Dr. Thong Ming Sen is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and his area of expertise is in capital markets law, legal tech, and FinTech regulation. He was part of a team of researchers who were the first to report on regulatory issues in the blockchain space in Malaysia.
Research Project
Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Financial Governance in ASEAN: Transforming Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Governance to Enhance Investor Protection
Dr. Thong’s research project examines the use of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen financial governance in ASEAN by analyzing blockchain applications such as distributed shareholder registers, tokenized securities, and smart contract-enabled disclosures, alongside AI-driven solutions including robo-advisors, automated KYC verification, AML monitoring, and market surveillance. to evaluate how these technologies can improve transparency, accountability, and regulatory effectiveness to enhance investor protection.
Through a comparative analysis of ASEAN jurisdictions, Dr. Thong’s research project develops legal and institutional frameworks governing the use of blockchain and AI for financial governance in Southeast Asia with a view to supporting regulatory convergence within the region’s FinTech, RegTech and SupTech landscape.
