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.

Wissam Khoury, head of international at Finastra, shares views on how the technology priorities of banks have changed due to the pandemic and how financial institutions are rethinking their technology strategy in favour of cloud and fintech collaboration to accelerate their digital journey and efficiency.

Paula Da Silva, head of transaction services at SEB, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on trade and cash management business from the bank and pan-European transaction banking industry perspective and how the bank has gone full throttle to address the liquidity needs of small businesses and their owners.

Michael Sugirin, global head for Open Account Trade, Ecosystem & Trade Implementation at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses trends of nimbler and more diversified supply chains post pandemic and the importance of providing liquidity for second-tier suppliers.

Raja Gopalakrishnan, executive vice president at Global Real Time Payments, FIS, shares key trends in payments and financial technology as well as how banks could improve their competitive strength with cloud technology

Kam Chana, product innovation director at Temenos, shares her perspective on evolving financial technology trends, how banks need to rethink personalisation and customer engagement, as well as bring efficiency in their business models

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 remain unserved globally.

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 built on distributed ledger technology and how it brings the formal financial system comprising licensed commercial banks, microfinance institutions, and payment service providers together on a single interoperable platform that connects users directly to drive financial inclusion

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Well Fargo’s regional president and head of corporate and investment banking for Asia Pacific, Jafar Amin, discusses the rebound in inter regional trade and payments that may buoy outlook for 2021, and the need for institutions to be more efficient, lower cost and higher value-add players in a rate and margin depressed environment

Bank Indonesia was recognised as Best Macroeconomic Regulator in Asia Pacific in 2020 under The Asian Banker Regulation & Supervision Awards at The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Award Virtual Ceremony 2020.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) was recognised as Best Systemic and Prudential Regulator in Asia Pacific in 2020 under The Asian Banker Regulation & Supervision Awards at The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Award Virtual Ceremony 2020.

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has demonstrated consistent and holistic efforts to promote digital innovation and competition through the issuance of up to five new digital bank licenses.

Wick Veloso, president and CEO at Philippine National Bank (PNB), received the award for Leadership Achievement for Best COVID-19 Response in the Philippines at the Leadership Achievement Awards Virtual Ceremony 2020 presented by The Asian Banker.

Abednego Ugwueke, head of financial inclusion services at First Bank of Nigeria was named Promising Young Banker in Nigeria at the Leadership Achievement Awards Virtual Ceremony 2020 presented by The Asian Banker.