ASEAN's most influential fintech event - WFIS, now ready to disrupt Philippines' FSI market
July 05 2022 - 2:10AM
JCN Newswire
The launch of 'Digital Payments Transformation Roadmap
2020-2023' by the Central bank of the Philippines (BSP) has been
driving major fintech investments in the country. To give an
estimate, the first half of 2021 witnessed a total funding of $342
million garnered by the country's fintech firms, more than double
of what was raised throughout 2020.
To provide a common networking and intelligence sharing platform to
Philippines' burgeoning FSI community, Tradepass is hosting World
Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) for the first time in the
Philippines at Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Manila on 16-17 August
2022.
The event will attract 600+ technology and business heads from the
leading Banks, Insurance & Micro-Finance institutions across
the Philippines.
In a statement issued, following her participation announcement as
a speaker, Dr. Adrienne Heinrich (Vice President & Head of AI
Center of Excellence, Union Bank of the Philippines) explained the
pivotal nature of AI in her organisation, "AI is a major driver of
the Aboitiz Group's Great Transformation into being the
Philippines' first techglomerate. At Union Bank of the Philippines,
an Aboitiz-led universal bank, we leverage technologies like AI to
deliver innovative models and solutions allowing us to provide
tailor-fit recommendations on products and services that truly
address our customers' needs. AI also enables us to unlock new
potential and opportunities across industries in the Group
including banking and financial services, power, manufacturing, and
beyond."
WFIS 2022 - Philippines, will host the top 30+ thought leaders and
experts from the industry who will shed light on the most pressing
FSI topics focused on the latest tech innovations. The two-day
event will also feature live showcase of the best FSI solutions
from the leading organizations and a lot more.
One of the confirmed speakers, Lito Villanueva (Executive Vice
President and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal
Commercial Banking Corporation) while taking about the event
expressed, "The bridge between the now and the future can only be
built by disrupting the current conversation on technology and
finance. These conversations spark limitless collaboration between
leaders and trailblazers that create boundless innovation. The
event is an opportunity to create not only innovation and
disruption, but 'disrup-innovation'."
Roy Joseph Roberto (Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Digital
Transformation, Citibank Philippines) while appreciating the WFIS
platform to address crucial CX challenges mentioned, "CX has now
become the key differentiator while choosing a financial service
platform. Realizing its inseparable nature with data science and
AI, the financial services industry is gearing up with bigger
investments in AI-enabled solutions. In that regard, World
Financial Innovation Series serves as an ideal avenue for business
and tech leaders to address the most pressing CX challenges and
share how disruptive tech like AI can help bridge these gaps and
transform DCX as we know it."
Organizer and CEO of Tradepass, Sudhir Jena, expressed, "With the
Philippines witnessing record high investments in fintech and the
Filipinos becoming more and more savvy with digitization, WFIS 2022
- Philippines will be the perfect opportunity for the fintech
providers to collaborate with the traditional financial
institutions and other seeking organizations that want to
incorporate fintech into their core infrastructure."
Some of the confirmed speakers from the event include: DR. ADRIENNE
HEINRICH, Vice President and Head of AI Center of Excellence, Union
Bank of the Philippines; DHARMESH PATEL, Chief Data and Analytics
Officer, East West Bank; LITO VILLANUEVA, EVP and Chief Innovation
& Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation;
RONALDO BATISAN, Vice President - Customer Experience, Union Bank
of the Philippines; ARIVUVEL RAMU, Group Chief Technology Officer,
Tonik (Digital Bank); CARLOS TENGKIAT, Chief Information Security
Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation and many others.
About Tradepass:
Providing access to the global emerging markets, Tradepass brings
together people, products and solutions to power events for
unparalleled business and networking opportunities. Being the most
accredited event company, it helps organizations: enter new
markets, grow sales pipeline, close prospects, raise capital and
identify the right solution-providers. As a deal facilitator,
Tradepass is always determined about exposing the most agile liquid
growth markets, to enable all-round scalability and growth.
For more information about the event, log on to:
https://philippines.worldfis.com/
Media contact:
Riya J
PR & Communication Lead, Tradepass
riyaj@tradepassglobal.com
+(91) 80 6166 4401
Mohammed Raiyan
Tradepass Global
+91 79964 11687
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