On how conventional banks are integrating digital solutions How would you assess the potential of digital banking to boost financial inclusion in developing economies? MICHEAL GORRIZ: In Africa, where Standard Chartered opened eight digital banks in 2018-19, the cost to serve is a crucial determining factor when offering banking services. A large part of the continent is underbanked primarily…
On how the city-state is positioning itself as a door to South-east Asia and a hub for cross-border collaboration What advantages does Singapore offer tech companies seeking a springboard into ASEAN? PETER ONG: Innovation in South-east Asia is at an inflection point. The average age of the region’s 640m-strong population is 30, and a growing level of consumption power characterises…
About Palmtech Palmtech2018 created a platform for both upstream and downstream palm oil companies to explore wider business opportunity and creating the global awareness of the palm oil industry. This is an international event bring together 3000 industry professionals to visit the strategic, operational and technology aspects of the Malaysia’s palm oil industry. About Agritech Agritech…
As the rhetoric from the US White House swerves from combative to compromise and back again, uncertainty in the global trading environment is creating potential pitfalls for emerging markets the world over. In the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which counts China as its largest trading partner, member states watch with trepidation as President Donald Trump ramps up threats of levies…
The WIEF Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, organises the annual World Islamic Economic Forum, a world-class business platform showcasing business opportunities in the Muslim world, and runs programmes of the various initiatives of the foundation that strengthen people partnership and knowledge exchange between Muslim and non-Muslim communities across the globe. The WIEF…
PALMTECH 2017 created a platform for both upstream and downstream palm oil companies to explore wider business opportunities and create global awareness of the palm oil industry. This is an international event bringing together 3000 industry professionals to visit the strategic, operational and technology aspects of the Malaysia’s palm oil industry. PALMTECH 2017 is supported by the Ministry of Modernisation…
As a result of significant increases in demand for wood, the global wood market is undergoing rapid changes, putting considerable pressure on the world’s natural forests. Increasing demand for wood has had led to further degradation and fragmentation of forests and permanent deforestation. To successfully change this situation, international wood demand must be met through sustainable wood production…
Themed‘Gearing Up the Global Tourism Cities Development: New Directions and Strategies’, this two day conference aims to provide city planners, government authorities, mayors, city councils, decision makers, and C-level executives with the knowledge and the connections they need to make valid planning and business decisions in terms of product development and building sustainable tourism…
The federal government is eager to see Malaysia unseat Singapore and Thailand to become South-east Asia’s premier health care tourism destination. This holds true not just for Kuala Lumpur and environs, but for Sarawak as well, as the state boasts many natural attractions to offer recuperating patients, at significantly lower costs than its competitors. Health care is of such importance to…
