Interview with Emmanuel Daniel, The Asian Banker - The Financial Industry in a Covid-19 New World

Emmanuel Daniel, serial entrepreneur, financial expert and founder of The Asian Banker joins Dinis Guarda in this new series interview for citiesabc. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the West, both experts discuss potential economic consequences for nations, cities and companies, the impact on the financial industry and how the economic prominence can shift from West to East once the dust settles. As the founder of The Asian Banker, one of the most prominents consultancies in financial services research, benchmarking and intelligence, Emmanuel Daniel is savvy in financial industry synergies, and he expects financial services to play a key role in dealing with this coronavirus crisis. Likewise, he shows some concerns about how well prepared the industry was to face a crisis like this, especially regarding digitisation and adoption of new technologies. “The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that the world banking has failed. With the advent of FinTech and emerging technologies, they have had no excuse to move their operations to the digital,” he said in the interview. INTERVIEW STRUCTURE 1. Profile, professional background 2. Creating The Asian Banker 3. How do you see innovation in financial industry and banking 4. FinTech challenges and opportunities 5. Global economic crisis 6. World economy and finance in coronavirus times 7. Predictions and look at the future About Emmanuel Daniel Emmanuel Daniel is an entrepreneur, train enthusiast and writer. He is the founder of The Asian Banker in 1996, one of the most respected intelligence platforms in the financial services industry that now operates across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He is also the founder of Wealth and Society, a London-based programme focused on impact investment and philanthropy and Bankquality.com, the world’s first site for capturing consumer feedback on financial services. He won the Citibank Excellence in Business Journalism for Asia in 1999 for his work on the internet in banking. “The Asian Banker Summit” won the best finance conference from the Asian Conference and Summit Awards in 2012. As an entrepreneur, he previously served as a committee member in the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO), a prestigious grouping of young business owners worldwide. He has served or is serving in advisory or consulting roles for various governments and institutions, and is a well regarded confidante in leadership circles. He was an associate member of The Asia Society. He is a trainer, coach and also a well regarded global speaker on the future, the financial services industry, Asia, China and the march of civilisations. He is interviewed regularly on BBC, Bloomberg and CNBC. He was trained as a lawyer, has degrees from the National University of Singapore and the University of London, and attended a course on economics at Columbia University in New York. EMMANUEL DANIEL WEBSITE: https://www.emmanueldaniel.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/emmanueldaniel THE ASIAN BANKER: http://www.theasianbanker.com/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-daniel- CRUNCHBASE: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/emmanuel-daniel OPENBUSINESSCOUNCIL BIO: https://www.openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/emmanuel-daniel/ https://www.citiesabc.com/ https://twitter.com/citiesabc_ https://www.instagram.com/citiesabc/

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