Conference returns to Singapore, site of the inaugural Next Bank event in 2012, and provides an open forum to drive innovation in the financial services industry
SINGAPORE, May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The third Next Bank Asia conference will bring together a unique mix of financial professionals, entrepreneurs, innovators, designers and creatives from across the banking, design and technology sectors. The event, which will be held on 14th - 15th May at Singapore's National Design Centre, will provide a forum to discuss, debate and drive meaningful change in the financial services sector.
Key speakers at the event include international author and strategist Parag Khanna; Deepesh Trivedi, Head of Retail, E-Commerce and Financial Services for South East Asia, Facebook; Neil Cross , Chief Innovation Officer at DBS; JP Nicols, Co-founder of Bank Innovators Council; Shandre M. Thangavelu, National University of Singapore, Department of Economics; Louise Long, Head of Customer Experience, National Australia Bank.
Founded by Singapore based blogger and creative Rob Findlay, the conference will cover a variety of themes ranging from macro technology trends impacting the financial services industry in the Asia-Pacific region to customer experience and branch design.
Since its inception in Singapore in 2012, Next Bank has developed into a global movement with home-grown events in markets such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney, Nairobi, Rome, Madrid and Bogota. More events are in the pipeline this year and in 2015 in major cities around 4 continents including Melbourne, Shanghai, Dubai, Moscow, Barcelona, London, Boston, San Francisco, Mexico City, Sao Palo, Santiago and Bueno Aires.
"There is a huge amount of change underway in the financial services industry globally driven by technology and by consumers demand for increasingly innovative solutions from providers," said Findlay, "Next Bank was founded to be an open community which brings together innovators from a range of backgrounds across the industry, creating connections, collaborations and partnerships and ultimately driving real change in the way we think about banking."
Findlay added, "There is still a huge gap in understanding how the blend of technology, design, innovation strategies and actual banking practices can work together. This year's Next Bank Asia conference will be challenging delegates and participants to think differently and creatively about how to bring those various disciplines together in a way which caters to the dynamic and rapidly changing needs of consumers across the Asia Pacific region."
