SFF 2021 PROGRAMME

The proliferation of debt capital is a space closely watched by growth stage companies as Asia speeds ahead with its rapid digitalisation agenda.

Join us at this workshop as we dissect the roles of financial institutions like DBS and Temasek in catapulting high-growth technology companies to scale. This year, DBS and Temasek joined hands to establish EvolutionX Debt Capital to invest in next-generation technology leaders and accelerate growth across sectors such as financial services, consumer, healthcare, education and industrial development. Learn how venture debt platforms like EvolutionX Debt Capital and venture capital funds can plug into the technology ecosystem and add value to the entire ecosystem.

There is growing interest and adoption of cryptocurrencies among consumers, businesses and governments. This trend shows no sign of slowing.

Why is there a need for digital currencies to fully harness the value of blockchain use-cases? We’ll examine the current state of play with examples and case studies of live usage, and how central banks are exploring the adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and the future of digital currencies.

Innovation in payments technologies have been accelerating in recent years, particularly in Asia Pacific, with an uptick in real time payments, projects linking national payments infrastructures, the emergence and fast adoption of new form factors and digital wallet operators, and growing consumer demand and expectations around seamless, invisible payment experiences. This panel examines the trends shaping the payments innovation of tomorrow, including a discussion on which factors are driving change, and what the next phase of innovation in payments technology could look like.

The internet and technology have brought about a revolution in digital payments, and never before have consumers and businesses had more choice over how they want to make and accept payments. But is this too much choice? With a myriad of options, are we reading the same book, but finding ourselves seldom on the same page? This panel will examine what – if any – standards of speed, price, convenience or transparency should we expect in our payments experiences, and how to build them together as an industry.

During the current COVID-19 crisis, concerns over cybersecurity have been heightened in the ASEAN region with current defenses being challenged and weaknesses being exposed through the acceleration of digital transformation. Firms in the financial sector are attractive targets to cybercriminals, while SMEs are particularly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber attacks. In this workshop, PayPal and its industry partners will share views on the need to take a holistic and balanced approach in compliance, regulation and innovation when it comes to investment in cybersecurity.

Financial Services are transforming into a more data driven organsiation and the rise of the superapps for a more personalised customer services, we will deep dive into trends and how technology have accelerated that data driven experience through superapps. We will also feature a Thought Leadership panel discussion by Bill Borden, Corporate Vice President, worldwide financail services of Microsoft with industry leaders on future of banking and insurance, the digital incumbents and eco system and how technology has become a Must have then a Nice to have in the digital transformation journey

In a world where the nature of money changes, the role of banks and financial institutions has also evolved. Through this workshop, learn how banks can embrace Blockchain technology to provide safer, more secure, more efficient banking services in the future.

Building applications and servivces of tomorrow will require a shift in how we view the ownership of information and assets. In this session, Glenn will outline a high level framework of services and early patterns of adoption and use cases that are deployed in the real-world and coming soon as Web 3.0 technologies shift from the hands of the disruptors to normalised everyday interactions.