Money20/20

At Money20/20, I've spearheaded the company's strategic expansion into Asia, delivering several notable achievements:

• Established and operationalized Money20/20's Asia headquarters from the ground up, creating a strong regional presence for the world's leading fintech event brand

• Built and led a high-caliber, cross-functional team that spans sales, marketing, content, customer services and operations, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation

• Orchestrated the landmark launch of Money20/20's inaugural Bangkok event:
 - Attracted over 3,000 industry leaders and decision-makers
 - Secured partnerships with over 120 prestigious sponsors from Asia and globally
 - Created the region's premier gathering of fintech and financial services executives

This success has firmly established Money20/20 as the leading platform for the Asian fintech ecosystem and laid a strong foundation for continued regional growth.

I'm responsible for all aspects of the Money20/20 business including, delivering the commercial strategy, liaising with key customers to understand their needs, executing and localising product, P&L/budget control, public speaking, and building, coaching, developing, and mentoring a high performing team of sales, content, marketing, creative and operations leaders.

Managing Director, Asia & ANZ

Emerging Payments Association Asia

The Emerging Payments Association Asia is a thriving community of payments professionals whose goals are to strengthen and expand the payments industry to benefit all stakeholders.

As an EPAA Ambassador I support the association and membership with expert knowledge and experience from the payments industry. I also represent EPAA at events and in local APAC markets.

Ambassador

Digital Transformation & Leadership Podcast

Top 100 Business podcast.

Past guests include Facebook, Google, Spotify and many more. 

Behind the scenes with today's top business leaders to understand how they are digitally transforming their company: Which technology tools they're using, where they're seeing success, biggest challenges, how they run their team, dealing with changing customer behaviour, top leadership and life/career lessons and more.

Host & Founder

South China Morning Post SCMP

Moderating podcasts on the topic of Digital Transformation for SCMP.

Contributing Author & Podcast Host

Worldwide Business Research (WBR)

I spent a decade as Managing Director at Worldwide Business Research, where I:

• Built the Asia and ANZ team from the ground up
• Delivered consecutive record-breaking profit results
• Led market expansion across Asia and ANZ
• Successfully launched and scaled several new business verticals

I led the Asia & ANZ business for WBR ensuring all employees bought into the company vision. Setting the overall strategic direction of the company alongside the other senior stakeholders. And planning and implementing long term business strategies to achieve the company's objectives. 

I was responsible for all aspects of the business including marketing, sales, production, market research, operations and all finance and legal matters. Alongside this I recruited, mentored and trained high performing individuals in each of these departments.

IB Consultancy

- Leading and launching the first Asian office in Singapore
- Helping our partners crush their marketing and sales goals
- Winning and working on consulting projects
- Helping our partners get their message out clearly, concisely and accurately
- Putting together research and consulting insights
- Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained and managed a team of 8 producers, research, b2b sales and inside sales reps
- Weekly 1-on-1s
- Ran weekly call coaching sessions

Managing Director

SMi Group

- Leading and launching the first Asian office in Singapore
- Writing and producing 4 annual market leading Asian defence and security summits
- Helping our partners get their message out clearly, concisely and accurately
- Putting together research and insights
- Developing and training 2 direct line reports
- Weekly 1-on-1s
- Ran weekly call coaching sessions

General Manager, APAC

- Writing and producing 9 annual market leading defence and security summits 
- Quickly promoted to Senior Producer and then Department Head 
- Helping our partners get their message out clearly, concisely and accurately
- Putting together research and insights 
- Recruiting, developing and training 1 direct line report

Senior Producer Defence & Security Division

The Top Banana Consultancy Ltd

Public Relations Manager

With 15 years of senior leadership experience in Singapore, I'm an accomplished business leader with a proven track record of scaling businesses and driving record-breaking profits.

At Money20/20, I've spearheaded the company's strategic expansion into Asia, building the Asia headquarters and team from the ground up, orchestrating the landmark launch of Money20/20's inaugural Bangkok event that attracted over 3,000 industry leaders and decision makers from over 85 countries, and created a strong regional presence for the world's leading fintech and financial services brand.

As the founder and host of "Digital Transformation & Leadership," a top 100 Business podcast, I regularly engage with industry leaders from major companies like Facebook, Google, DBS, and Stripe to explore cutting-edge trends and insights. Additionally, I contribute as a podcast host for the South China Morning Post, focusing on digital transformation. 

I serve as an Ambassador for the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) - A vibrant network of payments professionals dedicated to advancing the payments industry across the Asia-Pacific. As an EPAA Ambassador, I provide industry expertise and represent the association at events and within local APAC markets.

Previously, I spent a decade as Managing Director at Worldwide Business Research, where I:
• Delivered consecutive record-breaking profit results
• Led market expansion across Asia and ANZ
• Successfully launched and scaled several new business verticals

My leadership philosophy centers on creating empowering environments where teams can excel. I'm passionate about:
• Strategic business growth and innovation
• Recruiting and developing high-potential talent
• Building inclusive, high-performing teams
• Driving innovation and digital transformation

I bring particular expertise in:
• Strategic management and leadership
• P&L optimization and financial planning
• Public speaking and moderation
• Product strategy and sales leadership
• Creative problem-solving

As a Singapore Permanent Resident, I actively contribute to the region's business community through thought leadership on digital transformation, FinTech, and modern leadership practices.

Let's connect if you're interested in exploring opportunities within the global fintech or financial services ecosystem or discussing leadership in the digital age. Schedule a call with me to learn how Money20/20 can help you reach our engaged community of senior Banking, FinTech, and Financial Services leaders.

Jakarta brought the energy today.

We kicked off the first stop of the Money20/20 Southeast Asia Roadshow & Summit - and it honestly couldn’t have started better.

From the moment the room filled, the conversations were real.

Not surface-level. Not buzzwords.

Just straight talk about what’s changing right now in Indonesia’s financial services landscape.

I went from the opening remarks straight into three great panel discussions:

1) The Future of Money - with Ibu Chrisma from DANA, bringing sharp insights shaped by both private-sector leadership and public-policy experience.

2) Harnessing AI & Emerging Tech for Rural Financial Inclusion - with William (Amartha) and Sati (VIDA), who are building solutions that actually reach the people who need them most.

3) Unlocking Trillions for Indonesia’s SME Engine - with Natasha (Durianpay), Samantha (YCAB Foundation), and Ankur, diving deep into what it really takes to move SMEs and MSMEs forward.

Across every conversation, three themes kept resurfacing:

1) Meeting customers where they are - not where we assume they are.

2) Trust as a foundational capability - without it, no product, platform, or partnership gets off the ground.

3) The tangible impact fintech has on SMEs and MSMEs — from access to funding and work opportunities to improved ability to save and grow.

Layered on top of that:

- Banks and fintechs are now collaborators.
- AI has shifted from “pilot” to fully operational.
- And regulators across APAC are leaning into partnership, not just oversight.

Indonesia’s momentum is undeniable - hyper-local models, super apps, early signals of quantum… it’s all moving quickly, and today felt like a clear signal of what’s ahead.

Jakarta, terima kasih.

On to the next one - KL next week. 

Hope to see you there.

Danny

Danny Levy

EVP & MD, APAC & Middle East, Money20/20 | Contributing Author & Podcast Host | Dad

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However blue your Monday might be looking…

I’m moving house today.

Which, according to science, is ranked somewhere between “root canal” and “stepping on LEGO in the dark.”

Pray for me.

Danny

MALAYSIA → A reminder that APAC doesn’t move at one speed.

Some markets talk about the future of money.
Malaysia is already building it.

Yesterday’s Money20/20 Roadshow Summit made that impossible to ignore.

Across APAC, fintech is evolving fast…but Malaysia is showing how these shifts play out in the real world: with adoption, scale, and impact that actually reaches consumers and SMEs.

Fresh off Jakarta last week, KL didn’t just keep the momentum alive.
It raised the bar.

Because throughout the day, three themes kept coming through:

1) AI isn’t a headline here - it’s already reshaping products, operations, and customer experience across financial services.

2) Digital literacy is becoming the real differentiator — it’s how customers stay safe, secure, and actually extract value from the tools we build.

3) And digital wallets like TNG Digital are transforming the SME backbone of the country - giving businesses structure, professionalism, and the ability to scale far beyond their neighbourhoods.

Not hype.
Not theory.

Malaysia is showing what applied innovation looks like at ground level.

And the room didn’t sit back.

They debated, challenged, questioned, built - exactly what this Southeast Asia Roadshow series was designed to spark.

Huge thank you to our speakers, partners, and the incredible community who filled the room with intent and energy - and to FAOM for partnering with us.

Closed the day the best way possible:
a long table, great food, great people.

Malaysia isn’t just part of the APAC story.
It’s helping write the next chapter.

Danny

Time moves fast. Stupidly fast.

One minute your whole world is wrapped up in one problem, one win, one moment.

The next? You’re already onto the next thing - and whatever felt massive last week doesn’t even register anymore.

And here’s the weird part…When you look back, you remember the losses, the failures, the tough moments far more than the wins you swore you’d never forget.

This week, as we cleared out the last of our things from our old place, I stopped at this little marking on the back of my younger daughter’s bedroom door.

Just a scribble tracking how much she’d grown. 4 when we moved in. 9 when we left.

Five years in that home.
Five years of personal and professional shifts.
Five years that changed all of us in ways you only notice when you look back like this.

They’ve left their mark - literally and figuratively - but that chapter’s done now.

On to the next.

New place.
New energy.
New problems, new wins, new moments.

And as always… I’m excited for what’s ahead.

Danny

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