Formerly the Chief Innovation Officer of DBS Bank, Neal Cross is considered by many as one of the most prolific bankers in Singapore. He was recognized as the most disruptive CIO/CTO globally during his stint with DBS.

He's currently the Chairman and Co-founder of PictureWealth an Australian based wealthtech firm and also and sits in the advisory board of Razer Fintech

For the 2nd episode of Fintech Fireside Asia, we sit with Neal to reflect on his journey from banker to entrepreneur.

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A study by the World Economic Forum indicated that 85% of financial services are currently using some form of AI. While incredibly useful for FSIs, AI has been a subject of a lot of fanfare that may distract practitioners from ground reality.

This panel aims to illuminate AI case studies and key learnings from key practitioners that you can adopt within your own FSI environment.

Key Topics:

• Case studies and use cases for AI within FSI
• Challenges, pitfalls, and current realities
• Data governance and management
• AI Ethics in Financial Services

Speakers:

• Dr David Hardoon, Senior Advisor Data & AI, UnionBank
  Prior to his advisory role to UnionBank, Dr Hardoon was a Chief Data Officer at Monetary Authority of Singapore. He considers himself a data artist instead of a pure data scientist
• Foong Chee Mun, CTO & Co-Founder, Money Lion
  Chee Mun co-founded MoneyLion a US-based neobank listed as Forbes' Fintech 2020. As the CTO he leads the data science team situated in Kuala Lumpur.
• Andy Li, Founder & CEO, Silot
  An ex-Baidu executive, Andy founded Silot a fintech firm providing AI solutions to banks. Silot is listed in the latest KPMG Fintech100: Leading Global fintech Innovators.
• Michael Hom, Head Financial Solutions, InterSystems
  Michael heads the Financial Solutions team at Intersystems, a solutions provider software systems and technology for high-performance database

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Customers expect seamless, intuitive, and personalized interactions when it comes to managing their money. It’s the overall exchange that counts, and that exchange needs to work for all players involved—customers and service providers—across every channel and step of the journey. 

Financial services companies of all kinds are using programmable communications to build outstanding customer journeys that drive loyalty and customers experiences. 

Due to COVID-19, people are spending more time online to have the services.

Joining Vonage how they accelerate your business and protect both companies and customers

• Programmable digital communications optimize the customers experiences along the whole journey 
• SMS, Voice, Video, Social Media – Multi-channel touch points with your customers
• Anti-fraud of the fake users to protect FinTech companies and reduce the operation cost
• 2FA(2-Factor-Authentication) secures every customer’s transaction and make your companies trusted

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Join this free webinar to discover how PSPs, acquirers and merchants in South East Asia benefit from EMV 3-D Secure technology!

The usage of mobile devices for online shopping has grown exponentially in the region. Customers expect seamless online shopping within the comfort of their favorite device. Fraudsters, on the other hand, are trying to take advantage of the increase in e-commerce transactions across different devices.

The EMV 3-D Secure technology lets e-commerce players offer superior customer experience while keeping fraudsters at bay.

In this webinar, we will show PSPs, merchants and acquirers how to use the EMV 3-D Secure technology to:

• Increase conversion rates using risk-based authentication
• Decrease transaction abandonments by reducing friction for users and
• Improve the overall shopping experience using native authentication screens
• Benefit from liability shifts and protect your revenues

During the webinar, you will learn how version 2.0 improves over 3-D Secure 1.0 and how to take advantage of the scheme mandates to reap the benefits of the 2.0 technology.

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INNOVATION…ACCELERATION: YOU’RE INVITED!

Open Innovation Day is an online interactive event for C-level leaders in banking and wealth management, addressing technology and digital strategy hot topics for 2020.

CREALOGIX will present new research into the crucial role of Innovation in strengthening established financial brands, inviting attendees to share their own views and visions of what digital success looks like in the decade ahead.

Join our CEO and over 200 senior banking and wealth leaders on Wednesday 16th September 2020, 10 am – 12 pm CET for a live discussion on top trends in banking innovation – including:

• Conversational banking
• Open banking and the API economy
• Personal finance optimisation
• Taking advantage of the fintech ecosystem

Registration now open – save your spot today!

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Hong Kong Fintech Week is Asia’s global financial technology event, attracting thousands of fintech entrepreneurs, investors, regulators and visionaries from over 60 economies. This year, it will take place in Hong Kong from November 2-6. The week-long event will feature multi-track conferences with prominent speakers, the FintechHK Global Final, the Fast Track Programme, exhibitions, deal floors, networking events and demo shows, etc.

Please visit www.fintechweek.hk for details