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Kaweewut Temphuwapat
Chief Innovation Officer, SCBX & Chief Executive Officer, SCB 10X
SCBX & SCB 10X
As Chief Executive Officer of SCB 10X and Chief Innovation Officer at SCBX, Kaweewut brings deep expertise in technology and innovation to drive large-scale digital and AI transformation. He focuses on turning emerging technologies into tangible business outcomes, ensuring that innovation delivers real, measurable impact across the organization.
With extensive experience leading enterprise-level digital initiatives, he plays a key role in bridging technology and business teams, fostering collaboration, and accelerating the adoption of AI and advanced technologies within the SCBX ecosystem. Through strategic execution and ecosystem building, he helps position SCBX at the forefront of regional fintech and deep-tech innovation.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:30–2:00pmFri 20 NovFutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremium
Others
The Napkin Pitch Is Dead. What Gets an Emerging-Market Fintech Funded?
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Saemin AhnManaging PartnerRakuten Capital
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Amith RajanExecutive Vice President, Head of Wholesale Digital Banking, Mashreq & Chief Executive Officer, NeoVenturesMashreq NeoVentures
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Kaweewut TemphuwapatChief Innovation Officer, SCBX & Chief Executive Officer, SCB 10XSCBX & SCB 10X
About this session
Capital hasn't left emerging-market fintech. It has just stopped funding the napkin. In the first half of 2026, Southeast Asian fintechs raised US$682 million and MENA fintechs raised US$617 million. In both regions a single round took a third or more of the total, and the number of deals fell sharply. Investors now want real revenue and a short road to profitability before they commit. Investors from the Gulf and North Asia sit alongside two Southeast Asian fintechs to compare what each market rewards, which metrics get a term sheet signed and what founders should ask of the investors they bring onto their cap table.
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