DigFin VOX

Jacqueline Pang of Artius and Claus Christensen of Know Your Customer talk regtech developments for 2024.

Octopus CEO Tim Ying talks about new pain points to solve, from cross-border payments to personal finance.

Raha Adrit of CoverGo discusses how insurers’ needs for digitalization are changing, along with the tech.

Julian Anderson, co-founder of Divit, talks about combining merchant acquiring with real-time payments.

Florian Spiegl of Evident Capital discusses why asset tokenization is on the rise.

The co-founders of Hong Kong personal-finance app Planto discuss how they’ve expanded to B2B.

Herston Powers is co-founder and partner at 1982 Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on fintech.

Herston says now is a great time for seed investing into new fintech companies in Southeast Asia. He is backing the next wave of founders, many coming out of the region's giant e-commerce businesses.

He discusses what sectors of fintech are attractive, the state of fund-raising in today's tough macro environment, and the future of IPO opportunities.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Herston Powers, 1982 Ventures

1:03 - Founding a VC company focused on fintech

5:15 - The growth thesis for Southeast Asian fintech startups

8:36 - Innovation versus regulatory arbitrage

10:39 - Managing the costs of financial compliance

11:45 - What differentiates today's fintech founders

14:46 - Which financial services verticals are promising

20:00 - Helping portfolio companies navigate surprises

22:13 - Fund raising from LPs

25:17 - Valuations

26:36 - Exit opportunities

28:11 - IPO prospects in Asia and the US

Sell-side firms are coming to grips with fees and expenses by gaining visibility over their trading costs.

Sam Rhee, co-founder of Endowus, discusses fund raising, growth versus profits, and disrupting private banks.

PropTech venture investor Ariel Shtarkman talks ESG, wealthtech and tokenization in Asia real estate.