunction with The…
In a conversation with Ron Shevlin, a renowned banking thought leader, we delved into how the US banks navigate regulatory challenges amid economic uncertainty and strategic shifts
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 digital…
The RadioFinance session on the Global Banking Industry Outlook for 2024 provided deep insights into the challenges and opportunities in the banking sector. Leading economists joined the discussion and focused on economic growth prospects,…
Emmanuel Daniel, founder, TAB Global, spoke at CIFF about Shanghai's goal of becoming a global financial hub and how many legal systems create a flexible business climate.
Bank Central Asia’s president director, Jahja Setiaatmadja, says that the key drivers of the bank’s success in the Indonesian banking industry are its digital prowess and good relationships with customers. BCA is the highest capitalised…
In this RadioFinance session, industry experts discussed trends and technologies enabling the next level of customer experience
Presenting key insights from the Excellence programme held in Hanoi in March 2023, Christian Kapfer, research director of TABInsights, identified personalisation, customer engagement, embedded finance and platform ecosystems as the key…
Inclusive innovation in central banking can enhance monetary and financial stability, according to Daniel Eidan, advisor and solution architect of BIS, speaking at the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Convention 2023
Dusan Stojanovic, founder of True Global Ventures, caught up with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, to unpack how the recent banking crises in the US and Europe signal a shift towards decentralised assets and platforms
Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) met with The Asian Banker’s Emmanuel Daniel to discuss the impact of US-China trade tensions on foreign companies doing business in China, and anywhere in the world.
Senior digital finance leaders who participated in the Finance Thailand Leadership Dialogue concluded that the successful repositioning of Thailand’s banking and financial sector to a sustainable digital economy will be anchored on banks'…
Chief economists and industry experts deliberated the outlook for global and regional economies in Asia Pacific, the dominant trends and challenges to look out for, the effects of inflationary pressures, geopolitical instability, and the…
Redefining business models for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to create solutions that are more inclusive, innovative and resilient to volatile market conditions
Technology practitioners and experts Colin Dinn, chief information technology and digital transformation officer at Vietcombank, Supriyanto Supriyanto, senior vice-president, strategic, architecture and planning at Pegadaian, Andreas Spanner…
Senior executives and industry experts from some of the leading financial institutions, fintechs and technology providers in Asia shared their insights on the next phase of digitising MSMEs in the evolving internet economy
Senior executives and heads of digital banks across Asia Pacific discussed how open banking frameworks and secured APIs can scale up financial services offerings. The dialogue also highlighted challenges and opportunities of utilising cloud-based…
In this RadioFinance session, senior executives from financial institutions (FIs) across Asia-Pacific discussed the challenges brought about by data gravity. As ecosystems expand and data volume increases at an unprecedented pace, FIs are…
Senior executives and heads of digital banks across Asia Pacific discussed how innovation across service offerings and embracing a culture of transformation is key to growth and profitability, amid heightened competition.
Chief executives of leading Asian banks discussed how they navigated their institutions through the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical conflicts, rising inflation and economic slowdown, towards recovery…
Leaders and senior executives from various financial institutions in retail, wealth management, digital, and SME banking, discussed the current trends that are transforming the global retail financial services industry.
Senior executives and heads of transaction finance and risk management in Asia Pacific discussed cross-border cash management, trade and supply chain challenges and opportunities amid an increasingly complex risk landscape. The rise in…
Patrick Cao, president of GoTo Group, the largest technology player in Indonesia, talked about the company’s strategy to improve its bottomline following its successful market debut and how it copes with challenges brought about by rising…
Risk management experts and practitioners shared their perspectives on the expanded spectrum of threats and elaborated on their changing role as they respond to new challenges.
Lawrence Chan, Group CEO of the Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (NETS), discussed how the group is helping to shape the cashless payments in Singapore by focusing on merchant acquisition and servicing, especially in the small…
In this RadioFinance session, Yasushi Itagaki, president director of Bank Danamon discussed how Indonesia responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the bank intends to grow by building on local branding and management expertise, serving…
Oracle and The Asian Banker held a high-level dialogue with a select group of senior executives from financial institutions in India to discuss the recent developments in the country’s fast-changing payments landscape and identify new growth…
Crypto experts and decentralised finance (DeFi) practitioners shared their perspectives on how crypto banks and integrated DeFi services will impact traditional finance and shape the future of the industry.
In this RadioFinance session, data management experts talked about the significance of data as a business asset and leveraging it in financial organisations.
Ukraine’s ambassador Kateryna Zelenko in a conversation with The Asian Banker’s Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch warned that a protracted Russia-Ukraine war will have serious ramifications for the entire world against Russia’s threat to…
CEOs and decision makers of banks and financial institutions across Asia Pacific discussed the trends transforming Vietnam’s financial services industry at The Asian Banker Finance Vietnam 2022.
Heads of digital banking, cards and lending from leading financial institutions and technology companies in Asia Pacific discussed the evolution of cards as alternative types of digital payments become prevalent in 2022.
At the Asia Pacific Banking Industry 2022 Outlook virtual session, chief economists and industry experts discussed key challenges and risks confronting the banking sector in the region. The dialogue covered the state of the global economy…
Eric Anziani, COO of Crypto.com, and Anson Zeall, founding chairman of IDAXA joined Emmanuel Daniel, founder, in a wide ranging conversation to share their perspectives on the risks, challenges, regulatory uncertainties of crypto technology,…
Senior executives in the financial services industry discussed best practices and their preparedness to compete in the post-COVID digital world.
Bernhard Kauer, founder and CEO of Puzzle2Pay, talked about the challenges faced by companies that want to enter the micropayments sector, the use of technology to achieve scalability and profitability, and the payments culture in Germany.
J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman and author of “CrypotoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money”, speaks to Emmanuel Daniel on the evolution of US regulation and policymaking on cryptocurrencies…
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Isabella Weber, author of “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, discusses China’s journey to a market economy. She explains the dual price mechanism and discusses increasing state control amidst its current slowing economy and increasing inflationary…
Heads of technology, operations, payments and security experts from leading institutions across Asia discussed and shared their perspectives on the evolving payments landscape and its shift towards contactless transactions.
Senior executives in business, technology, operations and channels from two of the leading financial institutions and a technology company in Thailand shared their perspectives on the challenges and issues impacting digital adoption and…
Senior executives in data management, technology and risk management from leading banks in Southeast Asia shared their perspectives on challenges and how they are designing data strategies and architecture to address the evolving customer…
Senior executives in the financial services industry discussed how the rapidly changing digital ecosystem has necessitated players to design solutions around customer needs and preferences.
This year's Innovation Leadership Dialogue focused on the challenges and complexities that leaders face as providers of stability in their respective organisations to drive incremental growth versus the imperative to foster an environment…
American Financial Exchange (AFX) founder and chairman Richard Sandor in this wide-ranging conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, talked about the creation of the rates index Ameribor and his ongoing involvement in environmental markets.
Heads of retail finance and financial technology discussed how payment is being commoditised and destroyed by fintechs.
In this conversation, June Ou, incoming president of Provenance Blockchain Foundation, shares the complexities of building a public blockchain network that is permissionless and open source.
During The Asian Banker Financial Technology Dialogue, experts from leading institutions discussed emerging issues in the financial services industry amid the pandemic and the technology innovations that are changing the financial landscape.
Senior executives in technology, operations and digital banking from the Philippines discussed the different cloud migration strategies adopted by banks in order to provide a more seamless experience to their customers.
Yves Eonnet, chief executive officer and co-founder of cloud-based core banking fintech TagPay, shares his perspectives on the evolving core banking architecture, the challenges faced by banks and the strategic technology change needed,…
In this RadioFinance virtual roundtable, key banking officials in Asia Pacific discussed the digital transformation and how financial institutions are increasing their operational resilience. They also talked about automating workflows…
At Heads of Retail Finance Meeting 2021, Ravi Narayanan, Axis Bank; Raymond Sia, Canadia Bank; Winsley Bangit, GCash; Herman Cheng, Hang Seng Bank; Girish Sehgal, ICICI Bank; Supaneewan Chutrakul, Kasikornbank; Kalyani Nair, Maybank; Dang…
Senior executives in data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) from leading institutions in Asia Pacific review the key challenges in cloud adoption and effective use of data to generate desired business outcomes. However, in this…
Senior business and technology executives from leading institutions in Vietnam assessed the next steps in their digital transformation journeys as they redefine operational processes and service delivery.
Elevated Returns founder and president Stephane de Baets discussed the tokenisation of real estate and securities, as well as the regulatory framework for digital assets in Thailand.
The payment industry has had to evolve amid the coronavirus outbreak as consumers are forced to turn to cashless, remote and online transactions with the increased adoption of e-commerce.
In his discussion with Emmanuel Daniel, True Global Ventures founder and director Dusan Stojanovic shared the development path of non-fungible tokens and how these are now generating new revenue streams for the entertainment and gaming…
The retail payments landscape has always been ripe for disruption and innovation not just because of evolving consumer behaviour but also due to regulatory reforms and governments’ drive for financial inclusion and digital payment. Concerns…
At the Finance Vietnam Leadership Dialogue 2021, heads of retail banking, products and businesses, including Le Xuan Vu, MB Bank; Dinh Van Chien, TP Bank; Augustine Wong Kok Seng, VP Bank; Bryan Carroll, TNEX; Gunneet Singh, Ubank; Kanishk…
Scott A. Shay, chairman of Signature Bank in this discussion with Emmanuel Daniel said that early adopters of cryptocurrencies saw a serious problem with how payments, money, and store of value were handled. The rethinking of that led to…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted global trade and added momentum towards the deglobalisation trend. Even before the pandemic hit, several factors such as nationalism, protectionism, and trade tensions have been driving the world economy…
At the Finance Vietnam Leadership Dialogue 2021, heads of retail banking, products and businesses, including Le Xuan Vu, MB Bank; Dinh Van Chien, TP Bank; Augustine Wong Kok Seng, VP Bank; Bryan Carroll, TNEX; Gunneet Singh, Ubank; Kanishk…
Pedro Gurolla-Perez, head of research at World Federation of Exchanges, discussed the unabated rise of financial markets at the peak of COVID-19 crisis while reflecting cautiously on the real use cases of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
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’s livelihoods, enhancing technological self-efficiency, bolstering national security system…
In this up close and personal conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, Samuel Tsien, Group CEO of OCBC Bank, reflected on his journey as a banker, and personality traits that served him well as a leader.
Martin Jacques, author of “When China rules the world”, discusses with Emmanuel Daniel if China will indeed rule the world and if so, how.
Daniel Hanna, global head of sustainable finance at Standard Chartered, shared his view on the future of sustainable finance and its prospects and broader impact in society. He discussed the main challenges confronting the whole industry…
Mike Laven, CEO at Currencycloud, defines the company’s embedded finance business model via API and how its cloud-based platform differs from the host of many payment players today.
In this RadioFinance session, we will discuss the forecasts and the impact of the pandemic on the banking industry, rise in credit costs and declines in net interest margins as well as the overall profitability across APAC in the coming…
In this conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, former Congressman Barney Frank discussed the incoming Biden administration’s key priorities, new appointments in top departments, financial impact of COVID-19 and recovery plan and an assessment…
In this RadioFinance session, Emmanuel Daniel spoke with Bikram Chaudhury, a veteran in investment banking, about his current initiative to run a startup which aims to expand credit facilities to inclusive borrowers and the base of the…
In this RadioFinance virtual roundtable on payments transformation, practitioners discussed how pressures from low rates and thinning margins are forcing banks to streamline operations, lower cost, plug into customer ecosystems and explore…
Andrew Takyi-Appiah, managing director and co-founder of Zeepay, discussed efforts around promoting financial inclusion through his venture Zeepay, the only currently existing non-telco fintech player to receive an Electronic Money Issuer…
In this RadioFinance session, self-styled investment guru, Adam Khoo, explained the investment philosophy which has allowed him to be continuously successful in different market conditions.
Richard Byworth, CEO at Diginex, discusses his entrepreneurial journey in leading the first digital asset financial services with a crypto exchange to be listed on NASDAQ in the US.
Konstantin Peric, deputy director, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, advances the goal to increase digital usage for financial inclusion and creation of a payments platform for 1.7 billion people who…
Chea Serey, assistant governor and director general of the National Bank of Cambodia discusses the development of the newly launched Bakong payment system, the first in the world to be
Will Ruddick and Caroline Dama, board directors at Grassroots Economics Foundation, discuss how community currencies are helping the poor to exchange goods and services and incubate new businesses
This session discussed the importance of an integrated approach – organisationally and technologically – in ensuring security and optimum customer experience.
Bill Reichert, managing director and co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures discusses the evolution of venture capitalism and how COVID-19 has impacted long-term investment so far
Prolific author Edward Burman talked about his book “China: The Stealth Empire” in this in-depth interview that analyses the Asian nation’s rich history, its rise to power and what possible future awaits it.
As the UK government works with fintechs to accelerate its lending programme for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), new innovations in credit risk modelling are emerging to help bridge the supply gap.
NASDAQ-traded VEON believes that while the transition to 5G is not expected to happen soon in the markets it is serving, there are growth opportunities that can be explored using 4G connectivity in the areas of financial services
In this RadioFinance session, we looked at economic recovery scenarios post-pandemic. John Gong, professor of economics at the University of International Business and Economics shared how history shows possible outcomes to the crisis,…
Confirmed COVID-19 cases across the world have crossed the 4.1 million mark with more than 285,000 deaths reported.
The first RadioFinance virtual roundtable saw the participation of 15 digital finance practitioners sharing insights on the future of the industry post COVID.
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected venture capitalists and how will they play out from the crisis? We’ve invited notable VCs to help us find out in this RadioFinance session.
With the global outbreak of the coronavirus, businesses are facing heightened fraud risks. Fuelled by the availability of technology, AI, data and a hyper-connected world, first-party and identity frauds leveraging on social engineering…
What will digital banks need to succeed in the post COVID-19 landscape? We have invited industry experts to address this question and more in this session.
JD Digits chief economist Shen Jianguang explains the Chinese e-commerce giant's fixation on building and operating a dedicated logistics and delivery infrastructure, how it was vindicated during the peak of COVID-19, new opportunities…
