AFCA and WSBI: Best Practice in digital on-boarding and e-KYC


On July 16, 2020, Asian Financial Cooperation Association (AFCA) and World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) jointly held Best Practice in digital on-boarding and e-KYC Webinar, which was the second of a series of webinars on Fintech. Mr. Chris De Noose, Managing Director of WSBI-ESBG and Mrs. Pang Kuixia, Deputy Secretary General of AFCA delivered opening speeches in Belgium and Beijing respectively. Mr Mannino Matteo, Advisor, Innovation and Payment of WSBI-ESBG gave an introduction.

Mr. Claus Christensen, CEO and co-founder of award-winning RegTech company Know Your Customer, provided an overview of current KYC business models in different jurisdictions, the solution to remote account opening, eKYC in the Covid-19 pandemic time and what are quick wins. Dr Jidong Chen, General Manager of ZOLOZ, Ant Financial Services Group, shared his views on how to use trusted eKYC technology to solve the the business problems of bank remote account opening and to assist the government in helping vulnerable groups during the pandemic.

Representatives of financial institutions from 23 countries and regions including China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh, Nepal, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Armenia, Ireland, Belarus, Belgium, Hungary, United Kingdom, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Zambia etc. attended the webinar.

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