Based in Singapore, Kunaal Patel currently leads business development for Partior globally. As part of the role, Kunaal is responsible for the growth of Partior’s ecosystem of banks, non-banks and Fintechs.
Prior to that, Kunaal was at R3, a blockchain enterprise software firm where he led the banking/fintech pillar for Asia-Pacific. The role involved helping central and commercial banks, exchanges, and Fintechs to leverage R3’s technology for digital assets, trade finance, supply chain and healthcare.
Before embarking on a career in Fintech, Kunaal was a seasoned investment banker for 12 years across tier one British, US and European banks such as Barclays, Lehman Brothers & Deutsche Bank.
Kunaal, who is originally from the United Kingdom, holds an Economics degree from City, University of London.
Roundtable 7
Invite-Only
In Partnership with: Partior
The tide is shifting for the foreign exchange market (FX). Undergoing unprecedented transformation driven by increased regulation, new technologies and structural change of late, improving the workings of FX has now become a mammoth undertaking with complexities surrounding liquidity and transparency too.
Every market player knows that liquidity is king but, in this liquidity, scarce landscape, the perennial question of how it can be unlocked remains unanswered. In this roundtable, we bring together key industry players to address this question and discuss:
The FX evolution amid a payments revolution:
- A stocktake of FX market trends, and an examination of emerging technology solutions as a source of change and new challenges;
Advancing FX innovation:
- Examining the role of emerging FX instruments in F.O.R.T-tifying operations and streamlining liquidity, all while addressing the components of a new global FX code (Fair, Open, Robust & Transparent);
Liquifying Legacy Systems:
- Exploring the use of new settlement rails in enhancing liquidity settlement and complementing existing arrangements with economies at different stages of development;
Road to T+1 Securities Settlement:
- What this entails for global liquidity in FX Markets.
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