With 84 percent of Southeast Asia urban consumers predicted to use e-wallets by 2025 (BCG), digital payments in the region are projected to reach USD 1 trillion by 2025 (Google/Temasek). How can you leverage this momentum to maximise the potential of the e-payments boom?
In April's edition of Coffee Connections, join Chen Chow Yeoh, co-founder of Fave and Sharon Lourdes Paul, Head of Regional Payments, SEA at Xfers as they share their insights and experience in the e-payments industry in Southeast Asia.
27 April 2021 | Tuesday
12.30pm - 1.30pm Singapore/Malaysia/Philippines time
11.30am - 12.30pm Vietnam/Indonesia/Thailand time
11.00am - 12.00pm Myanmar time
Like all good espressos, we like to keep them shot. Coffee Connections is a virtual networking event that connects those interested in growing meaningful relationships in Southeast Asia. Come with your favourite cuppa for a 60 min virtual experience - glean insights from members of our networks, engage in speed networking and join a community of friends across Southeast Asia. Each Coffee Connections run has a different theme to keep things interesting, so stay tuned by joining our network - by RSVP-ing to this event, you automatically receive updates for future events.
Yeoh Chen Chow is the co-founder of Fave, the next generation merchant digital platform in South East Asia. Fave helps to digitize tens of thousands of local businesses, from restaurants, cafes, retailers, spas, beauty and wellness studios, service providers, tourist attractions to hotels. Fave acquired 3 of the Groupon subsidiaries in Southeast Asia -- Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. He is also the co-founder of KFit, regional fitness sharing platform in South East Asia.
Prior to that, he was the Regional Operations Director for Groupon Asia Pacific, Product Manager for JobStreet.com and Management Consultant for Accenture. Chen Chow is also an Eisenhower Fellow , an alumnus of Cornell University and an angel investor who has invested in numerous early stage startups in the region.
Sharon is the Head of Regional Payments, Southeast Asia at Xfers, a digital payments infrastructure company founded in 2015 with the aim to accelerate inclusion within Southeast Asia. The firm is most recently part of FAZZ Financial Group, and enables businesses to accept payments and send money seamlessly through a myriad of local payment methods.
In addition to her role at Xfers, Sharon is an avid supporter of the FinTech industry. She engages with other players through her angel investments in Crypto, Fintech and Southeast Asia focused venture funds.