Tony Moroney

The Digital Explorer

- Advise global boards and C-suites on AI strategy, digital disruption, and innovation.
- Publish The Digital Explorer Chronicles, a top-performing newsletter on enterprise transformation.
- Deliver keynote talks and executive education on strategy, digital transformation and FinTech.
- Lead strategic research into board-level understanding of digital disruption (PhD focus).

For more information: www.digital-explorer.net 
The Digital Explorer is a trading name of Saburai Consulting.

Principal

Access CX

- Co-lead strategic advisory and next-gen managed services for global CX transformation.
- Architect plug-and-play AI operating models across people, process, and technology.
- Embed Human-First AI and Trustworthy AI frameworks into CX strategy.
- Partner with enterprises to drive measurable outcomes in CX and operational efficiency.

For more information: https://accesscx.com/

Co-founder, Managing Partner, EMEA and Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)

Senator representing Ireland in the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum. 

As an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is committed to collaborating globally to empower the world's economic development. For more information: www.wbaforum.org/

Senator - Ireland

Digital Transformation Lab IE

The Digital Transformation Lab (DT-LAB) is an independent think-tank comprising like-minded individuals from academia, business, and consulting that are interested in generating, validating, and sharing best practices in Digital Transformation. 

The DT-LAB is hosted and supported by Cork University Business School at University College Cork. For more information: www.dt-lab.ie

Co-Founder & Secretary - The Digital Transformation Lab

World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission

Member of the Board of the World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission. This commission's collaborative approach aims to have a multiplier effect in terms of enabling innovation and digital transformation, stimulating the digital economy, and supporting the global entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Board Member

WBAF Global Science, Technology and Innovation Committee

Member of the Board of the Global Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Committee. The STI is committed to connecting innovators with smart finance, creating a better environment for innovation, helping inventors commercialise their inventions, fostering the kind of creative thinking that leads to innovation by open learning and skill development, and accelerating technology transfer worldwide.

Board Member & President of the STI Emerging Tech and Cybersecurity Subcommittee

Irish Management Institute

Programme Director for Digital Leadership. In addition to custom programmes, lectures on Generative AI, Digital Disruption, Organisational Transformation, and the Future of Financial Services. 

IMI holds an AACSB accreditation, positioning it in the world's top 5% of business education providers. In the prestigious Financial Times Executive Education Global Business School rankings, IMI is ranked first in Ireland for quality of teaching. 

For more information: www.imi.ie

Programme Director - Digital Transformation & Member of the Associate Faculty

Saburai Consulting

Saburai Consulting is a boutique Financial Services and FinTech strategic advisory firm. Our clients include established financial institutions evolving in the digital era, disruptive FinTech start-ups seeking to redefine the industry, and companies intent on revolutionising their business model through digital transformation.

For more information: www.saburaiconsulting.com

Founder & Managing Director

Beta Digital

Founded Beta Digital as a specialist strategy and digital transformation advisory firm to empower boards and executives to bring about meaningful, transformational change in their business, culture and operating model and equips organisations with the skills and insights to compete in a dynamic and increasingly digitalised world.

Founder & Managing Partner

Berkeley Research Group LLC

Leading financial services advisor for Board and C-level clients in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Latin America and the Caribbean on strategy, digital transformation, conduct risk and cyber security preparedness. In addition, principal liaison officer to law firms in Ireland for economic disputes, litigation and global investigations. BRG is a leading global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm. For more information: www.thinkbrg.com

Managing Director - International Financial Services

Top 10 Digital Disruption & Top 25 FinTech by Thinkers 360 | Program Director for Digital Leadership at IMI | WBAF Senator for Ireland and Smart Cities Board Member | Co-Founder, Digital Transformation Lab

I work at the intersection of strategy, foresight, and transformation, helping boards and senior leaders navigate the complexity of AI, digital disruption, and systemic change. My focus is on turning emerging technologies into strategic clarity—equipping decision-makers to act with confidence at the edge of disruption.

As Principal at The Digital Explorer, I advise global brands on digital disruption, innovation, and board-level enablement. I also serve as Co-Founder and Managing Partner for EMEA at Access CX, where we help organisations design and operationalise world-class customer experiences through strategy, technology, and transformation.

I write extensively on AI, governance, and enterprise transformation. My newsletter, The Digital Explorer Chronicles, is widely read by boards and C-suite leaders seeking independent foresight. Recognised as a Top Voice by LinkedIn and Thinkers360, and a Top 50 EMEA Thought Leader, I rank in the Top 10 for Digital Disruption, AI Ethics, and the Metaverse, and in the Top 25 for Digital Transformation, Agentic AI, Generative AI, and FinTech.

Over the past 17 years, I have advised boards and executive teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean. My roles include Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group and directors at Grant Thornton UK LLP and Navigant Consulting. Before my advisory career, I held CEO and executive leadership roles in retail banking, mortgages, and investment management—firsthand experience that continues to shape my work on transformation challenges.

I serve as Senator for Ireland at the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), affiliated with the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, and as a board member of the WBAF Global Science, Technology & Innovation Committee. I also co-founded the Digital Transformation Lab at Cork University Business School (UCC), a think tank focused on digital transformation. In executive education, I am Programme Director for Digital Leadership at the Irish Management Institute and a faculty member at the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

Currently a PhD candidate researching board and executive understanding of digital disruption, I hold dual MBAs in Banking and General Management. I am a Chartered Director, Chartered Banker, and Chartered Marketer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Banking, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and the Marketing Institute of Ireland.

Organisations now face an unprecedented challenge: managing a single system that demands both human resource approaches and asset management techniques. The separation of technology and strategy exacerbates this. 

MIT Sloan Management Review & Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

#ai #artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #futureofwork #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu

The Emerging Agentic Enterprise

With #AI, organisations must also understand the importance of leveraging #riskmanagement as a strategic imperative that balances #innovation with sound governance, transparency, and a commitment to ethical outcomes. 

McKinsey & Company

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #airisks #aiethics #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation #banking

The new frontiers of AI in risk management

Enterprise #AI at scale is finally within reach. The technology is ready—as long as organisations can feed it the right data - IBM Institute for Business Value.

🔰 83% of CDOs say the potential benefits of #AIagents outweigh the risks
🔰 77% say they’re comfortable relying on outcomes from AI agents.

#artificialintelligence #generativeai #agenticai #digitaltransformation #data #digitaldisruption Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

The 2025 Chief Data Officer Study:The AI multiplier effect

The latest advancement of #AI technology is here: #agenticAI is an application of existing generative AI technology and has the potential to benefit enterprises and consumers more broadly - Information Technology Industry Council (ITI).

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #generativeai #aigovernance #airisks #digitaltransformation #digitaldisruption

Understanding Agentic AI

Incentives will continue to be aligned with accelerated development until coordination mechanisms are designed that are grounded in a common knowledge of the global risks of advancing toward #AGI - RAND.    

Thoughts?

#ai #artificialintelligence #airisks #aigovernance #digitaltransformation #digitaldisruption #agenticai #generativeai #airegulation

The Race to AGI: Competition or Cooperation?

#ArtificialIntelligence (#AI) continues to advance by leaps and bounds, delivering breathtaking capabilities once thought to be far off in the future. AI is opening the door to innovations and new ways of working - Deloitte.

86 of the most compelling use cases for AI across six major industries: 
🔰 Consumer 
🔰 Energy, Resources & Industrials 
🔰 Financial Services 
🔰 Government & Public Services 
🔰 Life Sciences & Health Care 
🔰 Technology, Media & Telecommunications

#agenticai #aiagents #generativeai #aigovernance #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

The AI Dossier

Behavioural evidence, not benchmarks, will decide whether we face another #AI winter or a future where #code governs quietly in the background - Arthur D. Little.

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Sharad Agarwal Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

WHY JUDGMENT WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE OF AGENTIC AI

While productivity gains continue to be a core benefit, organisations are increasingly leveraging #AI for strategic innovation. AI is now recognised as a catalyst for competitive differentiation and long-term growth. 

Both #generativeAI (#GenAI) and #agenticAI are expanding rapidly within organisations. AI-powered innovation is the new frontier. 

IDC - sponsored by Microsoft.

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Frontier firms leading the AI revolution

#Transformation is now a way of life for global companies as they respond to disruption driven by regulatory change, technological advances, and shifting customer behaviours - Arthur D. Little.

 🔰 65% are undergoing wide-reaching or expanding transformation initiatives
 🔰 95% of respondents are highly confident they will deliver success
 🔰 71% have set a timeline of four to six years for transformation
 🔰 32% have a dedicated CTrO; 41% of transformation efforts led by the CEO.

#digitaltransformation #digitaldisruption #businessmodelinnovation

Embracing transformation in a disrupted world 2025

By building on past interactions, #agenticAI refines its behaviour over time, something traditional large language models (#LLMs) and #machinelearning (ML) models do not.

Agentic AI also offers capabilities such as reasoning, long-term planning, and dynamic environmental interaction. It tackles complex workflows that once required significant human oversight - Arthur D. Little

#ai #artificialintelligence #aiagents #generativeai #aigovernance #airisk #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

Beyond Prompts - Agentic AI

#Deepfakes have evolved from #socialmedia entertainment to powerful tools of deception, with nearly 5% of all #fraud attempts in 2024 estimated to involve deepfake elements - Citi.

#ai #artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #airisks #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation #riskmanagement

AI Deepfakes | When Seeing and Hearing Can’t be Trusted 

With organisations moving at the speed of #generativeAI and #agenticAI—and soon, the speed of #quantum—seeking out stable ground becomes an exercise in futility - IBM Institute for Business Value.

Five strategic #technology trends:
🔰 Uncertainty will be your greatest asset—if you embrace it.
🔰 Employees will want more AI—not less.
🔰 Customers will hold your AI accountable.
🔰 Global AI resilience will require a local safety net.
🔰 Quantum advantage will demand strength in numbers.

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #aigovernance #quantumcomputing #data #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu

5 trends for 2026 

Work in the future will be a partnership between people, agents, and robots—all powered by artificial intelligence. This requires new skills and a rethink of how people work together with intelligent machines - McKinsey & Company.

#ai #artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #futureofwork #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

Agents, robots, and us: Skills in the age of AI

#AI-led startups dominate funding in both volume and value, signalling a new era in which #AIagents and #automation are now the primary drivers of technology innovation across support functions - Finch Capital.

AI's Structural Dominance: Reaching 50% of Funding Volume
🔰 AI accounts for 50% of Business Tech funding volume in 2025. Median valuations have surged 2.6 times since 2018, surpassing the 2021 peaks.
🔰 Deal volume overall dropped 32% year-on-year. Yet deal values rose, showing consolidation amongst top performers across Europe.
🔰 France leads deal value at 49%, driven by Mistral AI. The UK accounts for 33% of the volume, followed by Germany and France.
🔰 Europe's median Business Tech exit reached €49M in 2025. Up 65% from last year, highlighting robust mid-market buyout activity.

#artificialintelligence #agenticai #generativeai #digitaltransformation #digitaldisruption Paidi O Reilly Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes ®© Martin Moeller Aaron Lax Richard Turrin JOY CASE Antonio Grasso Nicolas Babin Imtiaz Adam Phillip J Mostert 🇿🇦 Irene Lyakovetsky🎧🎙 Dinis Guarda Ian Jones Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Giuliano Liguori Orlando Francisco F. Reis Hope Frank Ima Miri Mike Flache Dr. Marcell Vollmer Birgul COTELLI, Ph. D. Olivier Kenji Mathurin Franco Ronconi Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar Patrick Maroney Amna Usman Chaudhry Helen Yu Sharad Agarwal Neville Gaunt 💡⚡️ Lionel Costes Anthony Rochand Nafis Alam Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Debashis Dutta Imtiaz Hussain Alberto Espinosa Machado Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع🇸🇦 Dr. Monika Sonu ARLENE NEWBIGGING GRADY

Europe’s AI Rewiring

#AI may support competition in downstream markets by lowering barriers to entry, reducing minimum efficient scale, and enabling product differentiation and #innovation. It also introduces new risks - OECD - OCDE.

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #futureofwork #airisks #data #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation

AI and competitive dynamics in downstream markets

#FinancialServices institutions that treat their everyday #banking products as strategic levers—not utilities—can reshape their relationships with customers and unlock differentiated growth - Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

#retailbanks #banks #fintech #challengerbanks #neobanks #digitalbanking #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation

Reimagining Everyday Banking Products

#GCC organisations may need to pick up the pace to stay ahead, backing experimentation and pilots with the capabilities required to support #AI at scale and drive #AIAdoption, with value creation as the constant goal.

QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation

The State of AI in GCC

Only 8% of our #EU Member States have issued a national health-specific #AI strategy - World Health Organization and European Union.

Six key thematic pillars for AI governance and uptake: national strategies, legal frameworks, #data governance, adoption barriers, alignment with #health system needs and #trust building. 

🔰 Equity must remain a guiding principle. 
🔰 Gaps in legal accountability, uneven investments in #workforce development and emerging #risks of exclusion underscore the need for continued vigilance, cooperation and learning.  

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #aiethics #healthcare #healthtech #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation

Artificial intelligence is reshaping health systems

Growth comes from how leaders choose to build and deploy #AI. Competitive advantage depends not on how many agents a company launches but on how effectively they are designed, managed, and scaled - McKinsey & Company.

#artificialintelligence #aiagents #agenticai #generativeai #aigovernance #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation #businessmodelinnovation

Agents for growth: Turning AI promise into impact

#AI promises to make #auto #marketing and #sales cooler, smarter, and faster with smarter data-driven offers, pricing with automated support, reducing manual tasks, and improving efficiency- McKinsey & Company.

#artificialintelligence #generativeai #aiagents #agenticai #digitaldisruption #digitaltransformation #businessmodelinnovation #automotive

Unlocking the Value of GenAI in Automotive

Monash University Malaysia

Professor

Head, School of Business

Islamic Financial Services Board

I am consulting IFSB on research project on Issues in Regulation and Supervision of Islamic Financial services in the area of Hedging and Risk Management.

Consultant

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School

I work with CCAF in Fintech domain with regards to regulatory and policy approaches to innovation, such as regulatory sandboxes, regtech for regulators, innovation hubs, and new regulatory, policy and authorization reforms across the globe with a focus on the SEA region. I am also looking at the Fintech development within Islamic Finance sector.

Research Affiliate

Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA)

Accreditation Panel Member

Journal of Asia Business Studies

Member of the Editorial Board

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

Independent Consultant

I design & conduct training for Islamic Banking & Finance Programme.

Course Designer & Trainer for Islamic Banking & Finance related Programmes

Consultant (Islamic Banking & E-Commerce

School of Business at Monash University Malaysia

Head Of School

Asia Pacific University

I am leading a Team of 33 young and energetic staff members specializing in key domain of Accounting and Finance.

Head of School (Accounting and Finance)

Director, Programme Development

I am currently working as a Professor of Finance and Head, School of Business at Monash University. I previously worked as Professor at Asia Pacific University 9APU); Associate Professor at Henley Business School ( Univ. of Reading) and at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) in the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). Additionally, I am also a research affiliate of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and contributes regularly to a global industry report on Fintech and Financial regulations.  

My research is focused on banking/FinTech regulation, financial stability corporate finance, financial market, Islamic banking and finance, financial intermediation, financial economics. My articles have been published in leading journals like The World Economy, Emerging Markets Review, RIBAF, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Asset Management, Journal of Banking Regulation, Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation, Review of Islamic Economics; Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce and Journal of Financial Services Marketing among others. I have co-authored 9 books in Islamic Finance/Fintech and among them is the Encyclopedia of Islamic Finance which is the first of its kind and has sold over 1000 copies worldwide. 

As a frequent traveller, I have given lectures on Islamic finance/finance across the world such as the Harvard Islamic Finance Forum at Harvard Law School; Gulf Research Meeting at Cambridge University, UK; Durham University Summer School and Seoul International Finance Conference (SIFIC) among others. I have been appointed as visiting Associate Professors at the Universities in the UK and Indonesia. I have co-edited special issues on Islamic finance in the mainstream finance and economics journals such as The World Economy, Managerial finance and Economic Papers. 

I was featured as the Professor of the Month by Financial times in 2014 and I am the winner of the Upcoming personality in Islamic Finance for 2016 given by GIFA. I have been ranked among the top 100 global social media influencers in Fintech by Refinitiv and Ranked number one Global Regtech Influencer.

Nafis Alam

#AI Trade Offs: A Systems Lens on #DecisionMaking

Key takeaways from the The Digital Economist report 

✅  Building #responsibleAI requires the engagement of all stakeholders—the government, private sector,
intergovernmental organizations (#IGOs), #NGOs, #academia, #civilsociety to understand AIS’ strengths and limitations. 

✅  #AIliteracy must be cultivated at both societal and individual levels. Without it, building #safe, #trustworthy, and responsible AI is impossible. Importantly, using AI should remain a matter of choice, not compulsion.

✅ #Policymakers must also acknowledge that AIS fragmentation means no single
country or company will ever fully own an end-to-end solution. This structural
fragmentation inherently produces transparency gaps and vulnerabilities.

✅  the purpose of AIS—and its contribution to social cohesion and workforce evolution—must remain central to #policymaking. The obsolescence of #human skills, if unaddressed, risks deepening #inequality.

#Bigdata #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #AIbias #AIgovernance #ResponsibleAI #FinTech #AIRisk #Regulation #Regtech #AIliteracy #SDGs 

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Educator,Researcher, Leader & Influencer. Head, School of Business; Prof of Finance @Monash University ||Top 50 global influencers in FinTech, Regtech & Crypto ||Making world a better place with RegTech Research

AI Trade Offs: A Systems Lens on Decision-Making 2025

Governing in the age of #disruption:#artificialintelligence- 

Key takeaways from the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI)  report 

✅  Board capability gaps persist: Directors report low confidence in their boards’ ability to oversee AIrisks and opportunities, with limited subject matter expertise embedded at board level.

✅ Risk oversight is evolving but uneven: Awareness of AI risks is growing, but integration into enterprise #riskmanagement and strategic #decisionmaking remains uneven across sectors and regions

✅ #Planning is lagging: Many organisations lack formal #governance #frameworks or board-approved policies to guide #ethical use, #privacy #compliance, and
strategic deployment of AI.


✅ Stakeholder trust is fragile: Public #trust in corporate #AIinitiatives is low, with growing concerns about ethical use, #transparency, and #accountability, making
trust and social license critical to AI governance

✅ Leading boards embed climate into strategy: Forward-thinking boards treat AI not as a siloed technology issue, but as a strategic enabler embedding it into growth strategies, capital planning and organisational resilience frameworks.and champion #governance #innovation.

#Bigdata #AI #AIgovernance #AIrisk #Privacy #Compliance #AIEthics #FinTech #Regulation #Regtech #oversight #AIRiskmanagement 

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Governing in the Age of Disruption- AI 2025

ExplanAItions 2025: The evolution of #AI in #research-

Key Takeaways from the Wiley Report

✅ #AI use has increased significantly since last year, but most #researchers feel they could be doing even more

✅ 84% of researchers are using AI tools for any aspect of their work, up from 57% last year

✅ Researchers using AI for #research and/or #publication-related tasks increased to 62%, up from 45% in 2024

✅ Researchers turn to #ChatGPT and similar tools – not because they’re best for #science, but because they’re most accessible

✅ 80% of researchers have used a general-purpose AI tool, compared to just 25% who have tried one or more specialized AI tools for research. 

✅ Just 40% of researchers agree that their organisation provides them with access to the AI tools and models they need to successfully make use of AI in their work.

✅ Researchers’ views of AI are undergoing a course correction after hitting peak hype —something that’s an inevitable evolutionary phase in most major technological shifts.

✅ Eighty-five per cent of researchers using AI report that it has improved their #efficiency, while nearly three-quarters say that it has helped them with the quantity (77%) and the quality (73%) of their work. 

✅ 70% also find it valuable for brainstorming and #ideation, and 61% for improving their ability to focus on their most important tasks.

#Bigdata #Artificialintelligence #ChatGPT #AIBias #GenAI #Academia #AIethics #Fintech #Finserv #Regulation #RegTEch #publication

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ExplanAItions 2025- THE EVOLUTION OF AI IN RESEARCH

Redesigning #RiskManagement Through
#Fintech Partnerships-

Key takeaways from Boston Consulting Group (BCG)  report 

✅  Fintechs’ solutions can help #CROs
access #automation, #predictiveanalytics, and real-time data integration to transform risk management from a costly operational necessity into a competitive advantage.

✅ For emerging risks, clear lines of ownership are often missing. With #threats evolving so rapidly, accountability for
them often does not fit neatly within a single, pre-existing corporate function. 

✅ Advancing digital transformation and managing technological risks have highlighted how vital it is for #financial institutions to balance the benefits of #digital #innovation with prudent oversight.

✅ #Openbanking, and its wider successor, #openfinance, have normalized the idea that #data and functionality can flow across financial intermediaries’ boundaries through
secure #APIs.

#Bigdata #Artificialintelligence #Banking #Finserv #Technology #BaaS #DigitalTransformation #Risk #Regulation #Regtech #Supervision #Suptech 

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FinTech Partnership to Manage Risk Management 2025

#Trust, #Technology, and Tomorrow

How to navigate the future of #technology, particularly #AI, in a way that fosters #trust, #ethical use, and positive outcomes.

Key takeaway from the KPMG report

✅ There is a high level of concern around losing control as technology advances – 64% of Australians are concerned about losing personal or societal control as AI becomes more widespread. 

✅ Government bodies need to proactively consider how they define their
role in an AI-driven future and determine how they can better engage
with their citizens in an increasingly digitised world, to deliver better
outcomes for communities. 

✅  As AI is increasingly used to automate administrative tasks, there is
an opportunity to focus efforts on ensuring better access to services,
uplifting access to more affordable #housing, improved #educational
options, and increased home care and support for vulnerable populations.

#Bigdata #Artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIbias #AITrust #AIrisk #FinTech #Finserv #Regulation #RegTech #AIRegulation #climatechnage #society #Australia #Futureofwork

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Trust Technology and Tomorrow- 2025

Unified #RiskManagement- The connected future of #risk-

Key takeaways from the Moody's Corporation  report 

✅ 90% leaders leaders acknowledged that #cyberrisk has grown in recent years. The rapid expansion of #digital operations, #cloud migration, and hybrid work appears to have outpaced #governance frameworks, multiplying entry points for attack.

✅ 80% participants reported an increase in third-party and #operational-related risk. As organizations become more dependent on extended, multi-tiered networks of suppliers and partners, the complexity creates new points of failure.

✅ The risk posed to a business’ #reputation from #compliance failures or significant events is described as the “amplifier” of all other risks.

✅ #Banks are mature in #financial risk management, with sophisticated frameworks and #regulatory oversight. However, they can be constrained by #legacy systems, as well as #regulation, which creates a tension: “sophistication without agility.”

✅ #Fintech firms tended to be fast-moving and innovation-led, but their #governance can lag behind growth.

#Bigdata #Artificialintelligence #Cybersecurity #Dataprivacy #AIrisk #Fintech #Regulation #Regtech #compliance #governance 

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Unified Risk Management- Connected Future of Risk 2025

Announcing the official launch of the #Innovation #ImpactLab

Monash University Malaysia, in collaboration with Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and Cradle Fund, has established the #InnovationImpactLab. The lab is designed to accelerate the growth of #Malaysian #SMEs by enabling them to test and refine #tech-driven, commercially viable solutions that address real-world challenges – particularly in #sustainability, #wastemanagement, and #circularity.

The Lab will work towards enabling and supporting SMEs to validate problem statements, apply #designthinking and prototype scalable solutions.

The lab was launched during the #CradleLIVE! #StartupASEANSummit held at Zepp KL on 5th November.

The launch was witnessed by YB Chang Lih Kang, Minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (#MOSTI), and other key dignitaries that includes the Secretary-General of The ASEAN Secretariat His Excellency Dr. @Kao Kim Hourn, accompanied by #AllianceBankMalaysia Group CEO, Mr Kellee Kam and Professor Dato' Dr. Ir. Faisal Rafiq, Vice-President for Research and Development, Monash University Malaysia.

A big shoutout to Mohan Avvari, Dr Aaron Sum, Kevin Fernandez, Marveen Paransothy, the #CradleFund Team, and the #AllianceBank Team.

This collaboration is a testament to the School of Business at Monash University Malaysia's commitment to #Sustainability Impact, #SMEsgrowth and impactful work in #greener, more #sustainablebusiness practices. 

#ResponsibleFinance #Sustainablefinance #ESG #Sustainability #BSchool #Startup #Investment #FinTech #Finserv #Banking 

Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Karren Khaw
Uma Mageswary T.
Monash University
Monash Business School

#Fintech is evolving fast, from #stablecoins to #AgenticAI- What are Top 10 Fintech & #Payments Trends 2026-

Key takeaways from Juniper Research report 

✅  Stablecoins to Rival Existing #Interbank Settlement Layer

✅ Agentic #Commerce to Reshape B2B
& #Consumer Purchasing

✅  #Tokenised Assets Will Enter the
Mainstream

✅ #GenAI to Transform #Banking

✅ #AI #Fraud Prevention Investment to
Rise Amid #Deepfake Threat

✅  No-code #AML Adoption to Extend
Beyond #Banks

#Digitalpayment #Finserv #Investment #Digitalasset #Regulation #regtech #Token 

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Top 10 Fintech and Payment Trends 2026

Guidelines for #ArtificialIntelligence #RiskManagement in #FIs

Key insights from Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)  consultation paper

✅ Board and senior management of #FIs play a key role in the governance and oversight of #AIriskmanagement, including the establishment and implementation of frameworks, structures, policies and processes for #AIrisk management, and fostering the appropriate risk culture for the use of AI.

✅ To support oversight and risk management of AI use, FIs need to establish clear identification processes for AI usage across the firm, maintain accurate and up-to-date AI inventories, and implement risk materiality assessments that factor impact, complexity and reliance dimensions.

✅ To manage the risks of AI throughout its lifecycle, FIs should plan for and implement robust controls in key areas such as data management, fairness, #transparency and explainability, human #oversight, third-party risks, evaluation and testing

#Bigdata #GenerativeAI #AI #Fintech #Banking #Banks #AIbias #Regulation #Regtech #datamanagement #fairness, #transparency #explainability 

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AI risk Management in Financial Institutions 2025

The Enterprise-Wide #AgenticAI #Risk Controls Framework 


Key takeaways from Agentic Risks report 

✅ #AIagent may behave unpredictably,
inconsistently, or unfairly, drifting from its intended purpose, compounding errors, or operating outside policy, leading to failures, #bias, or #inconsistency

✅  more than one agent may interact, replicate, or conflict in uncontrolled ways – creating confusion, #inefficiency, #security gaps, or runaway behaviours that undermine oversight and system stability.

✅  agents and their #data pipelines can be
attacked, corrupted, or misused, leading to #databreaches, loss of control, unsafe behaviour, or system compromise.

✅ agents may operate without #accountability, #compliance, or control, causing outages, data loss, cost overruns, policy and #regulatory breaches, or reputational damage

#Bigdata #Artificialintelligence #AIAgent 
#Accountability #Explainability #Monitoring #AIBias #AiGovernance #Fintech #Regulation #Regtech #security #threat 

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https://agenticrisks.com

Enterprise Wide Agentic AI Risk 2025

#Bitcoin just fell 23% from its October high

Are we surprised??

✅  Bitcoin’s lost $450 billion of value over the past six weeks, in a selloff that ramped up after a bunch of leveraged bets (made with borrowed funds) were wiped out in a single day.

✅ That nervousness affected the entire #crypto market, leaving it about $1 trillion lighter.

✅ #US bitcoin #ETFs, which is seen as a symbol of the crypto’s mainstream pull, saw $870 million of withdrawals in a single day – the second-heaviest outflow ever.

✅  Broad Market Sell-Off: The recent downturn in the crypto market has also impacted other #cryptocurrencies, with the sell-off being broader than just Bitcoin

Source Finimize

Why did Bitcoin fall?

✅ Shift in Federal Reserve Board Rate Cut Expectations: The main driver for the decline was a dramatic reversal in market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut. Expectations for a December rate cut dropped significantly, prompting investors to rebalance their risk portfolios.

✅ The broad sell-off in #technology stocks has been a key factor behind the deterioration in #investors #risk appetite

#Bitcoin will continue to be #volatile and highly #speculative

#Investwithcaution

#Digitalpayment #FinTech #Finserv #Investment #Digitalasset #Regulation #regtech #Token #Cryptoregulation #Cryptocrash #BTC #Bitcoincrash

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