For this session, we’re going to talk about how artificial intelligence is influencing the way investment firms shape their business decisions. 

Founded in 1992, our guest Saxo is an international investment firm for investors and traders under the supervision of the Danish FSA, with a reach of over 2,500 professionals around the world including in key financial hubs such as Singapore.

Touted as one of the earliest fintech in the world, the firm’s platforms provide users access to global capital markets across asset classes, while its open banking technology powers over 200 financial institutions to enhance their investment experience.

With the AI fever pushing US equities to new extremes this year, what will this mean for Saxo in terms of the range of investment options it provides to users, and the companies it brings on board its platform? 

For one thing, the firm partnered with Jaaims Technologies in 2020 to facilitate investors to automate the management of their portfolios. But what are the reasons behind the move?  What role will wealth advisors play in the age of Generative AI then?

In this Singapore Fintech Festival edition of Under the Radar, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Adam Reynolds, APAC CEO, Saxo.

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For this session, we talk to a company whose ticker symbol only has one letter. 

Bingo if you’ve guessed Visa. On that note, did you know that Visa was actually founded by the Bank of America when it launched its first consumer credit card programme in the US? 

Well, a lot has happened since, with the firm expanding internationally in 1974 and the introduction of the debit card in 1975. 

Fast forward to the present, Visa is a trusted network and a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across over 200 countries and territories. 

Just to give you some numbers, the company issued some 4.2 billion Visa cards as of March 2023, and oversaw 269 billion payments transactions for the 12 months ended June 2023. 

The firm is also seeing a number of developments of late, working with Swift to streamline cross border B2B transactions. But what is the rationale behind the move?

Meanwhile, the firm also launched its advisory service to help them better tap Generative AI and improve their payment experience. Question is – how far can Generative AI drive Visa’s business in its next bound of growth? 

In this Singapore Fintech Festival edition of Under the Radar, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to  Adeline Kim, Country Manager for Singapore & Brunei, Visa.

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Supporting financial institutions in their efforts to leverage technology and transform digitally. That’s what we are going to talk about in this session with my guest from Temus. 

Established by Temasek in partnership with UST, Temus provides digital transformation solutions for the private and public sectors, and aspires to be a strategic partner in realising the Singapore Government’s Smart Nation vision. 

The Singapore headquartered firm has over 200 employees across a wide range of disciplines in strategy, design, architecture, technology, data and AI. 

In the field of finance specifically, Temus recently announced a transformative partnership with award-winning fintech firm Nexus FrontierTech. 

The collaboration aims to revolutionise the landscape of investing with the introduction of an AI-augmented portfolio management solution tailored for asset managers seeking unparalleled efficiency and performance. But what is the rationale behind this move and how far will this benefit FIs in Singapore? 

Meanwhile, the firm had in April signed a partnership with AI Singapore to catalyse digital transformation, promote AI adoption, and develop new AI technologies, solutions, and applications for firms based in Singapore. What will this mean for firms within the financial industry here?

In this Singapore Fintech Festival edition of Under the Radar, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Marcus Loh, Director, Temus.

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