Author: Zhenya Winter, Head of Financial Messaging Marketing EMEA & APAC, Bottomline Technologies

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Zhenya Winter

Zhenya Winter is the Head of Financial Messaging Marketing EMEA & APAC, Bottomline Technologies. She has more than 22 years of experience in the Financial Services sector, focused on payments over the last 10 years. Key areas of specialisation include Real-Time domestic & cross-border payments & ISO 20022.

The banking sector in Asia Pacific is filled with opportunity in 2022, whilst also facing intensified competition. Rapid infrastructure developments and emerging technologies coupled with the pandemic have accelerated digital adoption across the region. Industry wide initiatives, most notably the migration to ISO 20022, aim to improve the efficiency and security of real-time and cross-border payments. Many banks are already adopting ISO 20022 for all their payments infrastructures including SWIFT, BahtNet, RENTAS, RITS, CHATS, PhilPaSS and MEPS+. In short, regulations, deadlines and new technology combined make this a year for make or break propositions. Any financial institution taking a casual…

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