Emmanuel Daniel

Emmanuel Daniel is a Singapore-based entrepreneur, writer and global thought leader in finance. He is listed as a top 10 global influencer in the “Fintech Power50” list for 2021 and 2022. Daniel was awarded the Citibank Excellence in Journalism Award in February 1999. This was in recognition of his commitment to determining the impact of the Internet on banking.

Emmanuel was trained as a lawyer, has degrees from the National University of Singapore and the University of London, and attended a course on economics at Columbia University in New York.

He founded The Asian Banker in Singapore in 1996 and is the Chairman of TAB Global Pte Ltd, which runs The Asian Banker, Wealth and Society, and other content and community platforms.

His first book, “The Great Transition – the personalization of finance is here", was published in September 2022. In this book, Emmanuel outlines how the banking industry will evolve from being focused on platform technologies to a level of personalization never seen before.

Emmanuel is the creator of the Excellence in Retail Financial Services programme which benchmarks and ranks retail banks according to operational and service quality and is now followed in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

He also founded Wealth and Society, a global programme where wealth is assessed by its relevance to philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or impact on the environment, sustainability, and well-being of the societies.

Daniel is also a writer on personal blog and speaks at international events around the world.