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title: "Driving Innovation in Banking: Intrapreneurs, Fintech Partnerships, and Venture Growth"
description: Discover how banks can boost innovation by empowering intrapreneurs. Explore strategies for integrating new ventures and collaborating with fintechs for growth.
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# [Driving Innovation in Banking: Intrapreneurs, Fintech Partnerships, and Venture Growth](https://39936595.hs-sites.com/sff-2024-session-recordings/sff-2024-videos/driving-innovation-in-banking-intrapreneurs-fintech-partnerships-and-venture-growth)

 Written by [GFTN](https://39936595.hs-sites.com/sff-2024-session-recordings/author/gftn) | Nov 14, 2024 5:00:00 AM

This panel session features covers how innovation can be driven within the banking and financial services sector, focusing on the collaboration between financial institutions, fintechs, and tech companies.

 

**Driving Innovation**:

- Panelists discuss various models of innovation within banks, including experimenting within controlled environments and focusing on client needs.
- Emphasis on both internal disruption and external partnerships to foster innovation.

**Regulatory and Compliance Challenges**:

- Balancing innovation with compliance and regulatory requirements.
- Importance of involving regulatory bodies early in the innovation process to ensure alignment and avoid conflicts.

**Success and Failure in Innovation**:

- How to measure success in innovation projects.
- The necessity of accepting and learning from failures.
- Techniques such as fail-fast strategies and having clear checkpoints for evaluating projects.

**Engaging with Fintechs and Startups**:

- The importance of alignment between financial institutions and fintech startups.
- Developing trust and maintaining ongoing communications.
- Recognising and navigating potential cannibalisation of bank services by fintech solutions.

**Regional Differences in Innovation**:

- Variances in innovation approaches across regions like Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
- Impact of local regulatory environments and market needs on innovation strategies.

 

Conclusion

This panel discussion provides a comprehensive perspective on the multifaceted approach required to drive innovation in the banking and financial services industry through collaborative efforts between financial institutions, fintechs, and regulators.

 

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Speakers:

- Biju KK, Head of Fintech Solutions, FCAT, Fidelity Investments
- Fernando Plaza, Group Chief Digital Officer, ADIB
- Kampanat Vimolnoht, Managing Director, Kasikorn X Venture Capital
- Shariq Plasticwala, Director and Board Member, Amazon Pay, Amazon
- Victoria Sanchez-Terry, Head of Innovation Asia Pacific, BNY

 

Moderator:

- Oliver Bussmann, Chief Executive Officer, Bussmann Advisory

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