INTERNATIONAL BANKING SUMMIT HOSTED IN THE CITY.:By Sachin Murdeshwar

YES BANK AND FINANCIAL TIMES ORGANIZES SECOND INTERNATIONAL BANKING SUMMIT IN MUMBAI

 

Mumbai,15th Oct.2012.(Sachin Murdeshwar): The Financial Times and YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, are holding the second successive International Banking Summit on October 15-16 at the Trident, Mumbai. Following last year’s successful inaugural event, this year’s theme, “Realigning the Global Banking System”, will explore the new global financial, economic and regulatory landscape in light of the economic volatility in the developed economies.

The summit attracts senior national and international bankers, policy-makers and thought leaders to share their view on the growth prospects of developing economies as future finance hubs. In addition, the event will seek to evaluate opportunities in social banking and social finance as ways to achieve inclusive economic growth as well as how to manage currency and interest rate risks for banks and corporations.

The summit will be chaired by Dr Rana Kapoor, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, YES BANK; James Lamont, Managing Editor, Financial Times; Victor Mallet, South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times; Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times and James Crabtree, Mumbai correspondent, Financial Times.

Key speakers include:
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairman, Planning Commission, GoI
• M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Corporate Affairs, Government of India
• Anne Le Lorier, First Deputy Governor, Banque de France
• Manuel Ramos Francia, Deputy Governor, Banco de Mexico
• K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• H.R. Khan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Anoop Singh, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund
• N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Infosys
• Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution

Dr. Rana Kapoor, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, YES BANK said, “YES BANK is indeed privileged to once again partner with The Financial Times for the second edition of the FT-YES BANK International Banking Summit, a reaffirmation of our Knowledge Banking approach to demonstrate the best of Indian Banking to the world, while creating a thought leadership platform for dialogue between Indian and International Banking leaders. In just the second year, the Summit has become one of the most definitive and responsible platforms for Regulators, Bankers and Corporates in India and internationally to exchange best practices and discuss significant opportunities and challenges faced by the global financial system today. I strongly believe that the impressive speaker line up and top notch participants at the Summit will provide the necessary impetus for an open and objective debate.”

John Ridding, CEO, Financial Times said, "This summit comes at a crucial time for the financial industry, as regulatory constraints tighten and questions return over the size and scope of banking groups once considered too big to fail. We look forward to a stimulating discussion on the road ahead for banks, with particular focus on emerging markets and their potential to lead the industry -- and the global economy -- towards renewed growth."

This year selected panels from the event will be live-streamed and available on FT Live, offering the online audience an opportunity to submit their questions to panelists. A number of discussions will also be available later as recorded sessions.

For further information on the summit, please visit www.ft-live.com/yesbank2012

The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing essential news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community, the FT has a combined paid print and digital circulation of almost 600,000 (Deloitte assured, 2 April 2012 – 1 July 2012) and a combined print and online average daily readership of 2.1 million people worldwide (PwC assured, May 2012). FT.com has more than 4.8 million registered users and over 300,000 paying digital subscribers. The newspaper has a global print circulation of 280,124 (ABC, August 2012).

Financial Times Live has evolved out of FT Global Conferences & Events, which from 1971 organised more than 2,000 high-level events, spanning developed and emerging markets in five continents and a broad series of focus areas including the financial industry and other key sectors such as TMT, energy, pharma/biotechnology, infrastructure/urbanisation, commodities, risk management, innovation and sustainability.

YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank, is the outcome of the professional & entrepreneurial commitment of its Founder, Dr. Rana Kapoor and his top management team, to establish a high quality, customer centric, service driven, private Indian Bank catering to the Future Businesses of India. YES BANK has adopted international best practices, the highest standards of service quality and operational excellence, and offers comprehensive banking and financial solutions to all its valued customers. YES BANK has a knowledge driven approach to banking, and a superior customer experience for its retail, corporate and emerging corporate banking clients. YES BANK is steadily evolving as the Professionals’ Bank of India with the vision of “Building the Best Quality Bank of the World in India” by 2015.