Exploring the Convergence of Finance, Technology, and Innovation

Exploring the Convergence of Finance, Technology, and Innovation

Sivasubramanian Ramanathan - Product Owner and Innovation Catalyst
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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Case Studies

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From Chaos to Code: Building a Hackathon Platform (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Demo)

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

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Novel Approaches to Combat Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, Fraud, and Scams

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

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

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