Digital Game Changers Tagit Pte Ltd

In Season 2 Episode 14, of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Mr. Sheldon Goh, Director, Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft Industry & Partner Sales, Singapore.

Sheldon Goh is the Industry Director of Microsoft’s Worldwide Financial Services Group. He is a regular speaker at industry forums representing Microsoft as a thought leader on innovations and trends shaping Financial Services Industry in Asia. At Microsoft he is part of a team focused on helping industry champions in their digital transformation journey. He leads the Risk and Compliance Chapter for Asia and works to grow the competency, business, and ecosystem for Azure cloud adoption, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for risk and compliance.

Key topics discussed include: 

1. Historically, Microsoft has not been top of mind for banks as a technology partner. However, there has been a shift over the last many years and Microsoft making great progress in the FSI sector.  What are the key areas of strength Microsoft is bringing to financial services?
2. One of the areas that has been very successful for Microsoft is Azure.  Azure is very competitive globally as a cloud provider.  Signing partners such as FIS with their next generation core banking is one example. What is Microsoft seeing by way of adoption of Azure (and cloud technologies in generally) globally and how is Microsoft working with banks and regulators to push the use of cloud technologies in the FSI sector
3. A lot of attention is being given to ChatGPT.  Microsoft has announced the inclusion of the Open AI technologies in the Microsoft offerings.  How does Microsoft envision this AI technology helping banks today?
4. At a macro level, what are some of the key technology areas you see influencing banks today, especially as it relates to their digital properties?

To be a part of our series or know more about us write to us at info@tagitmobile.com

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In Season 2 , Ep 13 of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Mr. Anand Krishnan, Director, Head of Technology at Emirates Investment Bank, Dubai.
Anand brings with him 25 years of IT experience, almost all of it in Banking and Financial Services. His experience includes product development, software consultancy services and as a technology provider in financial institutions. His forte has been Private Wealth Management and. From building ground up platforms in-house, to integrating and consolidating technology landscape across organizations, to helping businesses re-engineer and optimize processes through process automation and impactful analytics, Anand has facilitated wealth management transformation in banks in the middle east and southeast Asia across front, middle, and back office.
Emirates Investment Bank is an independent private bank, offering a wide range of tailor-made banking and investment services.


 Key topics discussed include: 


1.     Tell us about some of the digital initiatives at Emirates Investment Bank
2.     There is a lot of attention in the market today around digital initiatives for corporate customers and high net worth customers, especially from a wealth and investment management perspective. What are some of the major initiatives you see with digital capabilities to support high net worth customers, which has traditionally been a "high touch" segment?
3.     User Experience is high on the list for most banks. What is your approach towards personalization of the user experience for your corporate customers? How different is it from the retail experience?
4.     Build vs Buy? What’s your opinion and what does it mean for fintech companies such as Tagit who work with banks to enable their digital transformation?
5.     What are the key technology and digital banking trends that you see in 2023? 


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Tune in to hear some great insights! 


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In Episode 12 of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Melvin Yeo, General Manager, Head of Information Services at Singapura Finance Ltd.
 Singapura Finance Ltd is a Singapore-based finance company. The Company offers personal and corporate banking. Melvin leads the bank in their digitalization journey. In the nearly 20 years with the company, he has executed the replacement of the entire banking system, implemented microservices within the organization to improve systems agility/compatibility and collaborated with partners, like Tagit, to bring in digital services capabilities to the bank.
 Key  topics discussed include: 
1)     Can you describe for us the state of business of the financial services marketplace in Singapore today especially relative to commercial finance companies such as yours?
2)     How has Covid accelerated your digital transformation? Are the consumers now more digitally savvy?
3)     Tell us about your new Retail and Corporate Digital Banking application? How will it improve and enhance the customer experience?
4)     What are SFL’s plans for accelerating adoption of digital channels by their customers
5)     How will the new digital channels impact the other channels. i.e. branch, call center, atm, etc.?
6)     What are the new business of technology areas SFL is pursuing now that MVP is in place for mobile/internet, like expanded payments etc.?

Tune in to hear some great insights! 
To be a part of our series or know more about us write to us at info@tagitmobile.com 
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In Episode 11 of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Mr. Ashish Baghel, Head of Digital Channels at Prime Bank, Kenya

Mr. Baghel has more than 17 years of work experience in Digital Banking space and IT industry in various roles implementing Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Mobile Wallets, Cards and ATMs etc.
 
In addition he has expertise in delivery of business & technology solutions in Banking domain and brings strategic insights and direction to the role of digital in achieving business success.

Key  topics discussed include:

1) The digital banking landscape in Kenya  - some of the challenges and opportunities? Has Covid accelerated the adoption of digital?  And how quickly have banks been able to respond?

2) Some of the key drivers of digital transformation at Prime bank. What are some of the key digital initiatives at the Bank?

3) What trend are you seeing relative to banks being mobile-first and how much importance do you put on the internet channel?

4) Some of the Digital Banking trends that you see over the next 12-24 months?

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Tune in to hear some great insights! 

To be a part of our series or know more about us write to us at info@tagitmobile.com

In Episode 10 of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Ian Guy Gillard, Senior Executive Vice President at Bangkok Bank, Thailand.

Bangkok Bank is the largest commercial bank in Thailand in terms of assets. 

Ian is responsible for the Bank’s Digital initiatives including Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Public Website and the Standard Operating Environment globally. He is also responsible for the Bank’s Enterprise Architecture function.
 
Ian serves on the Board of the Banking Industry Architecture Network and is a Board Advisor to the R3 Distributed Ledger Technology company. 

Key  topics discussed include: 

1. As a previous board advisor for R3 and a board member of BIAN, how does he see these organizations helping shape the IT landscape, specifically as it relates to digital channels?
2. Bangkok Bank is involved in several Innovation labs and initiatives. How is this helping the Bank shape its digital strategies?
3. What are some of the lessons from the pandemic learned by the Bank that strongly influences how it moves forward?
4. Advice for other banks who may not have invested strongly in a strong architecture as they grow their digital presence
5. Thailand is now looking to play catch-up with fellow ASEAN countries by issuing digital bank licenses. Will there be a market for new digital banks as the incumbents are pretty matured and advanced?
6. Specific to the Thailand market, what are some of the key drivers in Thailand, both from a technology perspective and user perspective, that will continue to drive adoption of digital channels in the country?

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Tune in to hear some great insights! 

To be a part of our series or know more about us write to us at info@tagitmobile.com

 In Episode 9 of Digital Game Changers podcast/webcast series by Tagit, we are joined by Mr. Ravindran Ramiah, Director of IT at Tas’heel Finance.
Ravi is a result driven industry leader with over 24 years of achievement in leveraging technology to drive organizational performance, growth and profitability. 
He is a founder member of one of the initial Fintech organizations in Saudi Arabia which is licensed and regulated by SAMA in consumer finance sector. He is also the member of Executive Management team responsible for defining and executing the digital strategy
 Tas’heel Finance specializes in providing Shari'ah compliant financing solutions and is governed by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).


Some of the topics discussed include: 
1.    What are some of your challenges since COVID? How has it affected the company and opportunities that you foresee? 
2.    Tell us about the microfinance landscape in Middle East? How are the consumers responding to digitisation?
3.    What are some of your new digital initiatives that have made an impact on the market?
4.    How is technology enabling the organisational and operational resilience of the Company?
5.    What are some key digital trends over the next couple of years that will transform the microfinance landscape as we know today?
Tune in to hear some great insights! 
To be a part of our series or know more about us write to us at info@tagitmobile.com 

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