AI in FinTech: Building the Next Wave of Financial Innovation (Manila)
With AI being the buzzword these days, are you maximising it for your business? Asia Startup Network, together with Talino, brings you AI in FinTech: Building the Next Wave of Financial Innovation.
Hear from our panel of experts and fintech founders who have incorporated the technology:
Winston Damarillo, Founder & CEO, Talino Fintech Foundry
Efrain Laureano, PhD, COO & Global Development Lead, Higala
Jania Fortes Manalac, SVP2, Data Science & Analytics Head, Union Bank of the Philippines
Olivier Bariou, CEO of DOCONCHAIN
This panel is moderated by Germee Ronirose, founder of Roni AI and Philippines Lead for Asia Startup Network.
This event marks the official launch of Asia Startup Network's launch in the Philippines. Our founder Elise Tan will also be gracing the event in person, travelling in from Singapore.
Sponsors
We deeply thank
Singapore Global Network for sponsoring F&B
Talino for the venue sponsorship
About our Panelists
Winston Damarillo
Winston is a former investor at Intel Capital and a serial entrepreneur with 3 successful exits. He leads Talino in building inclusive embedded finance solutions for technology platforms and enterprises across emerging markets. He’ll share insights on scaling AI-enabled fintech ventures in the Philippines and beyond. Connect with him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/wdamarillo/.
Efrain Laureano
Dr. Laureano is the Global Development Lead at Higala and brings deep expertise in digital payments, open finance, and building rails that enable fintech innovation. He is an accomplished international development leader at Chemonics International and USAID with over 30 years of experience managing development programs and transforming underperforming businesses across Asia and Latin America. Connect with him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/efra%C3%ADn-laureano-88ba513.
Jania Fortes Manalac
Jania is the SVP2, Data Science & Analytics Head at UnionBank of the Philippines, leading data science, analytics, and AI initiatives. She brings nearly three decades of experience in banking, risk, and analytics, including over 20 years at Citi, where she held senior leadership roles in data and risk management. She is a Statistics graduate of the University of the Philippines, an Honorable Mention awardee, and is also active in mentoring future data science professionals. Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/jania-ma%C3%B1alac.
Olivier Bariou
Olivier Bariou is the CEO of DOCONCHAIN, he is a French Filipino dual citizen. He holds a Masters in International Relations specialized in Business Development and Sustainability. He lived and worked in 6 countries for over 20 years and speaks 7 languages. He is experienced in major international government and industrial projects. Olivier is the President of the Proptech Consortium of the Philippines and of La French Tech Manila. He is also an advisor to the French Embassy and the European Union.
DOCONCHAIN is a Filipino software company established in 2020, it develops innovative solutions with the latest technologies such as blockchain. It was created to solve current issues with other digital signature solutions by bringing higher security & privacy, flexible solutions, more control, innovative features, better user experience, at lower costs. Their clients range from government to international companies in finance, auditing, technology, recruitment, education, legal, and others. Connect with him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-bariou.
Germee Ronirose (Moderator)
Germee Ronirose Abesamis is the founder and CEO of Roni AI, a smart CEO/CFO AI finance assistant, as well as ASN lead for the Philippines. A graduate of MS in Finance in Universita Bocconi in Milan, her career as an independent financial advisor and CFO spans over 17 years, serving international businesses from startups to large corporations. She distinguished herself early on by securing the Top 7th place in the 2006 Philippine CPA Licensure Board Exam. She also holds a Master in Data Science (Analytics) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. Outside of work, she learns software development and LLM building courses in her spare time. Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/germee-ronirose-cpa-msf-20306a34.
About Asia Startup Network
ASN didn’t start as an educational institute or training centre. ASN is a living, thriving startup ecosystem. Their founders have spent more than one decade coaching and supporting entrepreneurs and created one of the largest communities of > 3,000 startup founders, operators, investors and partners in Southeast Asia to collaborate and support each other’s growth. Since 2020, ASN has been organising 100s of startup workshops, events and programs to help entrepreneurs leapfrog their growth and raise funding. Join ASN for the knowledge, but stay because of the network. These are the reasons why taking a course at ASN and quickly plugging into the community would move the needle more than you expect.
ASN is founded by Elise Tan and Andrew Tan. Elise has experience designing programs and personally coaching hundreds of founders at incubators and accelerators for over 10 years. She assisted more than 40 companies in raising more than US$1 million each. Andrew has more than 10 years of leadership experience founding his own social enterprise, building start ups and managing scale ups, as well as running ground up initiatives and communities, Andrew has a proven track record of driving growth and success and this will be transferred directly to this accelerator and its startups.
ASN began firstly with Mentor For Hope in 2020, an impactful mentoring initiative initially supported by the Temasek Foundation under the OSCAR grant. The initiative facilitated 525 mentoring hours for 300 founders adversely affected by the COVID crisis, connecting them with invaluable insights from 250 investors, partners, and experts.
In 2021, Elise and Andrew organised Makan For Hope Festival (with zero budget), a series of 30 virtual roundtables featuring VC managing partners and founders from notable startups like PropertyGuru, Shopback, and Carousell. The festival drew participation from 500 attendees, raising $123,000 in charity donations. In the past 6 years, they raised $200,000 in total donations for charities.
About Talino
Talino Fintech Foundry is a fintech infrastructure platform focused on financial inclusion for emerging markets and diaspora communities. We enable fintechs and enterprises to build on our hybrid financial infrastructure that merges traditional finance with next-generation stablecoin rails to better serve underserved communities.