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:20260922T042338Z - 31884@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20160907T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20160907T140000 CREATED:20260922T042338Z DESCRIPTION:Women in Fintech: Opportunities\, Th reats and The Way Forward\nWomen in Fintech: Opportunities\, Threats a nd The Way Forward Date: 7 September 2016 Time: 12.00-2.00pm Venue: Thomso n Reuters Auditorium 28th Floor\, North Tower One Raffles Quay\, Singapore 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 1.4 5-2.00 pm: Q&A and close FWA thanks FISD for the kind sponsorship of lunch and Thomson Reuters for sponsoring the venue. This is a member only event . From California to China\, the banking industry is being challenged by d igital disruption. As Jamie Dimon\, CEO of JP Morgan noted: "Silicon Valle y is coming. There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money working on various alternatives to traditional banking." Fintech investme nts 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 att ractive and valuable profit pools in banking today. The open question rema ins as to whether incumbent banks can embrace innovation\, not just talk a bout blockchain and hack-a-thons\, before fintech competitors gain scale a nd distribution. Customers are increasingly mobile savvy. Emerging markets often have a high percentage of unbanked population\, relatively weak con sumer banks\, and a high penetration of mobile phones\, and are ripe for f intech disruptions. To date\, the payment space is the segment of finance 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 in I ndia\, non-bank payment options are increasingly well adopted in their hom e markets. Alipay and PayPal are leaders in ecommerce online payments. Alt hough payment is a relatively small part of banks' revenue pool\, the incu mbent banks are at risk of losing important customer transaction data and client [...] DTSTAMP:20260922T042338Z 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