Abdy D. Salimin, chief information officer and director of technology and operations, PermataBank, highlighted the opportunities in digital transformation, the challenges of being a BUKU IV bank, and the role of digital banking during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also discussed the bank’s profitability and how banks become frontliners that showed leadership resiliency.

Romain Nouzareth, CEO and chairman of CCU.ai, a Quebec-based cryptocurrency miner, discussed its recent listing on the Toronto's TSX Venture Exchange and the future of renewable energy use in cryptocurrency mining.

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed what financial services industry and institutions will have to do to meet their commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) founder and CEO Thomas McMahon stressed the need for transparent pricing and a marketplace for all related industries to grow carbon trading.

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.

TAB chairman and founder Emmanuel Daniel was invited by the Nanjing Jiangbei government to speak at their "Yangtze River New Finance" Digital Economy Seminar on 23 June 2021 and give them ideas on how to turn Jiangbei into an international hub. The speech contained some of his views on the challenges facing China on the skills and innovation fronts.

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.

Jarung Kiatsupapong, chief information officer (CIO) at Kasikorn Business-Technology Group (KBTG), discussed the bank’s ability to swiftly respond to challenging situations, underpinned by its resilience and the digital transformation that has been put in place even before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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, as well as his company’s future plans.

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 investment.

Kalyani Nair talks about how Maybank is “democratising wealth” by digitising the whole process of helping their two segments of customers manage their wealth.

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.

David Brown, head of payments for Asia-Pacific at Finastra shares his thoughts on how the payment landscape in Asia is evolving, the challenges it poses for financial institutions and how they need to gear up for these emerging industry developments

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker, joined the World Artificial Intelligence Conference’s (WAIC) first European online forum to discuss “AI Ethics goals for the 21st century” where he pointed out that financial institutions are still stuck in the industrial era by positioning AI as a cost-saving platform.

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Deputy General Manager Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, in his keynote speech at Finance China Summit 2021, urged industry players to take advantage of innovations in green financial products and services to embark on a green and low-carbon journey as the global economy enters the post-COVID economic recovery period.