In his welcome address at the "Digital Banking, Financial Inclusion and Impact Investing" conference organised by the SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics and China Europe International Business School, SMU Provost Professor Rajendra K. Srivastava said that investors and financial institutions seeking for profit opportunities and higher returns on equity – in a low growth environment, flushed with liquidity – will do well to take advantage of the digital revolution. CEO of DBS Group Mr Piyush Gupta spoke on “Digital Banking in Asia”; while a panel discussion in the morning, which involved Professor Gerard Geroge, Dean of the SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business, discussed the opportunities in Asia for digital banking.