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Carrie Suen
Vice President, Head of Global Affairs & Strategic Development
Ant International
View LinkedIn profileCarrie Suen is Vice President and Head of Global Affairs & Strategic Development at Ant International, leading global strategy, market access, and business innovation to build a more inclusive, sustainable, and interoperable digital economy. Since joining Ant in 2014, Carrie has helped guide its international expansion journey—first by building out global legal and regulatory capabilities, and now by driving new market access and growth strategies across diverse regions.
She has played a central role in shaping Ant International’s engagement with regulators and industry leaders worldwide, contributing to sustainable development of emerging technology applications, ranging from AI, tokenization, privacy enhancing technology, and green tech.
Beyond her corporate leadership, Carrie also advises international industry bodies, including the Financial Stability Board in shaping global policies for digital finance and financial inclusion.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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4:00–4:30pmWed 18 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Policy Rewiring
Who Builds the Bridge Between National Payment Schemes; and Who Owns the Toll?
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Alan NiChief Executive OfficerTNG Digital Sdn. Bhd.
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Carrie SuenVice President, Head of Global Affairs & Strategic DevelopmentAnt International
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Lawrence ChanGroup Chief Executive OfficerNetwork for Electronic Transfers (Singapore)
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Jo YeoDirectorMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
National instant payment schemes are proliferating around the world, yet most remain valuable only within their own borders. As domestic networks mature, the next source of value lies not in individual schemes, but in the bridges that connect them.
This session explores the emerging cross-border interoperability layer: who is building it, how common messaging standards and technical frameworks make it possible, and how governance, costs, revenues, and risks are shared among the parties involved. The discussion will examine the different models being adopted globally, from bilateral connections to multilateral networks and shared infrastructure platforms.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of where payment interoperability is succeeding in practice, what challenges remain, and the trade-offs between different connectivity approaches.
One of the central questions the panel will explore is: when one country's instant payment scheme needs to communicate with another's, who builds the bridge, and who owns the toll? -
