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Lerato Oldiges
Moderator
HDS Entertainment
Lerato Oldiges is a Broadcaster, Strategist, Relationship Builder, an advocate for soft power in the promotion of African culture & a facilitator of Thought Leadership conversations.
Former BBC Global Business News Anchor and host of “Africa Business Report”, former senior business anchor at CNBC Africa, Prime Time News anchor at SABC News and foreign policy analyst heading a programme at the SA Institute of International Affairs.
She is also a renowned talkshow host and podcaster through the radio show “PowerTalk”.
A sought after global moderator who has sat on stage at the WEF, OPEC Fund for International Development Forum, UN, AfDB, Biashara Afrika, World Bank Annual Meetings, Afrexim Bank, SA Investment Forum, Nigeria Economic Forum and numerous other events promoted investment and innovation on the African continent.
She is the 2023 Recipient of one South Africa’s highest honours (2023) the Charlotte Maxeke Women in Leadership Award - for her work done in international broadcasting. Lerato Oldiges is also a WEF Young Global Leader and has been named on the list of New African most influential women in Media, on the Oprah Magazine Power List & the list of Lionesses Africa
Speaking at SFF 2026
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12:55–1:00pmThu 19 NovFutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremiumModerator
Others
Welcome to FutureMatters Stage - Day 2
About this session
Join us as we kick off the day's sessions on the FutureMatters Stage, featuring insightful conversations, groundbreaking ideas, and inspiring voices shaping the future of FinTech.
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9:05–9:10amFri 20 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Others
Welcome to Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 - Day 3
About this session
Join us as we kick off the day's sessions on the Festival Stage, featuring insightful conversations, groundbreaking ideas, and inspiring voices shaping the future of FinTech.
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11:35am–12:20pmFri 20 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremiumModerator
Technology Rewiring
The New Economics Across the Payments Value Chain
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Stephen KarpinRegional President, Asia PacificVisa
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Anuj KhoslaChief Executive Officer - Digital BusinessHitachi Payment Services
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Yukinobu SaekiManaging Executive Officer & Chief Executive for APACMUFG
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Shinichiro NishikawaHead of Global Payments Strategy & Transformation SectionNTT DATA Japan
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H.E. Abdulelah AldeheemVice Governor for Executive AffairsSaudi Central Bank
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Lerato OldigesModeratorHDS EntertainmentModerator
About this session
For years, payments competed on the rails—faster, cheaper, more reliable ways to move money from A to B. But as transactions become instant, ubiquitous, and nearly free, the rails themselves are commoditizing. The value is migrating elsewhere: to data, embedded experiences, working capital, fraud intelligence, and the software wrapped around every transaction. Moving money is table stakes; the real margin lives above it. Learn where payments value is genuinely being created as core processing commoditizes, how leading players monetize data, software, and embedded finance beyond the transaction, and what it takes to climb the value stack.
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