Digital Pilipinas – Engaging Global Facilitating Glocal – Amor Maclang

Amor Maclang, convener of the Philippines Fintech Festival and head of Digital Pilipinas, discusses with Babu Nair, founder of Banking Frontiers and Financial Technology Frontiers, about the marvelous growth opportunities in the fintech sector. She highlights the inspiring work of building newer communities and engaging in global alliances to support the growth of
fintechs from the Philippines and global players in the country. Maclang also shares insights on the in-demand technologies and areas requiring more innovations, as well as the association’s efforts to work with regulators and the government to create a conducive environment for fintechs.
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Nurturing Paytech With Valleyfintechpay – Lanny Byers and Sumit Arora

Paolo Sironi, Global Research Leader in Banking and Financial Markets, IBM Consulting, explains how organizations have been transforming from output to outcome-based economies. He shares how achieving one’s financial, personal, and professional goals is a valuable asset and the role of value insight creation in enabling contextual and conscious banking. He talks about how enriching customer insights can have enhanced value due to digital transparency and trust-based technology. He throws light on how an ecosystem of open transparency fosters stronger technological ties while deliberating the potential of banks and fintech to enable and unlock better values.

Westpac transitioning into a ‘digital first’ bank

Emirates NBD, Dubai’s government-owned bank and one of the largest banking groups in the Middle East in terms of assets, is considered as a pioneer in adopting disruptive technologies designed to transform banking operations and to offer extreme customer delight. The bank has an embedded culture to continually innovate and move to newer levels. It has made significant investments in new technologies so that its technology infrastructure is state-of-the-art and it could make major breakthroughs in digitization.

From Fintech To Embedded Fintech – Amee Parbhoo

An in-depth discussion with Mike Robertson, CEO, and Co-Founder of AbbeyCross, Adrian Brown, COO and Co-Founder of AbbeyCross, Babu Nair, MD and CEO of Banking Frontiers & Financial Technology Frontiers dives deeper into the areas of weakness in the global payment infrastructure and how banks are bringing in efficiency while managing the costs.

They also discussed the existing infrastructure models within banks’ processes, as well as the key technology drivers.

Furthermore, they discussed their experiences with vendors and bank engagement channels, as well as the importance of data documentation prior to vendor onboarding.