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Clara Shi
Chief Executive Officer
Worldfirst
Ms. Shi is CEO of World First, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant International with the aim to provide one-stop payment and financial services to global cross-border SMEs.
Ms. Shi joined Ant Group in October 2017 and currently serves as a Vice President, International Business Group of Ant Group. Prior to joining Ant Group, she was the Head of International Subsidiary Banking, Commercial Banking in HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited from July 2015 to October 2017. Ms. Shi held various positions in Citibank (China) Company Limited from December 2003 to July 2015, and her last position was the North China Head of Global Subsidiary Group, Global Corporate & Investment Banking.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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3:40–4:10pmFri 20 NovFutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
The Missing Middle: Powering the Next Wave of Commercial Payment Corridors
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Anouska LaddsExecutive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Asia PacificMastercard
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Clara ShiChief Executive OfficerWorldfirst
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Nischita HejmadyDirector – Digital Strategy & International BusinessHitachi Payment Services
About this session
While most payments conversations focus on consumer rails, the real bottleneck may be commercial: B2B and merchant payments across Asia, the Middle East and Africa remain fragmented and cash-heavy. This panel unpacks what it takes to build commercial payment corridors that actually work and where the friction still lies.
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