Most of us just want banking to be simple: salary comes in, bills go out, and the rest… hopefully grows a bit. But banking has changed so quickly that a lot of people are using new tools without really knowing what’s happening underneath.
We talk to MariBank CEO Natalia Goh about how digital banks work, what’s driving renewed interest in gold, and why our money habits in Singapore are shifting in ways that affect ordinary working people.
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨
𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 1 𝘋𝘦𝘤 2025, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵
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00:00) Intro
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02:23) Natalia’s 18-year banking journey and why digital banking feels different
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03:42) Why people still hesitate to trust digital banks
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05:58) How traditional banking slowly evolved into digital banking
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07:15) What makes a digital bank different from a traditional one
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09:22) How different generations think about money and self-service banking
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13:06) How Covid changed the way Singaporeans bank
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14:45) Why Singapore is especially suited for digital banking
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15:28) What safeguards protect your money in a digital bank
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16:25) How MariBank builds trust without physical branches
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18:35) Why user experience matters so much in digital banking
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19:10) Why MariBank started offering gold investments
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20:20) How MariBank made gold investing accessible from just $1
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21:38) Why storing physical gold in Singapore matters
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22:48) Why gold still has strong cultural appeal across Asia
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24:37) Can investing ever be made fun
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26:19) How digital banks educate and guide users inside the app
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27:31) How young people should think about gold in a portfolio
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29:24) What has changed most in finance over the past 18 years
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31:44) Why Singapore’s stability adds to gold’s appeal
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33:45) What excites Natalia about the future of digital banking
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34:55) How a digital bank can stay accessible and sustainable
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37:16) How MariBank decides what features to build next
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39:44) The future of real-time and cross-border payments
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41:25) Why digital banking product cycles are moving much faster
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41:49) What it feels like to lead a digital bank as CEO
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42:43) Looking back at how finance has changed over two decades