Digital Banking Symposium Malaysia

About the Event

The Digital Banking Symposium is a virtual conference jointly organised by Huawei and Fintech News Malaysia. The event aims to bring you top insights for industry leaders over the course of two weeks.

Week 1 - 5th August 2021 (Thursday)

11:00 am- 12:00pm

Banking Reinvented: What Does the Future Hold for BFSI?

The banking industry is undergoing a revolution, today we are seeing disruption like we’ve never seen before.

From new entrants threatening to take a piece of the pie, shifting consumer behaviours, the emergence of digital currencies and assets, and a global pandemic — it can be quite a challenge to navigate these unknown times.

Key topics

Key trends shaping the banking sector
Defending your market share against disruption
How Malaysia’s top banks are future-proofing themselves

Speakers

Domenic Fuda, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hong Leong Bank
Mohd Muazzam Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
Ignatius Ong, CEO, TNG Digital
Anson Shen, Chief Strategy Office, Huawei Cloud, Asia Pacifc
Moderated by: Vincent Fong, Chief Editor, Fintech News Malaysia

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Banking in Today’s Digital Age

The rules of banking has fundamentally change in today’s digital age. How can Malaysian banks keep up with these changes?

Integrating products with customer’s unique life moments
Harnessing data driven insights
Investing in reusable technical insights to continuously bring new propositions into the market

Speaker: Shankar Kanabiran, Malaysia Financial Services Consulting Leader; Partner, EY

Week 2 - 11th August 2021(Wednesday)

11:00 am – 12:00pm

Malaysia’s New Wave of Digital Banks

With the deadline for the digital banking bid now behind us, 29 hopefuls have been confirmed to be part of the bidding war to secure the 5 digital banking licenses up for grabs.

What will these new players bring to the table, how will this impact incumbent banks and consumer behaviours?

Are the new digital banks a threat to incumbents?
What new value propositions will they bring to the market?
How will it serve Malaysia’s underserved markets?

Speakers

Salim Dhanani, CEO & Co-Founder, BigPay
Naysan Munusamy, Co-Founder MoneyMatch
Hudhaifa Ahmad, Co-Founder and Executive Director, MyAngkasa
Wu Shiwei, Chief Technology Office, Huawei Cloud, Asia Pacific
Moderated by: Vincent Fong, Chief Editor, Fintech News Malaysia

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Towards Digital Malaysia; Building a Future Proof Banking Industry

MyDIGITAL is set to leap the Malaysian digital economy. Two simple yet fundamental aspects to achieve a sustainable and future proof digital economy — cloud and infrastructure

This session will explore industry’s best practices and its ecosystem where it’s supported via: