Lian Ping is chief economist of Zhixin Investment, president of Zhixin Investment Research Institute and president of the China Chief Economist Forum, in Shanghai. Before joining Zhixin Investment Research Institute, he was chief economist at Bank of Communication, the fifth largest bank in China. In the interview, he shared his insights on recent key policy initiatives in China ranging from supply-side structural reform, common prosperity to capital market opening-up. He argued that China is further releasing the potential of market economy through a series of reforms that address key structural and persistent issues in Chinese economy, such as unequal wealth distribution, supply-side bottlenecks and the relationship between private sector and the state-owned companies.

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Ukrainian ambassador Kateryna Zelenko, in an exclusive conversation with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the implications of the Russia-Ukraine war on the financial services industry.

Basker Rangachari, former chief marketing officer at Home Credit Consumer Finance, shares what he has learnt about China’s consumer finance market.

Crypto.com's Eric Anziani shares how the Staples Center became Crypto.com Arena. In this conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, Anziani also discusses his perspective on the risks, challenges and regulatory uncertainties of crypto technology.

Aung Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO of 2C2P, identifies the different factors that make e-commerce successful. He also emphasizes the significance of logistics readiness in the entire e-commerce ecosystem.

Aung Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO of 2C2P, shares how the company adds value and facilitates cross-border payment transactions between merchants and consumers across Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Every incumbent needs a digital bank experiment. Author and former UOB TMRW head, Dr. Dennis Khoo, discusses the imperative for incumbents to start a digital-only bank experiment and offers a road-map to creating one.

The driving force for a digital bank like TMRW is higher experience and lower costs. In a wide-ranging interview, author and former UOB TMRW head, Dr. Dennis Khoo, discusses the lessons from setting up one of the first digital banks in Southeast Asia, focused on higher customer experience and lower transaction costs.

David Whiteing, group COO at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses how by reframing regulation as fulfilling a failed customer need banks create opportunities to change the way they think about and design around those expectations.

David Whiteing, Group COO at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s commitment to consolidating and building global platforms to serve the need of corporate, institutional and retail customers.

Top DBS woman banker, Tan Su Shan, talks about the evolution of Web 3.0 and how blockchain will impact the future of finance in an increasingly decentralised world.

Top DBS woman banker, Tan Su Shan, talks about the bank's journey to become more of a technology company and how leaders learn to apply new technologies to the business through doing.

Darragh Hayes, CEO and Grant Leech, chief technology officer (CTO) at LEI Worldwide, shared their insights on how the legal entity identifiers (LEI) play a significant role for both regulators and clients. They also discussed the issues faced by the financial institutions in verifying the identity of people they transact with and the future trends, especially on cryptocurrency transactions.

Grant Leech, chief technology officer (CTO) at private limited company LEI Worldwide, shared his insights on the use of the verifiable legal entity identifier (VLEI) to enable the company to identify the parties involved in crypto-based transaction.