Interviews Jun 07 Interview Transcript: “The worst you can do in challenging times is divert from a simple agenda” ... 3539
Research Note Oct 17 Channelling the power of the internet Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, joined the Asian Banker’s Emmanuel Daniel and Gordian Gaeta in a debate on the development of the i... 5213
Post Event Report Nov 21 The Global Wealth and Society Programme launches in London The inaugural Wealth and Society 2018 got to a thought-provoking start with the opening session tracing the evolution of philanthropy and its long ter... 4975
Opinions Apr 01 "Apple's new credit card is just an incremental change that reinforces the dominance of banks in the digital finance space" Apple's new digital credit card, launched with Goldman Sachs, only buys the Western players a little more time in democratising payments and catching... 3766
Sponsored content Aug 13 5G will drive the “financial new normal" Shenzhen-based Chinese tech giant Huawei held its Asia Pacific Financial Industry Storage Summit 2020, on 13 August to address the latest trends, deve... 7297
Interview Mar 16 Shangri-La Brewery's Gyalzur: "The orphanage changed me" Songtsen “Sonny” Gyalzur, founder of the Shangri-La Highland Craft Brewery, spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about his journey from a privileged young m... 13554
Interview Jul 07 Mark Carney: “Banks are prepared to make climate change commitment at COP26” Newly appointed UN envoy on climate change, Mark Carney, discussed his role and what he hopes to achieve at the upcoming COP26 as well as his views on... 10718
Interview Sep 10 AirCarbon’s Thomas McMahon: “Carbon trading is not borderless” AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) founder and CEO Thomas McMahon stressed the need for transparent pricing and a marketplace for all related industries to grow... 13019
Speeches and Presentations Oct 19 "The three faces of wealth" Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed the three faces of wealth. He talked about wealth as an asset, its role... 3278
Interview Nov 11 “A billion voices: How China built a common language” In this conversation, David Moser, author of “A Billion Voices: China’s search for a common language”, talked about the political and cultural b... 11348
Speeches and Presentations Jan 01 Wrong My journey in understanding wealth in Chinese history Emmanuel Daniel, founder of Wealth and Society shares his personal journey in understanding “wealth” in Chinese history and its impact on society.... 47
Speeches and Presentations Mar 15 China, the Olympic Sports Superpower and how it works A conversation with Mark Dreyer, author of Sporting Superpower, for an insider’s view of China’s quest to be a leading sporting nation, the evolut... 11785
Opinions Oct 03 “Financial inclusion is a lie” Financial inclusion goes beyond just having a bank account, said Emmanuel Daniel, founder and chairman of Wealth and Society, to Robert Rubinstein, ch... 9509
Interview Feb 27 Joe Studwell, author of How Asia Works: “US and China can be sources of capital for Africa” Joe Studwell, author of the book How Asia Works, shared his insights on the development of economies in Asia, China and Africa with The Asian Banker... 6589
Interview Jan 01 USCBC’s Allen: “There’s a distrust, lack of confidence and protectionist measures being taken by US and China.” Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) met with The Asian Banker’s Emmanuel Daniel to discuss the impact of US-China trade ... 217
TABLive Jun 15 “We have to do a better job of seeing that the increased wealth is distributed less unfairly” ... 3118
AB500 May 27 My role as CEO is to lead by engagement, to create a conducive environment for people not the CEO, to perform ... 1634
TABLive Jun 07 We cannot remain domestic and compete with each other with very limited resources ... 2499
TABLive Mar 10 "The companies that are making a huge impact aren't the first one with the idea" ... 9037
TABLive Apr 11 It is not a fear that the marketplace lending model does not work. It is really a diversification ... 9018
TABLive Jan 01 AgriLedger's Freeman: "AgriLedger gives farmers access to more disposable income" ... 1204
TABLive Jun 01 Japanese retailers are very focused on trying to keep the money within their own ecosystem ... 7406
TABLive Jun 01 Digital disruption and what it means to my business in a traditional economy today ... 5375
TABLive Jun 14 Bizfi's Donovan: "The company is about 70% balance sheet and 30% marketplace" ... 3148
TABLive Jul 24 Eureeca's Quawasmi: "Liquidity will be the new catalyst for the equity crowdfunding industry" ... 4967
TABLive May 30 Emirates NBD's Sarkar: "Our futuristic branch right in the centre of Dubai is a showcase of what's coming in financial innovation" ... 6627
TABLive Aug 21 African Fintech Network's Agbo-Madaki: "We provide developers a platform to showcase what they have" ... 2966
TAB RadioFinance Sep 01 Mambu's Danilkis: "Everyone is now concerned about moving their customers and sales data to the cloud" ... 4154
TABLive Nov 30 Memoirs of a Citibank technology warrior: "Banks should tolerate a bit of diversity" ... 6024
TABLive Jul 30 Clearly’s Taylor: “We build a partnership with a bank that has an existing licence to ensure that everything that we do is regulated” ... 2231
TABLive Dec 28 Life.SREDA's Solodkiy: "Attention is the most expensive thing today, not money" ... 3326
TABLive Jan 17 techUK’s Beaumont: “Boards need to discover what the role of their banks is in an open future” ... 4180
TABLive Jan 24 BitSpread's Jeanson: “This is a fantastic opportunity for governments to use blockchain” ... 3982
TABLive Dec 22 Credit China FinTech's Kiat: “We are one fintech group with multiple revenue streams” ... 5589
TABLive Apr 13 TransferWise’s Kaarmann: "Banks haven't really treated their users transparently" ... 6013
Interviews Aug 28 “We share banks’ transactional capabilities through our APIs so others can create fantastic products”: Railsbank’s van Leeuwan ... 6250
Interviews Aug 28 “We are complementary traditional credit score and come in only when there is no traditional data”: Friendly Score’s Bazine ... 4221
Speeches and Presentations Oct 15 Prosper Marketplace's Ron Suber: "The three legs of marketplace lending business" ... 6740
Speeches and Presentations Dec 12 Soul Hitte: "We are building an infrastructure that did not exist before" Soul Hitte, founder of Dianrong.com, a marketplace lending platform in China, compares the development of P2P lending between US and China, and the ex... 7183
Speeches and Presentations Sep 27 "Bronze in the Digital Age" Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of the Asian Banker, in his keynote address at the Association of Corporate Treasurers Singapore Treasury Forum 2018 on 20 S... 11465
Interviews Jul 19 "Be angry, be hungry, for good" Emmanuel Daniel, chairman, The Asian Banker, outlines the profiles of several digital entrepreneurs to remind bankers the skill, talent and passion th... 8576
Speeches and Presentations Jan 18 "The new Pearl River Delta as an accidental financial center" Emmanuel Daniel, in a speech to the GZASS and the GZUSI on 18 November 2018 said that the railway and road infrastructure that brings Pearl River Delt... 10183
Speeches and Presentations Jan 01 Reimagining the new ecosystems of finance with closing remarks by Emmanuel Daniel Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of the Asian Banker, and co-chair Gordian Gaeta closed the Future of Finance Summit 2018 with a discussion on the future of ... 260
Interviews Jan 01 Spiros Margaris: "I only invest in startups with compelling stories" Spiros Margaris, renowned fintech investor, tells Emmanuel Daniel he must like the managers of the start ups he invests in on behalf of family offices... 1883
Interviews Apr 29 Mark Walker and Chris Langlois publish The Fintech Power 50 Emmanuel Daniel speaks to Mark Walker and Christophe Langlois co-founders of The Fintech Power 50 list of top fintech companies that was just publishe... 5352
Interviews May 16 Wikipedia's Wales: "Build a community around your institution" Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, spoke on the importance of collaboration between the institution and the market. He will speak at the Future of Financ... 11888
Speeches and Presentations Jul 15 Cybersecurity regulatory framework: The need to improve data privacy and security regulation - an institutional perspective Stephane Nappo, global chief information security officer, Societe General, spoke about cybersecurity best practices and how financial institutions ca... 6901
Interview Sep 26 Ping An Group's Larsen: “We’re constantly looking at new businesses that can create value” Veteran banker Jonathan Larsen, who ran Citibank’s global retail bank and mortgages, came out of retirement to head Ping An Group’s chief innovati... 13049
Interview Aug 16 Twitter and Square investor Gregg Kidd: “Identity as a public good, but who is going to own it?” Greg Kidd, the serial startup investor who helped found Square and Twitter and is currently investor in GlobaliD, opens up in this wide-ranging and op... 11528
Interview Jul 24 Ping An Bank’s Xie: “Those who focus on technologies will be the winners” Ping An Bank chairman Xie Yonglin talked about the bank’s transformation journey into a leading retail financial services provider, the evolution o... 13325
Speeches and Presentations May 06 Banking will change after COVID-19: Four new standards to meet ... 19880
Interview Apr 11 Coinhouse's Nicolas Louvet: "A global crypto bank is impossible" Nicolas Louvet, CEO, Coinhouse explores the idea of a crypto bank, discusses the steps the company is taking to apply for a banking licence in France ... 28918
Interview Apr 19 East Capital’s Hirn: “Being state-owned is not the issue” Karine Hirn, co-founder at East Capital Holdings and CEO of East Capital Asia, talked about the time and attention required to properly assess and man... 693
Interview Jun 22 Grammig Advisory’s founder: “Next generation family offices more open to cryptocurrencies” David Grammig, founder and managing director of consultancy firm Grammig Advisory, discussed the growth of family offices in Europe and other parts of... 7629
Speeches and Presentations Aug 12 “FIs today use AI for cost containment and not productisation as they should” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker, joined the World Artificial Intelligence Conference’s (WAIC) first European online forum ... 4767
Speeches and Presentations Jan 01 BIS' da Silva: “Banks must make the post pandemic recovery as green as possible” Bank for International Settlements (BIS) deputy general manager Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, in his keynote speech at Finance China Summit 2021, urged... 2624
Speeches and Presentations Aug 27 On technology, skills and innovation in China: The next lap TAB chairman and founder Emmanuel Daniel was invited by the Nanjing Jiangbei government to speak at their "Yangtze River New Finance" Digital Economy ... 8223
Speeches and Presentations Sep 27 “How climate change will transform finance” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed what financial services industry and institutions will hav... 8146
Interview Oct 29 China's economic policy makers Top policy advisor, Huang Yiping explains the history and direction of China’s economic policies.... 22422
Interview Jan 27 Chinese blockchain players want to ride 5G He Cong, founder of Probe Group and a leader in China's blockchain industry, met with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, in Beijing to discuss the challenges a... 31738
Interview Jan 28 Ambitions of MAS’ first licensed crypto payments player Eric Barbier, founder and CEO, TripleA, speaks with Emmanuel Daniel, founder, about receiving the first crypto payments licence from the Monetary Auth... 15172
Interview Feb 11 GCEX’s Holst wants to replicate Saxo model for crypto brokers Lars Holst, founder and CEO of GCEX, and Dusan Stojanovic, founding partner of TGV, discussed with Emmanuel Daniel the business model of the UK based ... 21738
Interviews Mar 29 Ukraine’s ambassador Zelenko: “Financial services community can contribute to stopping Russia's war” Ukrainian ambassador Kateryna Zelenko, in an exclusive conversation with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the implication... 33460
Interview Apr 20 Zhixin Investment’s Lian Ping: “China’s capital market will soon become the world’s largest” Lian Ping is chief economist of Zhixin Investment, president of Zhixin Investment Research Institute and president of the China Chief Economist Forum,... 36559
Interviews Jun 07 Safeboda’s Ricky Thomson: “Digital technology is reviving Uganda” Ricky Rapa Thomson, co-founder of Uganda’s first ride-hailing app SafeBoda, talked about how digital technology is helping the boda boda (motorcycle... 23935
Interviews Jun 03 YGG's Gabby Dizon: "Gamers earn crypto assets with value in the real economy" Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about how YGG and the gaming industry adopted blockchain technology and... 12115
Interviews May 06 Bank of Kigali’s Diane Karusisi: "It is possible to transform Africa for Africans" Diane Karusisi, CEO of Bank of Kigali discussed with Emmanuel Daniel, Rwanda's current economic boom and its development path over the last 20 years. ... 20507
Interviews Jul 14 "Going bitcoin is generating new investors for El Salvador" Mónica Taher is the senior most government official tasked with bringing businesses, academia and government together to look into new businesses for... 2131
Interviews Jul 14 Samson Mow speaks with Emmanuel Daniel on bitcoin bonds 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 star... 1887
Interviews Jul 14 Leo Elduayen on banks carrying tokenised assets Several banks in Latin America already carry tokenised assets on their balance sheet, according to Leo Elduayen co-founder of Koibanx. He also shared ... 3286
Interview Jan 01 Joe Studwell, author of How Asia Works: “US and China can be sources of capital for Africa” Joe Studwell, author of the book How Asia Works, shared his insights on the development of economies in Asia, China and Africa with The Asian Banker... 730
Interviews May 23 Signature Bank shutdown explained Author Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, ignited a lively discussion with former US congressman Barney Frank and SC Ventures head Alex Man... 9441
Panel Discussion Jul 13 Financial experts analyse US bank runs and regulatory mitigation strategies The Future of Finance Summit 2023 set off at a lively pace with a deep dive into the US bank runs that rattled the banking industry earlier this year,... 4390
Speeches and Presentations Jan 01 Personalisation and virtual reality to disintermediate conventional banks Even as the banking industry transitions from conventional institutions to digital banking, it is being outpaced by personalised, decentralised financ... 358
Panel Discussion Jul 13 Technology and consumer behaviour revolutionise banking by transforming the deposit business The Future of Finance Summit 2023 set off at a lively pace with a deep dive into the US bank runs that rattled the banking industry earlier this year,... 1427
Speech Jul 24 Emmanuel Daniel: “We are coming to the end of the platform era” At Seamless Middle East 2023 Dubai, Emmanuel Daniel, founder of TAB Global, presented his book and discussed the ongoing transformation on the financi... 2478
Panel Discussion Jul 27 ChatGPT’s impact on finance Panellists discussed ChatGPT and AI in data analytics, core banking systems, the cloud, customers and products, watching over biases and limitations a... 5022
Panel Discussion Jan 01 Unpublished Financial experts analyse US bank runs and regulatory mitigation strategies ... 1770
Interviews Aug 09 Howard Davies: “The regulatory networks are not as strong as they used to be” Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest Group, discussed the evolution of global financial regulation, the possible weaknesses of the current structure and... 2737
Interviews Oct 02 Chris Holmes: “Cooperate to enable economic and social benefit right away around the world” Chris Holmes, UK’s leading advocate for technology and innovation, and committee member on the groundbreaking Electronic Trade Documents Act that ca... 3070
Interviews Nov 23 StanChart’s Bill Winters: “My legacy is to have built-in resilience, a financially strong bank, and an innovative team” The bank’s CEO shared insights into its investment in talent, innovation, and sustainability, emphasising his commitment to organisational resilienc... 5939
Speeches and Presentations May 30 Tay Ah Lek of Public Bank receives the William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement The William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement was conferred on Tay Ah Lek, managing director and CEO of Public Bank, at The Asian Bank... 5620
Highlights Jan 01 Highlights: The Future of Finance China 2024 Speakers at the leadership dialogue at Finance China 2024 held in Beijing in June shed light on current and future finance trends, and stressed the ne... 338
Speech Jan 21 DeFi is setting new rules for the future of banking At FirstBank Fintech 6.0 Summit 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria in November, Emmanuel Daniel discussed the transformative impact of decentralised finance (DeF... 1135
Conference Feb 21 Japan Banking Innovation Conference 2025 - Transforming finance through agentic AI, digital assets and quantum computing The Japan Banking Innovation Conference 2025, held at The Westin Tokyo, convened over a hundred senior banking executives, fintech leaders, policymake... 996
