Rising regulatory expectations, legacy infrastructure bottlenecks, emerging AI risks, fraud
escalation,
and talent shortages are reshaping how leaders operate.
AFF brings together policymakers and senior BFSI leaders to confront emerging priorities directly, translating tension points into practical next steps, shared frameworks, and collaborative pathways that can scale across markets.
Powered by Sabio World's signal-driven intelligence, AFF is building the region's most trusted platform for actionable insight, practical dialogue, and measurable outcomes.
Real signals, not noise. You get insight from regulators, banks, and market data.
Access to the people shaping ASEAN finance — decision-makers, not just speakers.
Candid, practical dialogue that turns friction into next steps.
Through year-round engagements, curated roundtables, executive dialogues, and data-driven market intelligence, AFF enables stakeholders to build shared understanding and take coordinated action.
Real signals, not noise. You get insight from regulators, banks, and market data.
Problem-solving sessions for navigating operating model, risk, and technology choices.
Signal-driven insight from Sabio World powering decisions with precision.
Reshaping Finance in 2026
These pressures don't exist in isolation. They intersect, compound, and intensify to form the structural forces reshaping finance across the region. Each force carries its own risks, momentum, and decision trade-offs.
Together, they define the five interdependent forces shaping ASEAN BFSI decision-making, and they steer every AFF keynote, roundtable, workshop, insight paper, and partnership initiative.
Stronger collaboration across borders, regulators, and financial institutions.
Driving sustainable access while managing safety, trust, and digital risk.
Real-time, interoperable, and embedded financial infrastructure at scale.
From cloud to AI governance — defining the next operating model for BFSI.
Strengthening Shariah-compliant models through digital transformation.
They act as a shared navigational lens, helping leaders read the tides, understand the undercurrents, and make the decisions that move ASEAN finance forward.
The Council plays a crucial role in validating these forces, ensuring the tensions reflect current regulatory expectations, market realities, and emerging priorities from across the region. Their collective input forms the foundation of the annual Council Perspectives 2025–26 report, a snapshot of how ASEAN BFSI priorities have shifted from last year to this year. This independent viewpoint helps keep AFF balanced, credible, and aligned with what senior leaders truly care about.
Managing Director, APAC, FS-ISAC
Regional Chief Security Officer, Asia Pacific, Mastercard
Advisor, FinTech Association of Malaysia
EVP and Chief Innovations and Inclusion Officer, RCBC; Chairman, Fintech Alliance Philippines; Co-Founder, Asia Fintech Alliance
Senior Digital Financial Services Advisor
CEO of Thanager & Co Company Limited, Board of Directors at Digital Government Development Agency
Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships), Executive Director, Digital Trust Centre Singapore & Singapore AI Safety Institute
Senior Advisor, President & Group CEO's Office, Maybank
Senior Regional Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officer for Asia Pacific Countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Researcher, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS), Obama Foundation Leader, APAC