Rachel Whelan, APAC head of corporate cash management and global head of payments and transactional FX product management of Deutsche Bank describes the drivers of corporate cash management business in a real-time and instant world and how Deutsche Bank’s advisory capabilities and solutions have helped customers to achieve wider business objectives through automation and digitalisaton. 

Even with risks tilted to the downside and a slower momentum, the global economy is still not headed towards stagflation— a recession combined with high and rising inflation. In a keynote during the recently-held Finance China 2022, Steven Barnett, senior resident representative in China of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said countries worldwide have made taming inflation a top priority, possibly averting a stagflation suffered in the ‘80s.

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker discussed his recent travels in preparation for the launch of his new book, “The Great Transition – the personalisation of finance is here”. With his varied experience in the growth and downturns of different countries, he viewed China’s economic slowdown as an opportunity to transform and strengthen its economy.

Aaron Loo, managing director for retail banking of Ambank Group discusses how end-to-end digital account opening via AmOnline app benefits its customers.

Raymond Sia, CEO and board director of Canadia Bank was recognised as Best Bank CEO 2022 for strengthening the bank’s position as the top SME and consumer bank in Cambodia and places its team to be a dominant player in the Cambodian financial industry.

Recently retired Maybank Group CEO Abdul Farid Alias was recognised for his lasting contribution to its reorganisation and consolidation as the largest banking group in Malaysia, and one of the biggest in Southeast Asia. He has also left an indelible mark on the advancement of the Malaysian banking and financial services industry.

Radek Jezbera, co-CEO of alternative investment platform Kilde discussed the performance of private debt instruments against publicly traded assets and in times of stress, the prospects for non-bank consumer and SME lending in Asia and how it can be made more sustainable.

Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO talked to Emmanuel Daniel about the opportunities in remittance in El Salvador, as almost all the average Salvadoran household receives it. McCormack shared about N1CO's plans of providing short-term loans to solve the people's cash flow needs until they receive their next remittances.

Alejandro McCormack, COO and executive director of N1CO discussed with Emmanuel Daniel how N1CO envisions itself as a fully Central American digital bank. Mc Cormack shared how N1CO introduced digital payment services to the unbanked and underserved markets and how it provided financial products to eliminate loan sharks and informal credit in El Salvador. He also discussed how they will provide digital payment service to the 400,000 potential customers in Central America in the next three years.

Patrick Cao, president of GoTo Group, the largest technology player in Indonesia, talked about the company’s strategy to improve its bottomline following its successful market debut and how it copes with challenges brought about by rising inflation, interest rates, and tightening financial conditions.

Patrick Cao, president of GoTo Group, discussed how Indonesia, its main market, remains resilient to inflationary shocks thanks to interventions by the government to keep energy and food prices in check. Indonesia’s largest technology player plans to “go deep and broad” in the Indonesian market in line with its path to profitability by offering new financial products and forging partnerships with more banks to widen its customer base.

Several banks in Latin America already carry tokenised assets on their balance sheet, according to Leo Elduayen co-founder of Koibanx. He also shared his perspective with Emmanuel Daniel on the “Oracle Problem” that has been troubling the blockchain industry for some time now.

Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3 and Pixelmatic, caught the attention of El Salvador president Bukele with his idea of a country issuing bitcoin bonds and started positioning himself as an advisor to nation states on making Bitcoin part of their strategy.

Mónica Taher is the senior most government official tasked with bringing businesses, academia and government together to look into new businesses for the country to add depth to the bitcoin economy. She says it’s been encouraging despite the precipitous fall in the value of bitcoin

Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG) discussed with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel how gaming has evolved to enable gamers to play, earn, and own assets that have value in the real world. He also discussed YGG’s partnership with Union Digital Bank to deliver its products using blockchain technology.