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 player plans to “go deep and broad” in the Indonesian market in line with its path to profitability by offering new financial products and forging partnerships with more banks to widen its customer base.

Several banks in Latin America already carry tokenised assets on their balance sheet, according to Leo Elduayen co-founder of Koibanx. He also shared his perspective with Emmanuel Daniel on the “Oracle Problem” that has been troubling the blockchain industry for some time now.

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 started positioning himself as an advisor to nation states on making Bitcoin part of their strategy.

Mónica Taher is the senior most government official tasked with bringing businesses, academia and government together to look into new businesses for the country to add depth to the bitcoin economy. She says it’s been encouraging despite the precipitous fall in the value of bitcoin

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 with Union Digital Bank to deliver its products using blockchain technology.

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 and earn without shelling out their own money.

Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO discussed with Emmanuel Daniel how N1CO, a digital bank in El Salvador is leading the financial revolution in Central America by digitising payments service.

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 and underserved areas that account for most of the daily transaction volume.

Kaspar Situmorang, CEO of Bank Raya, the digital bank of BRI, discussed its focus on serving the new economy workers who depend on smartphones to be productive and how it is bringing financial access closer to them.

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 the way for financial technology adoption in the country.

Benedicto Haryono, co-founder and CEO of Koinworks discussed how the neobank aims to help underserved businesses and entrepreneurs manage their finances and financing. He also discussed the need for Indonesia to improve its data management capabilities, and the struggle to gain valuable data amid industry incumbents withholding their data.

ICICI Bank reported strong retail banking performance with improvements in profit growth, return on equity (ROE) and cost to income ratio (CIR) in 2021. The bank’s performance is also supported by its strong digital capabilities developed over the years, and initiatives to deliver better customer experience and digital engagement.

Crosby Mkhwanazi, group head, transactional products & services, wholesale clients, Standard Bank, speaks on cross border payments, remittances and modernisation of payments in Africa. He also shared Standard Bank's priority initiatives.

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 to grow and become better. She believes that “its possible to transform Africa into a better place 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. With the changes happening in this east African country, it shows that Rwandans manage to grow and become better. She believes that “Tax revenues are now supporting infra buildup in Rwanda”.