Speakers

Thematic Session
Future of FinTech: Crossover, Convergence, Remoulding

Mr James Lloyd
Asia-Pacific FinTech Leader, EY

James Lloyd leads EY’s dedicated financial technology capability across Asia Pacific, supporting growth-potential start-ups and forward-thinking incumbents, while simultaneously expanding the firm’s relationships with regulators, venture capital and other ecosystem participants. Prior to EY, James helped build and scale a venture-backed alternative-finance platform enabling banks to profitably offer short-term unsecured loans to underserved small businesses. Before that, he worked with a bootstrapped e-commerce payment gateway combining direct-to-market customer acquisition with white-labelled full-service delivery for partner banks. Based in Hong Kong, James sits on a variety of FinTech advisory panels, including the new-business committee of the Financial Services Development Council.