LATTICE80 Fintech South East Asia 100 – Top Influencers

The ASEAN region is one of the primary geographical areas where financial inclusion is a challenge. According to a recent report on the ‘State of FinTech in ASEAN’ by UOB, more than half of the adult population in the region remains unbanked and the problem is more grim in rural areas.

Fintech companies in the region have a great opportunity to address markets of each country in the South East Asian region – each one unique socially, economically and culturally.

As observed in other developing markets such as China and India, growing internet infrastructure and e-commerce are catalysts to the growth of Fintech starting with payment solutions. EY ASEAN Fintech Census this year corroborates this by finding during their survey that 33% of Fintech startups in the region are focusing on payments followed by lending and remittance solutions coming in at 25% and 21% respectively.

A popular trend in the region is most large financial institutions such as banks are collaborating with Fintech companies by running their own incubators, accelerator programmes, innovation labs and also setup investment funds. Regulators in the South East Asian region are generally seeing as interested in fostering growth by responding positively to the needs to startups.

Initiatives such as educational institutions working with industry leaders to ready trained homegrown talent while there continues to remain a strong reliance on foreign talent in the region are taking shape. Surveys suggest an expectation of stronger support from government in the form of tax incentives for investors in growing companies.

Singapore remains the hottest market, seeing a mix of both local and foreign Fintech companies establishing a office in the country. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand follow closely – a young population with increasing internet penetration makes them favourable for growth. Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Vietnam still remain in their nascent stages. LATTICE80’s FintechDB currently tracks over 730 startups in its Beta while still porting data on more from just within the ASEAN region.

In this report, we identify a few people who are actively involved in the growth of the Fintech industry in the South East Asian region. This list of influencers – picked from our database of over 200,000 individuals – has startup founders, government and regulatory leaders, members of financial institutions, advocacy groups and investors.

Countrywise breakdown:

Singapore – 66, Malaysia – 11, Philippines – 11, Thailand – 6, Indonesia – 2, Myanmar – 2, Cambodia – 2

In case you wish to suggest a correction to this report or suggest any updates to our database, please write to info@lattice80.com.

ASEANFintech	Top 100 Influencers (A-Z)	Country	Profile
	Aaron Ting Secretary ACCESS Malaysia	Malaysia
	Abel Martins Alexandre Head of Commercial Treasury Rio Tinto	Singapore
	Abhinav Ramesh Founder WandX	Singapore, India
	Aditya Laroia Asia Pacific Head of Sales Saxo Markets	Singapore
	Adrian Yap CEO MoneyMatch	Malaysia
	Ahn Tammy (Tae-Hyon) Partner Jenga K	Singapore
	Aldi Haryopratomo CEO GO-PAY	Indonesia
	Alistair Duff Co-Founder & Head of Asia Pacific DrumG Financial Technologies	Singapore
	Amran Hassan Head of Innovation and CIO Maybank	Malaysia
	Anson Zeall Chairman ACCESS	Singapore
	Anthony Thomas CEO Mynt	Philippines
	Borann Kea CEO AMK Microfinance Institution	Cambodia
	Brad Jones CEO Wave Money	Myanmar
	Branson Lee Co-founder Morpheus Labs	Singapore
	Buncha Manoonkunchai Senior Director, Financial Technology Department Bank of Thailand	Thailand
	Chandrima Das Founder and CEO Bento	Singapore
	Chia Hock Lai President Singapore FinTech Association	Singapore
	Daphne Ng CEO JEDTrade	Singapore
	Darius Sit Managing Partner QCP Capital	Singapore
	David Galipeau Chief Impact Officer United Nations SDG Impact Finance (UNSIF)	Thailand
	David Kuo Chuen Lee Co-founder BlockAsset	Singapore
	David Moskowitz Co-founder Indorse	Singapore
	Diana Krumova Country CEO Cash Credit	Philippines
	Donald Wihardja Partner Convergence Ventures	Indonesia
	Dušan Stojanović Founder and Director True Global Ventures	Singapore
	Eddie Lee Group CEO SeedIn Technology	Singapore
	Fernn Lim Director SC Ventures	Singapore
	Gina Heng Co-founder and CEO Miss Kaya	Singapore
	Gitesh Athavale CEO – Southeast Asia LINKA	Singapore
	Hal Bosher CEO Yoma Bank	Myanmar
	Igor Pesin Partner / Investment Director Life.SREDA	Singapore
	Jakub Zakrzewski General Manager, APAC Revolut	Singapore
	Jamie Yu Director, Market Technology & Data Services CME Group	Singapore
	Janet Young Yoke Mun MD & Head of Group Channels & Digitalisaiton United Overseas Bank Limited	Singapore
	Jeffrey Paine Managing Partner Golden Gate Ventures	Singapore
	Jenna Huey Ching Digital Ninja MyMy	Malaysia
	Joe Seunghyun Cho Co-founder and Founding CEO LATTICE80	Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and UK
	Joe Tusin Founder and CEO Chynge	Singapore
	Joel KO President Marvelstone Group	Singapore, UK
	John Ng Pangilinan Partner Signum Capital	Singapore
	Johnny Mayo Asia General Manager SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator	Malaysia
	Joo Seng Wong Co-founder and CEO Spark Systems	Singapore
	Jun Hasegawa Founder & CEO Omise	Thailand
	Katherine Ng VP, Head of Global Marketing QUOINE	Singapore
	Kayoko Francis Co-founder and CEO Finesse Digital	Singapore
	Kelvin Teo CEO & Co-Founder Funding Societies – Modalku	Singapore
	Khemara Ros MBI – FinTech Advisor Asian Development Bank (ADB)	Cambodia
	Koichi Saito Founder & General Partner KK Fund	Singapore
	Leo Shimada Co-founder and CEO Crowdo	Singapore
	Lito Villanueva Managing Director & CEO FINTQnologies	Philippines
	Lon Wong Founder ProximaX	Malaysia
	Lotte Schou-Zibell Chief of Finance Sector Group Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department Asian Development Bank	Philippines
	Magellan Fetalino III Founder and CEO Acudeen Technologies	Philippines
	Mark Tan SE Asia Business Development Director Wanchain	Malaysia
	Markus Gnirck Co-founder and Director tryb	Singapore
	Michele Ferrario Co-founder and CEO StashAway	Singapore
	Mike Ferrer Managing Director ATR Asset Management / Seedbox	Philippines
	Mikko Perez Founder, Chairman & CEO Ayannah	Philippines
	Mitch Padua VP & Head, Product Management Smart Communications	Philippines
	Mohit Mehrotra Co-Leader MonitorDeloitte, APAC MonitorDeloitte APAC	Singapore
	Namita Bhide Founder & Campaigner Denim Consulting	Singapore
	Neal Cross Chief Innovation Officer DBS Bank	Singapore
	Ned Phillips Founder and CEO Bambu	Singapore
	Nicki Ramsay Founder and CEO CardUp	Singapore
	Paolo Azzola COO, Managing Director PayMaya	Philippines
	Paul Ark Managing Director Digital Ventures	Thailand
	Paul Kittiwongsunthorn Co-Founder & CPO TenX	Singapore
	Prajit Nanu Co-founder and CEO InstaReM	Singapore, India, Lithuania
	Prakash Somosundram Head of Acceleration XSQ	Singapore
	Raghav Kapoor Co-founder and CEO Smartkarma	Singapore
	Ravi Menon Managing Director Monetary Authority of Singapore	Singapore
	Ray Li Director Business Development Cryptology	Singapore
	Richard Eldridge Co-Founder & CEO LenddoEFL	Philippines
	Ron Hose Founder & CEO coins.ph	Philippines
	Rosaline Koo Founder and CEO CXA Group	Singapore
	Rune Evensen Founder & CEO COSS	Singapore
	Ryan Lou Fintech & Innovation Group OCBC Bank	Singapore
	Samuel Hall Partner, CEO ASEAN Rainmaking Innovation	Singapore
	Sang Shin Director, Digital Innovation Temasek	Singapore
	Sanjna Parasrampuria Head – Applied Innovation, Asia Refinitiv	Singapore
	Scott Bales Managing Director Innovation Labs Asia	Singapore
	Shailesh Naik Founder and CEO MatchMove Pay	Singapore
	Shannon Kalayanamitr Venture Partner Gobi Partners	Thailand
	Shue Heng Yip Head of Asia Oceania, Digital Transformation Division MUFG	Singapore
	Shwetank Verma Co-Founder and General Partner Leo.Capita	Singapore
	Stephen Breen Digital Partnerships and Ventures Visa	Singapore
	Stephen Chia Council Member / Regional Head – SE Asia NEM Foundation	Malaysia
	Suramya Gupta Fund Manager Asia, Head of India Business, Board Member SBI Holdings Japan	Singapore
	Taizo Son Co-founder Mistletoe	Singapore
	Tana Pothikamjorn Head of Digital Banking Siam Commercial Bank	Thailand
	Tushar Aggarwal Principal Lunex Ventures	Singapore
	Val Ji-hsuan Yap Founder & CEO PolicyPal	Singapore
	Varun Mittal Global Emerging Markets FinTech Leader EY	Singapore
	Vitalik Buterin Founder Ethereum	Singapore
	Wanyi Wong Partner PwC Singapore	Singapore
	Wilson Beh Co-Founder & COO PolicyStreet	Malaysia
	Wing Yuen Loon Data, Director CIMB Fintech	Malaysia
	Winnie Chua Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer PolicyStreet	Malaysia
	YY (Yoke Yong) Lai Lead of Startup & Incubation Paypal	Singapore
	Zelda Anthony Head of Blockchain ASEAN IBM	Singapore

Published: 30 November, 2018