Leslie Choo
Managing Director - Asia
Leslie Choo
Based in Singapore, Leslie is responsible for the management and direction of all aspects of the sales and services business across Asia. Leslie has over 20 years’ experience in financial services having led many transformation projects in multi-channel and payments. Leslie has held a number of senior roles with industry software leaders including BroadVision, BEA Weblogic and more recently S1 Corporation. He brings a diverse and extensive experience from the financial software industry and banking transformation space, including in corporate cash management, trade finance, retail banking and payments.
More articles by Leslie Choo
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Putting Malaysia on the Path to Payments Innovation
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Leslie Choo to Payments and Industry Trends, Immediate PaymentsThe public launch of the DuitNow instant credit transfer service, in December 2018, provides just a taste of what lies ahead as Malaysia’s Real-time Retail Payments Platform (RPP) is progressively rolled out. Fueled by Bank Negara’s (BNM) increasing support for e-payment platform development, there has been a steady increase in mobile wallet and digital payment usage, setting the stage for 2019 to be a year of transformation for the payments industry in Malaysia.
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Turning Impetus into Action: Real-Time Payments in ASEAN
Thursday, August 09, 2018 Leslie Choo to Immediate Payments, Payments and Industry TrendsFinancial institutions across ASEAN member states are increasing investment in payments, with 64% planning to increase investment over the next 18-24 months, compared to 56% in the broader Asia region and 53% globally. With investment in ASEAN outpacing the global average, the “2018 ASEAN Payments Insight Survey” shines a light on the key drivers for increased payments investment and the expected benefits.
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Pairing Payments Innovation with Security Needs in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Leslie Choo to Payments and Industry Trends, Retail PaymentsMany Asian governments – most notably those of Singapore and Hong Kong – have launched well-received initiatives to encourage collaboration rather than competition between the fintech start-up world and banks. This has enabled traditional banks to tap into the innovative solutions that fintechs offer, while the banks themselves bring to the table considerable experience with data, resilience, reliability and customer protection.
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Big (regional) growth opportunities in ASEAN banking
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Leslie Choo to Transaction BankingLeslie Choo addresses the opportunities for the AESEAN countries to build a digital payments community to support commerce within the region.