Michael Moon joined SWIFT’s Singapore office in 2012 and leads its payments, trade and communications functions in Asia Pacific. In this role, he partners with the payments and banking industry to deliver next-generation payment and settlement solutions. Michael manages SWIFT’s strategic initiatives in Asia Pacific, many of which are reshaping the payments landscape globally. These include SWIFT gpi for cross-border payments and SWIFT’s instant payment system solutions in Asia Pacific (including the New Payments Platform in Australia for domestic real time payments).

Michael’s career in the financial services and payments industry spans 20 years, and has seen him hold positions in business development, product management, strategy and marketing functions, across China, India, the US, Australia, Singapore and South East Asia.

He joined SWIFT from American Express, where he led group strategy and business development for its network, merchant and B2B businesses in Asia Pacific. Prior to American Express Michael worked in the Australian banking industry with Citi and Commonwealth Bank.

Michael has lived and worked in Singapore since 2007 and has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney.