Digital Pilipinas Convenor Amor Maclang cited for work in Fintech in ASEAN
Manila, Philippines, 7 November 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Pilipinas and Philippine Fintech Festival Convenor Amor Maclang wins the first ASEAN Fintech Leader Award for The Philippines in recognition of her efforts to create strong cross-border collaborations across the region.
Amor Maclang (centre) receives his Global Fintech ASEAN Leader award from Jia Hang, Managing Director of SEA, Ant Group (left) and Shadab Taiyabi, President of the Singapore FinTech Association (right).
The Global FinTech Awards were held as part of the prestigious Singapore FinTech Festival in Singaporethe premier gathering of fintech and digital economy players worldwide.
“Fintech is the one pillar that can make our digital economy even more antifragile, not just resilient. This award is not only a symbol of a global interest in the promise of a Digital Pilipinas, but also in a digital ASEAN. After all, biggest Fintech in the world is not one company but ASEAN. I share this with all the incredible Fintech leaders across the region who work tirelessly together,” said Maclang.
Launched in 2021, the SFF Global FinTech Awards represent the industry’s highest honor for FinTech innovation. Presented by The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and The Association of Banks in Singapore, which is supported by PwC Singapore, recognizes innovative FinTech solutions from FinTech companies, financial institutions, technology companies. It also rewards individuals and companies that have been instrumental in creating new growth opportunities, transforming FinTech industry practices and promoting financial inclusion.
In a statement, Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, MAS, said this year’s winners “have demonstrated a strong potential to tackle real-world problems while enabling the financial sector to harness the enormous benefits of new technology in their journey towards a greener digital future.”
Shadab Taiyabipresident of the Singapore FinTech Association, for his part, said the recognitions celebrate the individuals and companies “that are making a positive impact on the FinTech ecosystem while encouraging and promoting a culture of continued innovation within the FinTech sector.”
As a noted movement maker across ASEAN, Maclang has led cross-functional and cross-border collaborations between regional and national line agencies, industry leaders, academia, policy makers and various stakeholders from both the private and public sectors.
Maclang has also spurred and created platforms for FinTech to flourish in the country as the Convenor of The Philippine Fintech Festival, The One ASEAN Fintech Movement and the Philippine representative of the ASEAN Blockchain Consortium. IN The Philippinesshe is the CEO and trustee of the Fintech Philippine Association and co-founder of leading technology ecosystem consulting firm GeiserMaclang.
Apart from Maclang, the other recipients of the ASEAN Fintech Leader Awards were Atome Financial’s David ChenVSure Groups Eddy WongBigPay’s Salim Dhananiand Western Union’s Sohini Rajola.
The theme of the 2022 awards is “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal” in recognition of the accelerated pace of digitization in business over the past two years. The winners were selected by an international panel of industry experts across multiple domains and judged based on the criteria of impact, innovation and contribution to the FinTech ecosystem.
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