The future of business starts from here

I joined Fusion Bank as Chief Marketing Officer. The Bank had just got a virtual bank license from Hong Kong Monetary Authority and would be launching its service in months. 

The Bank was backed by Tencent, the tech giant based in Shenzhen while the Bank was going to do business in Hong Kong. 

Covid-19 swept the world and everything is history. 

All our developers worked in Shenzhen while the commercial and operation teams in Hong Kong. We had our launch in December 2019, which was uneventful. We soon welcomed thousands of customers.

For more than 2 years, I worked with the developers in Shenzhen remotely. We had thousands of meetings over Tencent Meeting (the equivalent of Zoom in China). The developers worked days and nights, during vacations.

I still remember vividly that on 31 December 2019, we fixed a bug at 23:59. We all celebrated the New Year’s Eve virtually together, but in fact NO ONE on the call was in office. 

One of my developers told me later on he was then staying in London for his permanent residence status. 

All these have been an eye-opener for me. The world has transformed and the meaning of “work” and “life” has also changed completely.