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rowing up, I remember hearing the term
“money talks” tossed around like a mantra. Back
then, all I understood was that money was
something you saved, something that slipped
through your fingers just as fast as it landed in
your hands. My concept of wealth was hazy at
best. Money was either something you didn’t
talk about or something you spent before you
even had a chance to question what it was for.
As I entered adulthood, those confusing terms
– mutual funds, compound interest, retirement
schemes – felt like a foreign language. Sure,
I knew that saving was important, but no one
really explained why or how.
When I used to think of financial planning,
I pictured men in suits, hunched over glass-
topped desks, their spreadsheets an intimidating
blur of numbers. The world of finance felt
like a club for those who could calculate
compound interest in their sleep. Masala
turned to Napaporn “Seema” Palsingh, a
woman reshaping the narrative. As a Unit
Manager at Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance
Public Company and an independent agent for
non-life and international insurance, Seema’s
Napaporn “Seema” Palsingh journey from full-time mum to financial expert
on financial literacy and empowerment highlights the power of financial literacy. In our
conversation, she shared how understanding
B Y GR ACE CLARKE money, not just saving it, changed her life, and
how she’s now helping women confidently
navigate this often-intimidating world.
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