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Exploring the Convergence of Finance, Technology, and Innovation
Innovation Catalyst
Singaporean
My work is guided by a simple question: How does this work?
I explore the intersection of finance, product management, and emerging technology—building and deconstructing complex systems. Recently at the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, I collaborated with central banks on projects like the NGFS Data Directory and EDKP collaboration community.
Learn with Siva is where I document my curiosity-driven journey—sharing what I discover as I stumble through rabbit holes, question assumptions, and piece together how things really work. Whether it's dissecting a product strategy, unraveling a technical concept, or exploring an idea that caught my attention, it's about learning and understanding together.
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Blog
Case Studies
From Chaos to Code: Building a Hackathon Platform (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Demo)
After experiencing hackathon coordination firsthand, I built a working prototype to explore better event management. Role-switching demos, AI guidance, and workflows designed around real user frustrations.
Publication
Novel Approaches to Combat Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, Fraud, and Scams
A cross-sectoral view into how regulators and industry are responding to the growing complexity of financial crime. This piece draws on insights from the BISIH community and covers the use of AI, behavioural science, and collaborative data-sharing strategies.
GenAI in Action: Transforming Data Use in SupTech
This paper explores how generative AI is transforming the use of data in SupTech. It highlights real-world central banking applications of LLMs in report generation, anomaly detection, and regulatory analysis, drawn from BISIH, MAS and EDKP Collaboration Communities experiments.
Project Viridis: A Blueprint for Managing Climate-Related Financial Risk
A pragmatic framework developed by BISIH and MAS to help financial authorities manage climate-related financial risks. Project Viridis integrates emissions data, geospatial mapping, and scenario analysis to support qualitative assessments of systemic climate vulnerabilities.
Testimonial
Siva played a key role across major workstreams, bringing structure, focus, and stakeholder engagement to everything he handled. His work exploring the use of AI, digital twin technology, and novel approaches to combating financial crime was invaluable to the Hub.
Patrick Hoffmann, BIS Innovation Hub and Bundesbank
Siva's intelligence is evident in his approach. He seamlessly transitions between business and product roles, leveraging a diverse skill set and a collaborative spirit to deliver innovative solutions.
Madhava Shan, FinTech Lead, Sleek
Experiences
Business Administrator - Project Lead
Worldwide Computer Services, Singapore
Aug 2020 — Feb 2023
Product Management Associate
Synfindo, Singapore
Feb 2023 — Sep 2023
Fintech Analyst - Product Coordination
Sleek, Singapore
Oct 2023 — Mar 2024
Junior Product Owner
Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, Singapore
Mar 2024 — Present