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 satyarth@lattice80.com.
| ASEANFintech | Top 100 Influencers (A-Z) | Country | Profile |
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Aaron Ting Secretary ACCESS Malaysia |
Malaysia |   |
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Abel Martins Alexandre Head of Commercial Treasury Rio Tinto |
Singapore |
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Abhinav Ramesh Founder WandX |
Singapore, India |
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Aditya Laroia Asia Pacific Head of Sales Saxo Markets |
Singapore | |
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Adrian Yap CEO MoneyMatch |
Malaysia |
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Ahn Tammy (Tae-Hyon) Partner Jenga K |
Singapore |
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Aldi Haryopratomo CEO GO-PAY |
Indonesia |
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Alistair Duff Co-Founder & Head of Asia Pacific DrumG Financial Technologies |
Singapore |
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Amran Hassan Head of Innovation and CIO Maybank |
Malaysia |
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Anson Zeall Chairman ACCESS |
Singapore |
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Anthony Thomas CEO Mynt |
Philippines | |
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Borann Kea CEO AMK Microfinance Institution |
Cambodia |
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Brad Jones CEO Wave Money |
Myanmar |
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Branson Lee Co-founder Morpheus Labs |
Singapore | |
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Buncha Manoonkunchai Senior Director, Financial Technology Department Bank of Thailand |
Thailand | |
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Chandrima Das Founder and CEO Bento |
Singapore |
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Chia Hock Lai President Singapore FinTech Association |
Singapore |
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Daphne Ng CEO JEDTrade |
Singapore |
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Darius Sit Managing Partner QCP Capital |
Singapore |
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David Galipeau Chief Impact Officer United Nations SDG Impact Finance (UNSIF) |
Thailand |
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David Kuo Chuen Lee Co-founder BlockAsset |
Singapore |
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David Moskowitz Co-founder Indorse |
Singapore |
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Diana Krumova Country CEO Cash Credit |
Philippines |
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Donald Wihardja Partner Convergence Ventures |
Indonesia |
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Dušan Stojanović Founder and Director True Global Ventures |
Singapore |
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Eddie Lee Group CEO SeedIn Technology |
Singapore |
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Fernn Lim Director SC Ventures |
Singapore |
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Gina Heng Co-founder and CEO Miss Kaya |
Singapore |
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Gitesh Athavale CEO – Southeast Asia LINKA |
Singapore |
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Hal Bosher CEO Yoma Bank |
Myanmar | |
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Igor Pesin Partner / Investment Director Life.SREDA |
Singapore |
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Jakub Zakrzewski General Manager, APAC Revolut |
Singapore | |
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Jamie Yu Director, Market Technology & Data Services CME Group |
Singapore | |
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Janet Young Yoke Mun MD & Head of Group Channels & Digitalisaiton United Overseas Bank Limited |
Singapore |
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Jeffrey Paine Managing Partner Golden Gate Ventures |
Singapore |
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Jenna Huey Ching Digital Ninja MyMy |
Malaysia |
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Joe Seunghyun Cho Co-founder and Founding CEO LATTICE80 |
Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and UK |
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Joe Tusin Founder and CEO Chynge |
Singapore |
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Joel KO President Marvelstone Group |
Singapore, UK |
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John Ng Pangilinan Partner Signum Capital |
Singapore |
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Johnny Mayo Asia General Manager SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator |
Malaysia |
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Joo Seng Wong Co-founder and CEO Spark Systems |
Singapore |
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Jun Hasegawa Founder & CEO Omise |
Thailand |
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Katherine Ng VP, Head of Global Marketing QUOINE |
Singapore |
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Kayoko Francis Co-founder and CEO Finesse Digital |
Singapore |
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Kelvin Teo CEO & Co-Founder Funding Societies – Modalku |
Singapore |
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Khemara Ros MBI – FinTech Advisor Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Cambodia |
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Koichi Saito Founder & General Partner KK Fund |
Singapore |
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Leo Shimada Co-founder and CEO Crowdo |
Singapore |
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Lito Villanueva Managing Director & CEO FINTQnologies |
Philippines | |
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Lon Wong Founder ProximaX |
Malaysia |
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Lotte Schou-Zibell Chief of Finance Sector Group Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department Asian Development Bank |
Philippines |
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Magellan Fetalino III Founder and CEO Acudeen Technologies |
Philippines |
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Mark Tan SE Asia Business Development Director Wanchain |
Malaysia |
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Markus Gnirck Co-founder and Director tryb |
Singapore |
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Michele Ferrario Co-founder and CEO StashAway |
Singapore |
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Mike Ferrer Managing Director ATR Asset Management / Seedbox |
Philippines | |
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Mikko Perez Founder, Chairman & CEO Ayannah |
Philippines |
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Mitch Padua VP & Head, Product Management Smart Communications |
Philippines | |
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Mohit Mehrotra Co-Leader MonitorDeloitte, APAC MonitorDeloitte APAC |
Singapore |
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Namita Bhide Founder & Campaigner Denim Consulting |
Singapore |
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Neal Cross Chief Innovation Officer DBS Bank |
Singapore |
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Ned Phillips Founder and CEO Bambu |
Singapore |
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Nicki Ramsay Founder and CEO CardUp |
Singapore |
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Paolo Azzola COO, Managing Director PayMaya |
Philippines |
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Paul Ark Managing Director Digital Ventures |
Thailand |
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Paul Kittiwongsunthorn Co-Founder & CPO TenX |
Singapore |
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Prajit Nanu Co-founder and CEO InstaReM |
Singapore, India, Lithuania |
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Prakash Somosundram Head of Acceleration XSQ |
Singapore |
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Raghav Kapoor Co-founder and CEO Smartkarma |
Singapore |
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Ravi Menon Managing Director Monetary Authority of Singapore |
Singapore | |
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Ray Li Director Business Development Cryptology |
Singapore |
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Richard Eldridge Co-Founder & CEO LenddoEFL |
Philippines | |
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Ron Hose Founder & CEO coins.ph |
Philippines |
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Rosaline Koo Founder and CEO CXA Group |
Singapore |
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Rune Evensen Founder & CEO COSS |
Singapore |
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Ryan Lou Fintech & Innovation Group OCBC Bank |
Singapore |
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Samuel Hall Partner, CEO ASEAN Rainmaking Innovation |
Singapore |
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Sang Shin Director, Digital Innovation Temasek |
Singapore |
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Sanjna Parasrampuria Head – Applied Innovation, Asia Refinitiv |
Singapore |
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Scott Bales Managing Director Innovation Labs Asia |
Singapore |
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Shailesh Naik Founder and CEO MatchMove Pay |
Singapore |
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Shannon Kalayanamitr Venture Partner Gobi Partners |
Thailand |
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Shue Heng Yip Head of Asia Oceania, Digital Transformation Division MUFG |
Singapore | |
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Shwetank Verma Co-Founder and General Partner Leo.Capita |
Singapore |
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Stephen Breen Digital Partnerships and Ventures Visa |
Singapore |
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Stephen Chia Council Member / Regional Head – SE Asia NEM Foundation |
Malaysia |
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Suramya Gupta Fund Manager Asia, Head of India Business, Board Member SBI Holdings Japan |
Singapore |
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Taizo Son Co-founder Mistletoe |
Singapore |
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Tana Pothikamjorn Head of Digital Banking Siam Commercial Bank |
Thailand |
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Tushar Aggarwal Principal Lunex Ventures |
Singapore | |
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Val Ji-hsuan Yap Founder & CEO PolicyPal |
Singapore |
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Varun Mittal Global Emerging Markets FinTech Leader EY |
Singapore |
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Vitalik Buterin Founder Ethereum |
Singapore |
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Wanyi Wong Partner PwC Singapore |
Singapore |
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Wilson Beh Co-Founder & COO PolicyStreet |
Malaysia |
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Wing Yuen Loon Data, Director CIMB Fintech |
Malaysia |
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Winnie Chua Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer PolicyStreet |
Malaysia |
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YY (Yoke Yong) Lai Lead of Startup & Incubation Paypal |
Singapore | |
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Zelda Anthony Head of Blockchain ASEAN IBM |
Singapore | |
Published: 30 November, 2018
