A panel of bank executives from India discuss their respective business models, future plans, key priorities and the outlook of the Indian banking industry during The Asian Banker Roundtable held on April 7, 2016 in Mumbai.

A panel of bank executives from India discuss their respective business models, future plans, key priorities and the outlook of the Indian banking industry during The Asian Banker Roundtable held on April 7, 2016 in Mumbai.

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, in his opening speech during the second day of The Future of Finance Summit 2017, explains the principles behind the newly-formatted summit, and the changes that are happening within the financial services industry today.

Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, in a straightforward speech to the attendees of the Huawei Global FSI Summit 2017, outlined the reasons why Kodak failed and what banks should do to avoid their own Kodak moment.

Cedric Jeanson, chief executive officer and founder of BitSpread, a blockchain asset hedgefund, discusses the company’s investment strategy, how the valuation of bitcoin has been affecting the business, and his views on initial coin offerings and regulations of cryptocurrencies.

Louise Beaumont, co-chair of the techUK Open Bank Working Group, shares an update on the implementation of open banking in the UK and the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and the future role of the open banking platform.

Vladislav Solodkiy, chief executive officer and managing partner, Life.SREDA, discusses his journey into the investment world, how the company built its market brand, and his opinion on what makes a successful financial technology bank.

Darren Taylor, chief designer of Clearly, gives a rundown on what the company aims to provide its partner banks – from different banking solutions to its servicing capabilities and new products as well as branding to target different segments.

Alasdair Rambaud, chief revenue officer of cyber-intelligence providerEverCompliant, discusses the main purpose of the company, how it aims to be more relevant in today’s online world, and how it will grow through electronic know your customer (e-KYC) and data analytics.

Will Dawson, chief operating officer of MoneyOnMobile, an Indian-based mobile payment platform, shares his thought son the impact of the demonitisation in India to cash-based remittances, how it drove digital payments in the country, and how it resulted in a growth for the company. post-demonetisation. Domestic remittance growing up as people move away from cash-based remittances to digital-based remittances, which is good for the country, right?

Asit Oberoi, group president and global head transaction banking group at Yes Bank, shares his key insights from SIBOS 2017 and the valuable learning’s he thinks can be applied to improve the bank's business.

Mark Whitcroft, one of the founding partners of Illuminate Financial, shares the London-based venture capital firm investment strategies, why it invests in capital markets and early stage financial technology companies, and its funding targets in the next few years.

Tao Rong, general manager, personal banking department, China Zheshang Bank, shares how the bank is building a new social media platform of financial services and products based on customers’ pain points.

Chen De, general manager, channel management department, China Construction Bank, states that recognitions serve as affirmation and motivation for the bank to continuously improve its services. The bank plans to enhance its operational process to provide better products and more efficient services

Wan Hua, deputy general manager, information and technology department, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, shares how the bank upgrades its management capability and optimises its enterprise credit services process