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Kelvin Li
Senior Vice President
Ant International
View LinkedIn profileKelvin is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Platform Tech Business Unit of Ant International. Since joining Ant Group in 2016, Kelvin took a number of leadership roles in our Global Funds & Treasury team where he led the team in building the world’s leading next-generation global liquidity and treasury system leveraging cutting-edge in-house developed DLT and AI technology to support the growing needs of our corporate clients in a more scalable and sustainable manner. Under Kelvin’s leadership, together with our major partner banks including JP Morgan, Citibank, SCB, HSBC and Barclays, we were able to propel transformation of FX and liquidity management framework connecting five global treasury hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New York and London, covering more than 100 currencies. Ant Group was awarded the Adam Smith Awards Asia in 2021 as the winner in the best liquidity management solution.
Prior to joining Ant Group, Kelvin was the Head of Corporate Solutions Group for the Citigroup China from 2010-2016. He was also the Head of FX of JP Morgan China from 2009 to 2010. Kelvin was an alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Speaking at SFF 2026
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3:30–4:00pmThu 19 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Technology Rewiring
Agentic Payments: Are Our Rails Ready?
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Jesse McWatersEVP, Head of Global PolicyMastercard
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Kelvin LiSenior Vice PresidentAnt International
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Jeremy GoroHead of Financial Services Strategy & Partnerships, EMEAGoogle
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Jo YeoDirectorMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
For decades, payment systems have been designed around human behaviour. AI agents play by different rules. Unlike humans, agents do not care about rewards, interfaces or brand loyalty. They optimise for speed, cost, and reliability.
As agents begin making payments on behalf of users and businesses, they may transact at a scale and frequency never seen before, paying for everything from AI services and digital content to machine-to-machine interactions. The result could be millions of low-value transactions that challenge the economics and design of today's payment infrastructure.
Are our payment rails ready for this future? As PayNow Gen2 considers capabilities relevant to agentic commerce, this session explores whether existing payment rails can adapt, what role programmable money could play, and how payment infrastructure must evolve when machines start choosing how to pay. -
