Powering Digital Lending in the Philippines:
Speed, Scale, and Strategy
- 28 May 2025
- 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
- Shangri-la The Fort, BGC
Overview
As lending evolves in The Philippines, financial institutions face increasing pressure to scale operations while managing risk and compliance. How can financial institutions leverage technology to enhance decision-making, reduce credit risk, and streamline compliance?
Join industry leaders for an exclusive roundtable discussion on the future of digital lending. Gain insights into how alternative data, automation, and cloud-based solutions are helping financial institutions expand their reach, optimise risk management, and future-proof their operations in an increasingly digital world.
Discussion Points
1. Scaling Digital Lending: How to Automate for Efficiency & Growth
The lending industry is moving away from manual, paper-based processes to fully digitised, automated workflows. Yet, many financial institutions still struggle with fragmented systems, slow loan processing, and operational bottlenecks.
- What are the biggest obstacles in digitising lending processes, from application to disbursement?
- How can automation reduce turnaround time and enhance customer experience?
- What role does cloud technology play in ensuring seamless scalability for growing loan portfolios?
2. Customer-Centric Lending: Delivering Speed, Convenience, and Personalisation
Today’s borrowers—whether SMEs or retail customers—expect fast, frictionless experiences. Financial institutions must integrate mobile-first, data-driven solutions to meet these expectations while ensuring robust risk management.
- What innovations are shaping customer expectations in digital lending?
- How can lenders personalize loan offerings without increasing operational complexity
- What are the challenges in integrating alternative data sources to improve credit decisioning?
3. Navigating Regulatory Complexity: Compliance Without Slowing Down Growth
With evolving regulations from BSP, financial institutions must balance compliance with efficiency. Manual compliance reporting is resource-intensive and can delay loan processing. Institutions need systems that streamline regulatory adherence while ensuring agility in lending operations.
- What strategies can lenders adopt to ensure operational resilience in the face of uncertainty?
- How does cloud-based infrastructure provide a competitive edge in adapting to market shifts?
- How can institutions integrate real-time analytics, AI, and automation to strengthen their risk and lending frameworks?
4. Building Operational Resilience in a Fast-Changing Lending Landscape
Economic fluctuations, fraud risks, and shifting regulations demand resilient, scalable lending infrastructures. Many lenders still rely on legacy systems that lack agility, making it difficult to adapt quickly to market and regulatory changes.
- What strategies can lenders adopt to ensure operational resilience in the face of uncertainty?
- How does cloud-based infrastructure provide a competitive edge in adapting to market shifts?
- How can institutions integrate real-time analytics, AI, and automation to strengthen their risk and lending frameworks?
Speakers
Antonio Separovic
Co-Founder & CEO
Oradian
Adnan Agha
Founder & President
Procredit Financing Corp.
Iris Rosellosa
CFO
RAFI
Stephen Williams
CTO
Esquire
Gaurav Kumar
Director - Head of Credit & Portfolio Management
Maya
Agenda Flow
In Partnership With
Oradian offers a cloud-native core banking system designed to help financial institutions scale efficiently in any environment. Its extensible platform allows rapid development and deployment of new products without complex engineering, while seamless integration with third-party services is enabled through robust REST APIs.