Contributors
Dean Young
Dean is Head of Product Development at eWise, Singapore. He has over twenty years' experience in the financial services industry, initially with Westpac and most recently in global roles with international vendors Fiserv and SunGard. Dean is an expert on customer management, online and mobile strategies, and has worked extensively with retail banks globally.
Deborah Tan-Pink
Deborah Tan-Pink is Global Communications Lead at Morph, where she focuses on stablecoins and their role in payments and financial services.
Her career spans journalism, fintech and digital assets, including roles at Revolut, Bitstamp and Sygnum. She occasionally contributes to Channel News Asia as a finance writer.
She previously hosted the podcasts “Good Girls Talk About Money” and Sygnum’s “The Crypto Explorer”. Her writing explores how financial innovation translates into practical benefits for businesses and everyday users.
Dennis Phua
Dennis Phua is Executive Director of Azione Capital, a leading Asia-based company in delivering venture capital services and solutions. He is also Chief Operating Officer at Ave&Partners, a management consulting and private equity firm.
Derek Leatherdale
Derek Leatherdale is the managing director at GRI Strategies and a visiting scholar at The London Institute of Banking & Finance.
Desmond Teo & Mercy Joseph
Desmond Teo is a partner with EY’s Financial Services Tax practice in Singapore. Desmond focuses mainly on international corporate tax advisory engagements with a specialisation in the financial services arena. Mercy Joseph is Manager of Financial Services Tax at EY in Singapore and has about 7 years of experience in international tax.
Commentary
The hidden realities of succession for next-gen heirs
The stablecoin conversation is missing the everyday user
Stablecoin payments are going mainstream. Hong Kong and APAC are showing how
Why digital assets are set to become mainstream in APAC
Bitcoin’s latest hacks expose where trust really sits in Asia