28 - 29 November, 2018
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
Conference Day One - Wednesday, 28 November 2018
8:00 am - 9:00 am Morning Refreshment and Registration
9:00 am - 9:10 am Chairperson Opening Remarks
STATE OF DIGITAL PAYMENTS IN ASIA
9:15 am - 10:00 am OPENING KEYNOTE: Building a Unified Payment Network for Larger Scale and Greater Mass
· The benefits of a unified and harmonised payment process to elevate digital payments uptake in Asia
· Enabling digital payments growth through network advances between banks, retailers and technology solution providers to achieve critical mass
· Strengthening digital payment models by tapping into effective cross-border collaborations
10:00 am - 10:30 am Asia's First Cross-Border Payment Alliance: A Game Changer to Strengthen Digital Economies in Southeast Asia
- Connecting both telco and non-telco mobile wallets across borders to create a region-wide payment network to enable consumers to use their local mobile wallets when travelling
- Linking different mobile wallet systems across the region to unify Asia’s fragmented payments scene
- Driving the adoption of mobile payments to supports ASEAN’s push towards financial inclusion and vision of an integrated digital market
10:40 am - 11:25 am Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
THE MOVE TOWARDS A CASHLESS SOCIETY
11:25 am - 12:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Accelerating the Adoption of Digital Payments towards a Cashless Society
Moderator:
Mr Aprajit Sharma Head of Payments & Receivables Technology Citibank Singapore
Speakers:
Mr Milind Sanghavi Head of Digital Payments OCBC Bank Singapore
Mr Nicholas Lee Chief Executive Officer EZ Link
Mr Nagesh Devata General Manager, Cross-Border Trade, Southeast Asia PayPal
Mr Masaya Mori Global Head of Rakuten Institute of Technology Rakuten
Mr Aprajit Sharma Head of Payments & Receivables Technology Citibank Singapore
Speakers:
Mr Milind Sanghavi Head of Digital Payments OCBC Bank Singapore
Mr Nicholas Lee Chief Executive Officer EZ Link
Mr Nagesh Devata General Manager, Cross-Border Trade, Southeast Asia PayPal
Mr Masaya Mori Global Head of Rakuten Institute of Technology Rakuten
• Innovating payments to meet evolving customer demands and preferences in finance and retail
• Integrating scalable digital payment technologies with existing infrastructure for effective roll-outs
• Evaluating effective adoption strategies: Current customer base vs. new customers across markets in Asia
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm KEYNOTE: Leading and Driving Digital Payments Growth in Asia
· Ensuring your payments systems are operationally built for continuous innovation and upgrades
· Strengthening banking and payments infrastructure to provide value-added offerings
· Launching new payment services with remarkable speed and agility to capture growing opportunities in Asia’s payments market
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Networking Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm FIRESIDE CHAT: Leveraging Real-Time Payments to Win the Battle for Market Dominance
· How do current “real-time payments” schemes work in the region and how can they benefit financial institutions and their customers?
· Tapping into the advantages of real-time payments to enhance digital payments service delivery and experience
· Lessons learnt from global real-time payments projects and applications for the Asian market
Mr Gautam Aggarwal
Group Head & Senior Vice President, Domestic & Real-time PaymentsMastercard
Structured to maximise interaction and in-depth focus on a topical subject matter, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in two roundtable sessions of their choice, which has close relevance to their area of expertise or scope of responsibility
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Roundtable 1
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Achieving Payments Interoperability for Ease of TransactionsRoundtable 2
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Deploying P2P as Value-Added Payment ServiceRoundtable 3
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tapping into Cryptocurrency as an Evolving Payment Mode
Mr Carney Mak
Digital Currency SubcommitteeACCESS - Singapore Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Industry Association
Roundtable 4
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Managing Cross-Border Payments: Costs, Risks and EfficienciesEMERGING DIGITAL PAYMENT MODES
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Speed Networking
3:30 pm - 4:10 pm From a Transit Payment to a New Digital payment Provider: Establishing a New Payment Ecosystem
· Leveraging existing transit payments infrastructure to develop contactless payment systems in a cost-effective manner
· Developing a digital payment ecosystem to convert existing customers onto the new platform
· Capturing payments opportunities across all market segments including senior citizens and students
4:10 pm - 4:50 pm Scaling Digital Payments Business by Deploying QR Code-Based Payment Services
- Successfully implementing QR code-based payment services in Indonesia: How to ensure compliance and accelerate market buy-in
- Setting up the QR code payment infrastructure: Overcoming the challenges and rolling it out successfully
- Expanding the use of QR code payments with e-commerce and merchant partners
AI APPLICATIONS IN PAYMENTS
4:50 pm - 5:30 pm Using AI to Secure Payments, Enhance Customer Experience and Establish Trust
- Integrating and analysing massive amounts of structured and unstructured data for more effective decision-making
- Detecting illegal money flow and overcome malicious activity in a quicker manner
- Monitoring real-time customer behavior to secure vulnerabilities and prevent fraud in payments
