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 token for global cross-border trade settlement.

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.

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 business clinched the deal for him.

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 FCA regulated digital brokerage, how it works with institutional and professional clients on crypto assets, and expansion into Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Simon Loong, founder and group CEO of WeLab discussed the company’s plans to build a pan Asian digital banking business, the path to profitability of its first digital bank in Hong Kong and how it is working with lead investor, German multinational insurance and wealth management group, Allianz.

Eric Barbier, founder and CEO, TripleA, speaks with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, about receiving the first crypto payments licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the new Payment Services Act.

In this Leadership Perspective Series, Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso, president of Philippine National Bank (PNB) discussed digital transformation, IT security, and the bank’s participation in BSP’s initiatives to provide key payment and financial services. He talked about how a mission-based strategy helped him to lead and build a culture of resiliency.

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 and opportunities confronting the industry and Probe’s own technology.

Basker Rangachari, formerly Chief Marketing Officer, Home Credit Consumer Finance 捷信消费金融, China, offers a personal "foreigner's" view of the consumer credit war in China, having worked at a leading consumer finance company in the country.

In this Leadership Perspectives Series, Marek Hovorka, head of Ubank discussed the establishment of the bank, how it was positioned among the subsidiaries of parent company, VPBank and collaboration with sister company FE Credit. He also talked about the challenges in maintaining organisational and operational resiliency during COVID-19 pandemic and the goal to serve the Vietnamese consumer market.

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, and how it is shaping the payments landscape.

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 the growth in digital transactions, sales and foreign exchange transaction volume in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Aung Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO of 2C2P, discusses the transformation of the payments landscape and how the company has evolved from a payment security solution provider to a full-fledged payment processor that facilitates the cross-border payment transactions between merchants and consumers across Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He also shared the company’s plans to list publicly in the next two to three years.