Design your own digital journey and instincts as a leader

Coursework, discussions and site visits In one of the world’s most innovative financial centres

Meet real players driving the most interesting innovations today Be guided by a highly skilled faculty with strong on-the-ground expertise Sharpen your own decision-making instincts Build the digital roadmaps for your institution and for yourself. Learn to lead in times of change from leaders who will push you to think further

In today’s increasingly competitive environment, the ability to harness disruption and innovation requires a special combination of skills and instincts as well as an interpretation of the trends shaping our world. The winners will be those who can leverage the changing rules for their own decisions. Since 2016, The Asian Banker’s unique five-day Digital Finance Leadership Programme has been training a steady flow of decision makers in financial institutions from across many developing economies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East to hone their leadership skills in a digital world.

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The programme combines teaching, mentoring, site visits and personal interactions with industry leaders, disruptors and outstanding personalities in search of answers to some of the most difficult questions which leading executives face today.

The programme is designed for:

Chairmen, chief executives and board members of banks, who wish to introduce transformational changes in your organisation and embrace innovation into their business models

Chief innovation officers, chief data officers, chief marketing officers

Heads of channels, product innovation, retail operations

Senior executives of corporate planning, marketing and strategy

Senior executives in retail, corporate, transaction banking and trade finance business lines;

Business-level decision-makers in mobile banking, online payments, consumer experience, technology and operations

Senior executives in transformational areas such as Artificial Intelligence, data and analytics

PROGRAMME FORMAT

Coursework

For which you have to prepare by reading up prior to attending the training and where hardcore faculty members and a classroom made up of your peers from around the world will contribute to the intense dialogue and learning.

Discussions with Speakers

Up and personal with some of the leading brains in London and even with your peers to spar and construct a collective learning of the decisions you need to make.

Site visits

Visit actual innovation labs and ground zero of the sites and institutions that are transforming the industry today.

DAY - 1 Monday, 20 July 2020 – Workshop	DAY - 2 Tuesday, 21 July 2020 – Site Visits	DAY - 3 Wednesday, 22 July 2020 – Workshop & Site Visits	DAY - 4 Thursday, 23 July 2020 – Workshop & Site Visits	DAY - 5 Friday, 24 July 2020 – Workshop
Coursework Introductory session – Leadership in the digital world	Site Visit Yoyo Wallet : Transforming the relationship between retailers and customers	Coursework Understanding the balance sheet of the digital bank – Lessons from UK’s challenger and digital banks on business models and strategies	Coursework Measuring the size of the crypto economy – What do decentralised networks mean for banks?	Coursework Evaluating leaders and leadership - An exercise in assessment of the top leaders in the financial services industry in which we will discuss their strengths, weaknesses, the reasons behind their decisions and a story which can be related to participants.
Speakers/Discussion Key developments in the financial services industry and the UK’s role as a financial innovation hub	Site Visit TransferWise: A Smart new way to send money internationally	Coursework Externalising the nature of the institution – Building “conversations” and APIs in an open world	Coursework/Speakers/ Discussion Planning your resources for the digital journey: Hardware, software and cybersecurity
Speakers/Discussion Latest developments in frontier technologies: A panel of experts	Discussion/Lunch IDEALondon: Empoweling tech start-ups to grow faster, stronger and further than they could alone	Speakers/Discussion Next-gen platforms for the small business sector –leveraging machine learning and supply chains to unlock the potential in bespoke lending to SMEs	Site Visit R3: Blockchain technology, ecosystem of more than 300 firms working together to build distributed applications on top of Corda for usage across industries	Coursework/Speakers/Discussion: How should financial institutions reinvent themselves? – Organizational culture, innovation and risk - how will it all work out in the future?
Speakers/Discussion Understanding the universe of fintechs, startups and investors	Site Visit Realities Centre: Augmented and virtual reality innovation in the financial services industry	Site Visit London & Partners and dialogue on Open Banking	Site Visit North Oak – Digital only bank	Coursework Mapping your bank’s and your own digital journey – Maps and milestones

VIEW AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Be inspired by disruptive thinkers and
founders of London’s most successful players

The city of London, called by some as "the financial centre of the world", is led by very progressive regulators and has a diversity of players shaping the future of the financial services industry today.

The City hosts some of the most successful financial technology (fintech) innovators worldwide: Payments start-ups, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplaces, online investment service, forex start- ups, as well as digital challenger banks and neo-banks, to name a few.

High-street banks are spearheading their own digital journeys by setting up open innovation accelerators, new branch concepts and customer experience labs.

With significant support from the UK government through R&D tax breaks and programs designed to foster growth, London provides a suitable platform for the greatest experiments in pushing the financial services industry towards its technology driven future.

"In today’s digital world, decision makers have to harness the power of exponential technologies, use the wisdom of crowds and experiment with new business models. This program will help you develop the skills to make the right decisions and to steer your organisation through the uncertainties in the digital economy."

Key focus areas of the workshops,
dialogues and site visits:

Digital World

Leadership and Business Models in a changing Digital World

Financial Institutions

Examples of breakthroughs in some of the world’s leading financial institutions

Transaction Services

Ongoing revolutions taking place in the delivery of payments, credit, transaction services in the UK

Competitive Weapon

Innovation as a competitive weapon

Cooperation Companies

Cooperation and/or competition with fintech companies

Machine Learning

Rethinking cybersecurity in the age of Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning

Innovative Environment

The role of regulators in fostering an innovative environment

Financial Revolution

Views of the funders of financial revolution – the venture capital (VC) and private equity firms – Where do they see the unicorns of tomorrow?

Transformational Map

How do I develop a transformational map for my organisation?

Digital Finance Leadership Programme

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Design your own digital journey and instincts as a leader

Coursework, discussions and site visits In one of the world’s most innovative financial centres

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Global Industry

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Meet the Faculty and Past Speakers

Emmanuel Daniel

Nick Dove

David Gyori

Dinis Guarda

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