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 inclusion.

“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.

Hashtacs (STACS) co-founder and managing director Benjamin Soh emphasised need for financial exchanges and markets to improve outdated operating models with an infrastructure that takes head-on the challenges posed by complex interdependent manual processing, and layered systems.

David Grammig, founder and managing director of consultancy firm Grammig Advisory, discussed the growth of family offices in Europe and other parts of the world but warned that due diligence should still be practiced in order to minimise investment fraud

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 emerging cryptocurrencies.

Krungthai Bank (KTB) utilised its e-wallet, Pao Tang, to transfer government COVID-19 relief funds to over 10 million customers as well as enable payments to merchants and businesses as part of retail and tourism sector support programme.

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.

Anthony Koh, group CEO and co-founder of MC Payment, one of the first few digital payments companies to be listed on Singapore Exchange (SGX) Catalist, shared his business strategy, how they compete in a crowded market, plans for cross-border payments and challenges it faced in the process of listing.

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.

Stephan Dreyer, managing director of the Association of National Numbering Agencies, talked about the role of the global body in developing a common identifier standard for the emerging class of crypto and digital assets to be issued and traded in regulated exchanges.

“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