In a highly engaging discussion organised by the Entrepreneur Organisation in Malaysia chaired by Christine Sterk, global marketing director at Adstream, the panel comprising Dato Yasmin Mahmood, CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, Leon Foong, general manager of UBER, Malaysia and Thailand, and Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, offered insights into how entrepreneurs and business owners can chase after the fast changing digital landscape in a traditional economy and where the opportunities are and how digitisation leads to the financialisation of everything.

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, and one of its international resource directors, Matt Dooley, discuss their insights on fintech developments in Japan and how the local culture is helping propel a unique fintech ecosystem in the country.

In a wide ranging discussion organised by the University of London and the British Council, and chaired by Adrian Smith, vice chancellor of University of London that comprised Richard Dearlove, chair of the university’s board of trustees, Mary Stiasny, its pro-vice-chancellor, Bob O’Keefe, vice principal of the affiliated Royal Holloway University and Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, the panel discussed the role of experts, the academia and the definition of truth in an environment where access to any form of information is being increasingly democraticised.

Bobby Lee, chief executive officer of BTCC, shares the developments happening in its bitcoin business and how the company maintains a good relationship with Chinese regulators.

TMB has introduced a new video conferencing technology to help them interact better with their customers. The bank sees advice and interaction with their customers as a key driver for better services. The technology allows the bank to better deliver their expertise and experience, as well as address any problems as seamlessly as possible

Bobby Lee, chief executive officer of BTCC, demonstrates the different transactions that can be accomplished using the bitcoin automated teller machine, which allows users to exchange bitcoins from one currency to another.

Leading finance industry experts discuss the impact of risk, regulations and disruptive technology and how all of these factors combined will shape the future of finance in Asia.

In his welcome speech during the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards Dinner programme in Tokyo, Japan, Emmanuel Daniel shares his views on the changes happening within the financial services industry, as well as how banks should be assessed today by considering the relevance of the customers and the impact of new technologies.

Genki Oka, head of Japan at Ant Financial Services Group, shares his desire to be an ambassador of the Chinese e-commerce giant in Japan and why he feels that it can succeed in the famously tough Japanese consumer market

Genki Oka, head of Japan at Ant Financial Services Group, in a refreshingly candid keynote, spoke about what drew him to join the Chinese e-commerce giants, its key achievements and how the company hopes to replicate its success by leveraging customer data and engagement to crack the uniquely difficult Japanese domestic consumer market.

Phang Yew Kiat, vice chairman and CEO of Credit China, one of the largest publicly listed peer-to-peer lenders in China, described how the company leveraged the mobile internet, financial supply chains and payments to create an ecosystem that serves millions of unbanked small businesses at a panel discussion at Lendit USA 2017. He also spoke about the company’s expansion and explained why it acquired a mobile point-of-sale business, an online gaming operator and a payment card processor in Vietnam, as well as how he had to deal with tighter regulations and criticism from the investor community.

Rob Suber, founder of Prosper Marketplace, discusses the evolution of the online marketplace lending business, how it is converging with the banking industry and explains why players are moving away from the original peer-to-peer ideals.

Soul Htite, an original co-founder of Lending Club and now the founder of Dianrong, a marketplace lending platform in China, compares the development of peer-to-peer lending between the US and China, and reveal plans for a new supply chain financing platform in the country.

“Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, in a rather straightforward speech to the heads of technology of banks in Singapore outlined why the fintech phenomenon in Singapore is not in any danger of any breakthrough that is innovative or transformational and why Singapore banks cannot afford to be concerned more with themselves than with their customers.”

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm, discusses the company's business model and growth plan, its partnership with Alibaba, and the impact of demonetisation and regulations on cashless transaction in India