Banking Innovation Forum APAC 2021 | Uniglobal Events | 22 November 2021 | Virtual

The global pandemic has immensely impacted every industry, and the banking sector is not the exception. The main questions are:

How can APAC banks turn Covid-19 situation into an opportunity, and what needs to be done to adapt?
For banks, digital transformation is no longer an option, but a necessity for operating successfully nowadays.

The Banking Innovation Forum APAC will focus on new approaches in banking and will cover a range of topics such as adoption of AI and ML, digital customer journey, ecosystem partnerships, the role of Data Analytics, augmented reality, blockchain and others.

• How will future payment landscape look like?
• How to meet customers’ expectations on a higher level?
• Has the pandemic accelerated the procurement of Regtech?
• Are traditional branches to be left behind?
• What has changed in distribution for banking?
• What would younger generation prefer when choosing financial services?

These are some of the questions to be covered during the event.

The Forum will bring together leading APAC banks’ representatives as well as fintechs and startups to discuss how recent trends and tendencies will impact the baking sector and what is to be done to operate successfully during the unprecedented time and in the future.

2021 Speakers

Sonny George
Former Chief General Manager Digital Transformation, State Bank of India

Jen Flowers
Head of Partnerships and Innovation, ASP WPB SGI, HSBC

Vishal Tulsian
President Director, PT Bank Amar Indonesia

Manohar Chadalavada
MD, Global Head Servicing & Transacting Journey, Retail Innovation & Fintechs, Standard Chartered Bank

Sunali Rohra
Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank

Emmanuelle Pecenicic
Co-chair of the Blockchain committee, FinTech Association of Hong-Kong

Jitesh Agrawal
VP, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Shalene Lim
SVP, Regional Ecosystems Partnerships Lead, Consumer Banking Group, DBS Bank

Majidul Haque
Head of Agent and Digital Banking, Prime Bank

Kalpana Seethepalli
Director of ESG – Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Nyein Chan Soe Win
MD of Digital Payments, AYA Bank

Erika Dizon
First Vice President, Fintech Business Group Head, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank)

Sandeep Khera
General Manager, Global Service Delivery, Commonwealth Bank

Amrut Palan
Chief Financial Officer, RBL Bank, India

Suprita Vohra
Managing Director, Banking, Barclays Bank, Singapore

Nicolas Stum
Chief Operating Officer for South Asia and APAC Sponsor of Open Innovation, Societe General

Sudeep Chatterjee
Executive Director, Head of Execution Platform, Bank of Singapore, Singapore

Christopher Davey
Senior Director – Solutions Architecture, WSO2

Asanka Abeysinghe
Chief Technology Evangelist, WSO2

Dassana Wijesekara
Director & Head of Solutions Architecture – BFSI Practice, WSO2

Vidura Gamini Abhaya
Senior Director – Solutions Architecture, WSO2

Aryeh Sternberg
Enterprise Account Director, KUDO

Vajira Wijesinghe
Managing Director, IFINITY

2021 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• WSO2

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Kudo