Innovation Study Tour 2024 - Beijing | The Banking Academy | 15 October 2024 | TBA, Beijing, China

The Asian Banker has been in China since 2000. We have a deep understanding of the development over decades in this amazing country, and our experience makes us the ideal guide to this vibrant landscape.

Our upcoming innovation tour in Beijing coincides with the SIBOS annual conference of correspondent and transaction bankers. We welcome finance professionals from around the world to join us in this study tour, especially if you are coming for SIBOS.

This tour offers a deep dive into innovation, corporate culture, and relationships between entrepreneurs and the state.

Visit leading Chinese technology firms like Baidu, Bytedance, Didi Chuxing, Meiduan Dianping, JD and Xiaomi. Beijing is also home to the largest concentration of artificial intelligence (AI) startups in China, with more than 1,048 core companies thriving here.

Key focus areas:
• Revolutionary integration of AI and machine learning in finance
• Digital banking transformation: Best practices and case studies
• The latest in blockchain, digital currencies, and secure transactions
• Consumer behaviour and its influence on digital banking solutions
• Briefings by prominent venture capitalists and innovators in Beijing’s fintech landscape
• Networking with fintech trailblazers

Who should attend?
• Chairmen, CEOs, and board members of banks from the United States, Europe, Africa, Middle East and rest of Asia seeking to integrate innovation into their business models
• Heads of strategic planning
• Heads of technology and operations
• C-level executives, including chief innovation officers; heads of digital finance and chief marketing officers
• Corporate professionals who are new to China