BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T083839Z - 3374@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20160907T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20160907T140000 CREATED:20261012T083839Z DESCRIPTION:Women in Fintech: Opportunities\, Threats and The Way Forward\nWomen in Fintech: Opportunities\, Threat s and The Way Forward Date: 7 September 2016 Time: 12.00-2.00pm Venue: Tho mson Reuters Auditorium 28th Floor\, North Tower One Raffles Quay\, Singap ore 048583 Itinerary: 12.00-12.30 pm: Registrations\, lunch and networking 12.30-12.40 pm: Introductionary speeches 12.40-1.45 pm: Panel discussion 1.45-2.00 pm: Q&A and close FWA thanks FISD for the kind sponsorship of lu nch and Thomson Reuters for sponsoring the venue. This is a member only ev ent. From California to China\, the banking industry is being challenged b y digital disruption. As Jamie Dimon\, CEO of JP Morgan noted: "Silicon Va lley is coming. There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and mo ney working on various alternatives to traditional banking." Fintech inves tments have grown exponentially in the past decade: from USD 1.8bn in 2010 to USD 19bn in 2015. Fintech new entrants are targeting some of the most attractive and valuable profit pools in banking today. The open question r emains as to whether incumbent banks can embrace innovation\, not just tal k about blockchain and hack-a-thons\, before fintech competitors gain scal e and distribution. Customers are increasingly mobile savvy. Emerging mark ets often have a high percentage of unbanked population\, relatively weak consumer banks\, and a high penetration of mobile phones\, and are ripe fo r fintech disruptions. To date\, the payment space is the segment of finan ce that has been most challenged by tech-driven new entrants. From M-Pesa in Kenya\, Tencent's WeChat red envelope in China\, and the PayTM wallet i n India\, non-bank payment options are increasingly well adopted in their home markets. Alipay and PayPal are leaders in ecommerce online payments. Although payment is a relatively small part of banks' revenue pool\, the i ncumbent banks are at risk of losing important customer transaction data a nd client [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T083839Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:Women in Fintech: Opportunities\, Threats and The Way Forward END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR