Money20/20 Asia

Formed of regulators, practitioners and academics, we are joined at Money20/20 Asia by the Women’s World Banking council. This council, formed of powerhouses from Facebook, Standard Chartered, DBS Bank, Wing Limited Specialised Bank, Asia Development Bank, Patamar Capital, Giti Group, Card MRI,  OJK, BSP, National Bank of Cambodia, and even the Indonesian Minister of Finance, focuses on the economic imperative to advance women’s financial inclusion and provide strategic guidance for economic empowerment across Southeast Asia. At Money20/20 Asia, the council will share insights on reaching social commerce entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and their investment plans across the region. Find out more about this key underbanked segment and opportunities to advance financial reach.

Consumer lending in Asia has a large room for growth due to low penetration and high demand. The tech-savvy and young population present the opportunity for the use of eKYC to help financial service providers decrease the time and cost of customer onboarding and servicing

Technology has the ability to provide unparalleled access to financial services, but only if regulators ensure that policies support digital innovation. Join Dr.Taimur Baig on the key macroeconomic trends and regulatory developments affecting financial services in Southeast Asia, and to the implications of these factors in reaching the un- and under-banked (particularly women) with finance.

The relationship between regulator and practitioner isn’t always straightforward. This session will compare and contrast 2 emerging market relationships to explore how regulators manage the risks associated with new technologies and collaborate more closely with financial services institutions. By focusing on the common goals of measuring impact on the economy, society and underbanked segments, how can the industry work together with regulators to deliver new and more seamless products & services to customers?

There's a lot of confusion about the real issues and what's required to create a sustainable and inclusive financial services ecosystem. Whether it's lending, credit scoring, payments or wealth management, the needs of customers needs to be at the heart of the service.

Using digital credibility in lending bring opportunities for individuals and small businesses without collateral and a credit history but it is necessary to maintain a balance between creating opportunities and maintaining stability in the financial system.

Linking lenders with safe, yet unknown borrowers has always been a challenge. As smarter data analysis spreads, new firms are moving in to connect the sources of local community knowledge with distant pools of capital.

Hear more about how an ingenious model of turning community organizations into credit assessors is expanding lending in Indonesia.

Long driven by regulatory and policy mandates, the cutting edge of financial inclusion has shifted to creating greater choice for consumers through smarter data analytics applied to ever-smaller transactions. Where paperwork prevented traditional banks from originating loans frequently or for small amounts, technology now allows borrowers to access a choice-enabling competition for their loans.

Digital finance has helped bring millions across Asia into the economic fold. During this session, we will look at the progress that the industry has made so far on financial inclusion, the work that is still left to do, and how technology can help us get there.

Have you heard of Oriente yet? Launched by the former founding CTO of Lufax, Hubert Tai, the founder of BlackPine Private Equity, Lawrence Chu and the cofounder of Skype and Atomico, Geoffrey Prentice, this startup offering real-time credit scoring and online-to-offline lending in South East Asia raised $105 million out of nowhere at the end of last year. It’s now live in the Philippines and Indonesia, taking steps to launch in Vietnam and scaling fast thanks to investment from retail giant JG Summit Holdings from the Philippines, and members of Malaysia’s Berjaya Group and Indonesian telco Sinar Mas. 


Born out of these illustrious tech founders and raised by these Asian family office powerhouses, how will Oriente’s lending proposition scale across South East Asia’s fragmented markets? What are the underlying technologies and models Oriente is utilizing to overcome KYC challenges and ensure speed and accuracy in the credit scoring process? How does Oriente’s bottom-up approach to financial inclusion compare to other last mile approaches to reach the underbanked from telcos to tech giants?

Mega platforms and super apps are prolific across Asia but what are the use cases that are well served through this platform model and what are the limitations? Many claim financial inclusion as their mission statement but what are the immediate results of this mission and what will this look like longer-term? This punchy session will explore the role of technology, commerce, financial institutions and governments in reaching the next billion consumers & micro-entrepreneurs.