How Can Banks Maintain Growth Momentum In The AI Everywhere Era?

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Dr. Ashish Kakar is Research Director for IDC Financial Insights in Asia/Pacific, where he is the lead analyst responsible for all aspects of banking and insurance research. Dr. Ashish’s own interest is in fraud and risk, resilience, customer centricity, AI/ML, retail banking, insurance, alternative investment management, cloud and infrastructure, and credit risk management. Before IDC, Dr. Ashish had over 16 years' experience in Citibank, 5 years’ experience with insurance companies, and has run his own asset management start-up for 2 years. In his last role in Citibank, Dr. Ashish managed processes across banking technology, servicing operations, and product.

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