Media

More than 80 media appearances since 2017. These are the topics he comments on most. Journalists: email is the fastest way to reach him on deadline.

Digital banks
Profitability, competition and regulation in Singapore and the region.
Payments and wallets
QR codes, e-wallets, cross-border payments, buy now pay later.
AI in finance and business
AI agents in banking and AI transformation in companies.
Scams and trust
Fraud on digital platforms and how banks and platforms respond.
Platforms and Big Tech
Super-apps, platform competition, ecosystems.
Technology and society
Corporate purpose, the metaverse, crypto and other technology questions.

All media appearances (84)

31 Jul 2026
The Straits Times
Singapore banks using AI to vet private banking clients, speed up onboarding
11 Jun 2026
The Straits Times
New credit reporting service may give S'pore consumers easier access to Malaysian financial products
17 Dec 2025
The Business Times
Digital banks in South-east Asia face profit pressure as rates slump and credit risks rise
17 Nov 2025
The Straits Times
Fraud and scam claims against digital banks in Singapore on the rise
30 Oct 2025
China Daily
'New quality productive forces' fuel inclusive growth
13 Aug 2025
The Business Times
Why leaders must learn to see beyond the tech hype
12 Aug 2025
Nikkei Asia
Profits, and customers, prove elusive for Singapore's digital banks
18 Apr 2025
The Straits Times
Digital investment platforms set to stay despite concerns
15 Mar 2025
La Tribune
Opinion - L'urgence d'une formation éclairée des décideurs face aux technologies numériques transformatives
12 Jan 2025
Channel News Asia (CNA)
Growing comfort with debt as more young Singaporeans use buy now, pay later service for daily spending
1 Jan 2025
Lianhe Zaobao
Fierce competition in the market Analyst: The HKMA may raise the deposit limit of digital banks [in Chinese]
20 Dec 2024
Forbes India
E for ecosystem: Giving power to corporate purpose
13 Aug 2024
The Straits Times
Key management changes at S'pore digital banks GXS, MariBank may signal strategic shifts ahead
30 Jul 2024
The Edge Singapore
What does it take to become digitally resilient?
22 Jul 2024
The Straits Times
Merchants in Singapore offering 'buy now, pay later' plans see uplift in sales
17 Jun 2024
The Register
China's Big Tech companies taught Asia to pay by scanning QR codes, but made a mess along the way
11 Oct 2023
The Business Times
Ant, Tencent ride tourism recovery to capture cross-border payments
21 Sep 2023
The Straits Times
MariBank raises interest rate on savings account to 2.88% as digital banks seek to draw customers
31 Aug 2023
Forbes India
The Hikikomori Phenomenon, is Information Technology really to blame?
7 Jul 2023
China Daily
Keeping AI in check
27 Jun 2023
Channel News Asia (CNA)
Digital banks have to do more to woo customers in Singapore, say analysts
29 May 2023
International Banker
Can Singapore's New Crop of Digital Banks Achieve Success?
3 May 2023
Fortune Times (in Chinese)
新加坡推进支付融合 (in print)
16 Feb 2023
Nikkei Asia
From Grab to Ant, Singapore's digital bank race picks up pace
2 Feb 2023
CNBC
China's Tencent wants to expand its presence in Singapore –- and Chinese tourists are a big reason
19 Jan 2023
Nikkei Finance
"Digibank" division Major banks take the lead, Grab also participates (Translated from Japanese)
1 Jan 2023
Fortune Times (in Chinese)
先买后付,糖果还是毒药? (translated: Buy Now Pay Later, Candy or Poison?)
17 Nov 2022
The Edge Singapore
Realising the metaverse
2 Nov 2022
The Straits Times
More safeguards needed for 'buy now, pay later' scheme to protect younger consumers: Experts
2 Nov 2022
Channel News Asia (CNA)
New 'buy now, pay later' guidelines: S$2,000 cap a good start but not enough, experts say
24 Aug 2022
Money FM 89.3
Is there any possibility for the rise of "Hikikomori" amid the escalation of virtual interaction?
21 Jun 2022
The Business Times
In Malaysia, a big push towards going fully cashless
21 Jun 2022
Global Voice (Council on Business & Society)
The Hikikomori Phenomenon - Is IT really to blame?
19 Jun 2022
South China Morning Post
What makes the e-CNY different from bitcoin? Central bank digital currencies share little with cryptocurrencies
17 Jun 2022
Reuters
Crypto crash exposes regulators' complacency
24 May 2022
CoBS Insights
The Hikikomori Phenomenon, Is Information Technology Really To Blame?
2 Apr 2022
Tech in Asia
Behind the metaverse real estate rush
8 Feb 2022
The Business Times
MAS orders DBS to set aside S$930m more in regulatory capital over serious service failure
18 Jan 2022
WIRED
Ride-sharing giant Careem is pushing to reach super-app status
4 Jan 2022
The Business Times
Digital banks seen debuting strongly in 2022, but 'long and difficult' path to profitability
3 Dec 2021
The Register
Singaporean superapp Grab IPOs, badly, and promises to focus on maps and money
27 Nov 2021
The Business Times
See you in the metaverse: How VR and NFTs could transform commerce
26 Nov 2021
Money FM 89.3
DBS suffers worst disruption in a decade - The implications
24 Nov 2021
The Business Times
MAS says DBS digital services outage is 'serious'; analysts expect bank to be fined for 'broad and material' impact
25 Oct 2021
The Register
Asia's 'superapps' bundle ride-share, food delivery, even financial services, and they're beating big tech
31 Aug 2021
The Business Times
Telcos, solutions providers tipped to join hands for 5G era
18 May 2021
BusinessBecause
Virtual Reality To Startups: How ESSEC Business School Teaches Sustainability (cited)
3 Feb 2021
Nikkei Asia
Singapore taxi giant challenges Grab with ride-hailing trial
1 Dec 2020
The Business Times
Secure ecosystem is key in FAST payment access for non-bank e-wallet players
26 Sep 2020
The Business Times
Safeguards to prevent abuse of tourism voucher scheme
3 Jul 2020
The Business Times
Wirecard scandal puts audit firms, not fintechs, in hot seat
8 Feb 2020
The Business Times
Have multi-currency account, will travel?: How far will new multi-currency players go in the payments game?
13 May 2019
The Straits Times
Honestbee can fly high again: Analysts
3 May 2019
The Business Times
honestbee CEO replaced; firm said to be sticking to habitat growth
20 Mar 2019
The Business Times
Grab woos small businesses with suite of financial services
16 Feb 2019
The Business Times
Cisco invests S$25m in cybersecurity centre and first S-E Asian co-innovation hub in S'pore (quoted)
Feb 2019
Global Voice (Council on Business & Society)
E For Ecosystem: Giving Power To Corporate Purpose
24 Dec 2018
The Edge Singapore
Shopping, interrupted (quoted)
19 Nov 2018
The Edge Singapore
Finding Fintech's Purpose (quoted)
Sep 2018
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Journal
Degree in Disruption (quoted)
2 Aug 2018
The Straits Times
EZ-Link plans to turn cards into e-wallets with digital push (quoted)
29 May 2018
The Straits Times
Bid to enable public transit payments via GrabPay
20 Mar 2018
Tatler Singapore
Building Purposeful Businesses Through Innovation
28 Sep 2017
The Business Times
Many recipes but Singapore's cashless appetite still not sated (quoted on cover page)
13 Sep 2017
The Straits Times
Payment by phone soon as Nets card goes digital (quoted on cover page)
8 Sep 2017
The Straits Times
Razer keeps promise and submits unified e-payment proposal (quoted)
15 Mar 2017
Le Monde.fr
MBA: l'intelligence artificielle, valeur montante des programmes (quoted)
7 Dec 2016
Singapore Business Review
Singapore Business Review honours top leaders and companies at the Management Excellence Awards and Business Rankings Awards
9 Mar 2015
eFM101.3, Korea's No.1 Foreign Language Station, This Morning
Fintech
20 Jan 2015
France Culture
What makes or breaks a mobile payment platform? Apple Pay Explained in 3 Minutes
17 Jan 2015
Le Huffington Post
Apple Pay: les facteurs qui lui permettront de décoller... ou pas
13 Jan 2015
ESSEC Knowledge
"VIDEO: The Factors that Will Make or Break Apple Pay"
Dec 2014
Reflets (ESSEC Alumni Magazine)
Pourquoi tant de plateformes de paiement par mobile n'arrivent-elles pas à décoller?
12 Sep 2014
Le Cercle des Echos
Late-mover: une stratégie viable pour Apple?
12 Sep 2014
ESSEC Knowledge
"Can Apple keep winning the game with a late mover strategy?"
14 Apr 2013
Le Huffington Post
Tizen, le nouveau système d'exploitation mobile de Samsung, serait-il un véritable concurrent?
11 Apr 2013
Reflets (ESSEC Alumni Magazine)
Will Samsung's Tizen Be A Worthy Mobile OS Contender?
11 Apr 2013
ESSEC Knowledge
"Will Samsung's Tizen Be A Worthy Mobile OS Contender?"
30 Sep 2012
Le Huffington Post
L'iPhone 5: Apple perd-t-il son avantage
26 Sep 2012
ESSEC Knowledge
"The iPhone 5: Is Apple losing its edge"
13 Sep 2012
Radio Television Suisse (RTS)
Le journal du matin, La 1ère
23 Apr 2012
Radio Television Suisse (RTS)
Les Temps Modernes, La 1ère
18 Apr 2012
Exame (Brazilian Business Magazine)
O enfant terrible e seus inimigos (quoted)
2009
Bulletin HEC (Alumni HEC Lausanne)
Mobile Application Market, n°79. November

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