Chris Clark ascends to the role of APAC chair to help drive market expansion and lead strategic engagements with government and industry stakeholders in the region.
Hong Kong is well placed to capitalise on e-commerce trends given its status as a regional trade hub and gateway to global markets, according to the bank.
Demand for alternatives to traditional wire transfers is growing in Korea, where consumers and businesses increasingly expect solutions that enable low-cost, instant cross-border payments.
Corporate treasury teams have a role to play in demanding financial service providers to adopt emerging technologies that will ultimately facilitate funding and payments operations.
Panellists at this year’s AFF discussed the fintech developments that are set to bring about greater prosperity across Asia’s financial ecosystems, and the public and private sector collaboration required to do so.
General Mills’ Christopher Emslie discussed the numerous technical, infrastructure-related, security and regulatory challenges that require navigation in order to achieve a true “instant treasury” format.