Aung Kyaw Moe (Entrepreneur)

Aung Kyaw Moe (born May 25, 1975) is an entrepreneur, founder, and group CEO of 2C2P that supports 250 payment methods, including electronic payments, mobile payments, credit cards, and offline payments. He is an industry expert and thought leader in the field of fintech, one of Asia's Top 25 Entrepreneurs by Business Week in the year 2009. In 2024, 2C2P, under the leadership of Aung Kyaw Moe, is projected to increase its revenue by 500-700 million baht, reaching 3.7-3.9 billion baht, following a significant growth of 30% in 2023, where the company's revenue reached 3.2 billion baht.
==Early Life and Education==
Aung Kyaw Moe is a Burmese businessman. After finishing a UK degree curriculum at Yangon's KMD Institute, he accepted an offer to teach computers at the institution's sister campus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Aung Kyaw Moe holds an Executive MBA from the Sasin School of Management of Chulalongkorn University and an ACE from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a graduate of the Owner/President Management program at Harvard Business School.
==Career==
After a brief stay in Cambodia, he moved to Thailand, where he was able to secure a job at Juris Asia, a French IT company that specializes in developing search engines for international companies investing in the country.In 2003, Aung Kyaw Moe decided to start his first venture named SinaptIQ.
The company provided a payment security 3D-Secure system that would secure Visa card information in a bank's DMZ network. After a successful trial run with the Bank of Asia, the company saw wider adoption from banks across Thailand.
SinaptIQ, Aung Kyaw Moe's first venture, focused on developing a 3D-Secure payment security system designed to protect Visa card information within a bank's demilitarized zone (DMZ) network. After a successful pilot implementation with the Bank of Asia, the system gained traction and was adopted by several other banks across Thailand, establishing Aung Kyaw Moe's reputation in the payment security industry.
In 2008, following the advice of a lecturer at Sasin, Aung Kyaw Moe transferred the company headquarters to Singapore, where it was formally incorporated as 2C2P. 2C2P is a full-suite payments platform with offices in nine countries, processing business-to-business transactions totaling over US$2 billion.
In 2010, 2C2P was declared winner of the Global Mobile Internet Conference 2010 Innovation Show held in Beijing, China, beating out 19 other finalists from Asia, USA and Europe.
In 2016, the firm launched Myanmar’s first co-branded debit card, which enabled customers to shop with international merchants.
In April 2022, the firm announced a new partnership with Ant Group, owner and operator of Alipay, a digital payment platform in China.
Through the partnership, Ant Group acquired a majority stake in 2C2P, with plans to integrate its own Alipay+ payment service into 2C2P’s existing payment. The partnership is part of 2C2P’s push towards international expansion.
==Personal Life==
Aung Kyaw Moe is an avid chess player. He is a member of the Bangkok Chess Club, where he has helped organize as well as participated in several tournaments.
In 2012, he represented Myanmar in the World Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul, Turkey. Aung Kyaw Moe is currently serving as the Vice President of the Myanmar Chess Federation.
Aung Kyaw Moe is a member of Sasin School of Management Advisory Board.He is also a licensed aircraft pilot. 
==Community Engagement==
In 2019, Aung Kyaw Moe founded a PST Foundation (Phwar Sein Tin Foundation) and served as a Chairman. PST Foundation provides educational support to students in remote areas of Myanmar with limited internet access. Aung Kyaw Moe translated and published the book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes”, aimed at fostering children's emotional development, under the PST Foundation.
==Accolades==
An industry expert and thought leader in the field of fintech, Aung Kyaw Moe was named one of Asia's Top 25 Entrepreneurs by Business Week in the year 2009.
In 2019, Aung Kyaw Moe was awarded the Beta Gamma Sigma honor by the Sasin School of Management, a recognition given to top students from business and management schools worldwide affiliated with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
In 2022, he was named an Influential Leader by AACSB International, a global nonprofit, in recognition of his efforts to build more inclusive spaces in the fintech industry. He was also named one of the Top 100 Leaders in Fintech by FinTech Magazine.
Category:1975 births
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