Regulatory Engagement

Financial Services Regulatory Engagement

Varun also set up the Fintech Regulatory Practice to bring together regulators and ecosystems. He leveraged his trust and relationship with regulators to offer licensing and compliance support to internet commerce and fintech firms with the aspiration to provide regulated financial services. He provided strategic insights to regulators, development finance institutions and trade promotion agencies to help them build and scale fintech ecosystems and test innovative concepts like a regulatory sandbox. In addition, he enhanced their access with ecosystem participants like startups, venture capital, regulator, universities to define and deploy fintech hub operating models and operations.

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Worked closely with MAS for last five years on ecosystem development and support

State Bank of Vietnam

Vietnam FinTech Challenge.pdf

Supported the FinTech Challenge Vietnam in partnership with Vietnamese government bodies including the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and Mekong Business Initiative (MBI). The program attracted 141 applicants, of which 45 were from Vietnam and 96 were foreign applicants from 27 different countries. EY’s involvement is evidence of EY’s commitments to strengthening partnerships between key players of the FinTech community and expand knowledge sharing among stakeholders in order to foster greater financial inclusivity.

Trinidad & Tobago International Financial Center (TTIFC)

TTIFC - Case Study.pdf
Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Center.pdf

Central Bank of Egypt

Worked closely with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to develop strategy for developing Egypt into a fintech hub, community engagement and regulatory sandbox strategy.

Central Bank of Egypt's FinTech Strategy_V15.pdf