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Money20/20 Asia announces lineup of keynote speakers

- https://asia. money2020.com/sponsors/2018.

MONEY20/20, the world’s leading FinTech and Payments event, is just weeks from the launch of its APAC edition, taking place in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre.

The event will recognize the defining influence of the pan-Asian Payments, FinTech and Financial Services ecosystem with an agenda carefully curated to bring to the forefront the unique opportunit­ies the region offers as the world’s fastest growing FinTech marketplac­e.

The host city of Singapore has been chosen based on its internatio­nal reputation as a gateway to Asia with its connectivi­ty with regional economic powerhouse­s as well as the emergent FinTech markets in Southeast Asia. With a thriving FinTech ecosystem and the business infrastruc­ture needed to deliver a world-class event, Singapore is the ideal location for Money20/20 Asia.

The agenda will explore key industry topics, from alternativ­e lending and open banking to augmented intelligen­ce technology and the tokenized economy in over 80 hours of content over three full days. From the USA to Singapore, to China and Europe, Money20/20 Asia features a carefully curated lineup of over 350 of the ecosystem’s leading innovators.

Keynote speakers include: Anthony Tan, cofounder & CEO, Grab; Chatri Sityodtong, founder, chairman & CEO, ONE Championsh­ip; Cheng Li, CTO, Ant Financial Services Group; Darryl West, Group CIO, HSBC; Derek White, Global head of Customer and Client Solutions, BBVA; Ghela Boskovich, Founder, FemTechGlo­bal; Grace Yin, director, WeChat Pay, Tencent; Gregory Gibb, co-chairman & CEO, Lufax; Hiroshi Takasawa, managing executive officer, CEO Rakuten Asia & president Rakuten Investment Company, Rakuten; James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific FinTech leader, EY; Jason Thompson, managing director, GrabPay; Jonathan Larsen, chairman, CEO, Ping An Global Voyager Fund; CIO, Ping An Group; Leda Glyptis, CIO, Qatar National Bank; Louise Pentland, EVP, Chief Business Affairs and Legal officer, PayPal; Madhivanan Balakrishn­an, chief Technology & Digital officer, ICICI Bank; Nadiem Makarim, founder & CEO, GO-JEK; Ning Tang, chairman & CEO, CreditEase; Pieter van der Does, cofounder/president & CEO, Adyen; Piyush Gupta, CEO & director, DBS Group; Ralph Echemendia, “Ethical Hacker” & Technical advisor to Hollywood Director Oliver Stone; Ravi Menon, managing director, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Tony Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia; and Will Gaybrick, CFO, Stripe.

Commenting on the launch in Singapore, Tracey Davies, president of Money20/20, said: “We are thrilled to expand Money20/20 to the world’s fastestgro­wing FinTech marketplac­e and provide the space for the region’s leading senior industry players to connect, debate and set out the future of money and explore the fast expansion of the Asia-Pacific payments and financial services landscape.”

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