Banks are leading the way in artificial intelligence as a means to reduce spending and risk. We look into technology and labor implications of these advances in the sector.
READ MORE : https://diginomica.com/2018/01/25/retail-banking-ai/
The 9th BankTech Executive Summit 2018 is coming to Hong Kong on Mar 6, 2018.
Find out more here. https://lnkd.in/fwxsmnw
I will be moderating the Executive Panel with the following distinguished guests from banks and insurance companies. Join me to learn more from these leaders.
Topic:
Financial Services 2018 – A CIO’s Perspective
Panel Chair:
Dr. Toa Charm, Chief Public Mission Officer, Cyberport
Executive Panelists:
1. Ash Shah, Regional Property and Casualty CIO and Chief of Staff, AXA Asia
2. Wendy Wang, Chief Information Officer, HSBC Commercial Banking; Chief Information Officer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
3. Manuel San Miguel, Vice President, Chief of Technology, Architecture and Digital Engineering, Manulife Asia
4. Peter Clark, Regional CIO, Technology & Operations, Standard Chartered Bank
5. Ritesh Sarda, CIO, Sun Life Financial Hong Kong
FinTech: Collaborative or Disruptive TNG Alex Kong (江庆恩), BONDIT Donald Chan, Clare.AI Bianca Ho and Seasonalife Fred Ngan were in my panel in AFF2018 today with over 800 business and technology leaders as audiences. They are innovative FinTech start-ups in payment, wealthtech, chatbot and insurtech areas respectively. We are so proud that they are all from our Cyberport incubation programme. Their sharings were very insightful on how FinTech start-ups can overcome challenges and collaborate with financial services institutes to create exceptionally great customer experience. Thank you. Our Chairman Dr George Lam and Vista Equity Partners CEO Mr Robert Smith did a very insightful fireside chat on global FinTech trend. Robert is very supportive to Hong Kong as the leading FinTech hub in Asia and confident of Cyberport. He has put their famous company, Finastra, the third largest FinTech company in the world, in Cyberport.
Thank you to all of them for their contributions to AFF2018 and Cyberport.
Vista, Finastra’s owner, is targeting more acquisitions in Hong Kong and the mainland
Robert Smith, the chief executive of Finastra’s parent, private equity fund Vista, said the new centre would not only provide a way of presenting Finastra’s technology to potential clients, but also be a means by which Vista can identify new businesses in which it could invest.
#AFF #FinTech #Cyberport Don’t miss our Cyberport FinTech Forum in AFF2018 on Tue morning (Jan 16). Top FinTech investor and companies are going to share with you their views on FinTech growth in Asia and their experience to collaborate with financial services ecosystem to create better customer values. More info can be found from AFF Day 2 Agenda: https://lnkd.in/f7gm_wY
#AFF #Cyberport #FinTech has just started today with our Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s opening speech. She emphasized on how important FinTech is for Hong Kong and Asia, and how Cyberport plays a key role there. Cyberport will lead a FinTech forum on AFF Day 2 Jan 16 morning and showcase a few innovative FinTech start-ups in the morning and afternoon. On Day 3 Jan 17, we have arranged tours to visit our Cyberport FinTech centre. Please stop by our Cyberport booth there to find out more.
The 10th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series on Metro Finance Radio Channel features INSURTECH – the next hottest thing in FinTech. I have invited Raymond Tam from Hong Kong Insurance Authority HKIA https://lnkd.in/fTRmz7r and Fred Ngan from uprising InsurTech start-up Seasonalife (Cyberport incubatee) https://lnkd.in/f2n73zi to share their views.
Listen to this episode here:
Part 1 https://lnkd.in/f6h-gCh
Part 2 https://lnkd.in/fryYNsG
At Christmas time, I would like to thank all friends who joined my FinTech show on MetroFinance in the past few months. Their experiences and sharings were inspirational to all stakeholders in Hong Kong FinTech Ecosystem. Special thanks to Stephen 蔡展輝 of Metro Finance and my Cyberport team for their great effort to make this show possible and fruitful.
Previous 9 episodes from my posts:
During the Christmas holiday, you can review all episodes here
https://lnkd.in/d3YㄧBQ5D
https://lnkd.in/djnAniK
FinTech is getting hot in Macau as well.
International Economic Seminar on FinTech Macau IESFT was held on Dec 19 in Macau. Major topics like Crytocurrency, Cybersecurity, etc., were discussed. It was my honour to be one of the speakers there. We also discussed how Hong Kong and Macau can play a key role to develop FinTech in the uprising Greater Bay Area. Here are some media coverage.
Monday, 18 December 2017
J.P. Morgan and Barclays will begin exploring the potential of quantum computing in a new partnership with IBM.
The U.S. investment bank and the U.K.’s Barclays are taking advantage of the commercialization of quantum technology and how it might be applied to trading strategies, portfolio optimization, asset pricing, and risk analysis in a new partnership with IBM.
Read More: https://www.finews.asia/finance/26181-banks-looking-for-quantum-leap
The 9th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series on Metro Finance Radio Channel features a traditional bank and a FinTech innovator i.e. Standard Chartered Bank and Mindlayer. Standard Chartered Bank, one of the first in its kind, started its own FinTech Accelerator in Hong Kong. Find out more from Paul Wan on how a traditional bank embraces innovation and excel in the digital economy.
Mindlayer started its journey from Cyberport’s CUPP FinTech programme in Stanford University and succesfully got admitted to Cyberport’s CCMF, Incubation and Accelerator Support programmes. Now, Kinni MEW is busy servicing their Chatbot offerings to customers. Find out more how a young student became a great FinTech start-up.
Listen to this episode here:
Part 1 https://lnkd.in/fSNACPU
Part 2 https://lnkd.in/fnd4HVR
Previous 7 episodes from my posts:
https://lnkd.in/fU3Usxd https://lnkd.in/fw7QjQj https://lnkd.in/fr6ynEg https://lnkd.in/fbz9nTG
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