Hong Leong Bank (HLB) is one of Malaysia's most forward-looking financial institutions, with a bold digital-first vision, a regional presence across Southeast Asia & Hong Kong, and over 120 years of heritage. The bank has emerged as a regional digital powerhouse, from becoming the first bank in Malaysia to introduce full digital onboarding to deploying AI voicebots at its contact center. By democratizing AI tools for every employee and building a core of internal AI Champions, HLB is transforming from a traditional financial institution into a high-speed engine of dynamic innovation.

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 208,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Ant Digital Technologies is the technology commercialisation arm of Ant Group, operating independently since April 2024. Forged in the crucible of global top-tier fintech and battle-tested by large-scale, complex transaction environments, the company is powered by the dual engines of AI and Web3. It is focused on transforming cutting-edge technologies such as large language models, blockchain and privacy computing into practical drivers of industrial growth. Leveraging Ant Group’s self-developed BaiLing Foundation Model and deep industry expertise, Ant Digital Technologies delivers enterprise-grade intelligent transformation across high-stakes sectors including finance, energy and healthcare. The company also builds secure, compliant Web3 networks for digital asset verification and circulation. Serving over 13,000 enterprises through a network of more than 300 partners, it uses Hong Kong as a strategic gateway to deliver solutions across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Ant Digital Technologies aims to become a global leader in Enterprise AGI and a full-stack architect of the on-chain economy, accelerating the transition into the AGI era.

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement.

TP (formerly Teleperformance) is a global leader in digital business services, operating across more than 100 countries. For financial institutions, TP supports the end-to-end customer and operational lifecycle, from digital onboarding and customer servicing to fraud management, collections, and sales operations, helping banks scale efficiently while maintaining regulatory compliance and customer trust. Through TP.ai FAB, a modular platform integrating AI capabilities, automation, and expert human talent, TP helps financial institutions modernize how customer and operational services are delivered.

At the heart of Deutsche Bank’s franchise is the Corporate Bank, a market leader in providing cash management, trade finance and securities services to corporates and institutions. Since 1872, Deutsche Bank has played the strategic role of bridge builder for its clients in Asia Pacific, where it has a presence in 15 markets.

Worldline&IBM : Worldline, is Europe's leading payments technology provider, empowering APAC financial institutions with advanced multi-rail payments technology and AI Intelligence to transform legacy issuing & acquiring systems into competitive advantages. IBM is a global technology company that helps enterprises modernize, secure, and run mission‑critical workloads through advanced computing platforms, cloud, and AI‑driven capabilities. As an IBM Gold Partner, together we deliver zero planned downtime, enterprise‑grade security, and high performance—empowering banks to operate with speed, resilience, and confidence.

ACI Worldwide®, an original innovator in global payments technology, delivers transformative software solutions that power intelligent payments orchestration in real time so banks, billers, and merchants can drive growth, while continuously modernizing their payment infrastructures, simply and securely. With 50 years of trusted payments expertise, we combine our global footprint with a local presence to offer enhanced payment experiences to stay ahead of constantly changing payment challenges and opportunities.

Appian provides process automation technology. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. We’ve been automating processes for 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else. Appian is trusted by 9 of the world's top 10 banks.

Atos is a global, AI-powered technology partner with around 63 000 employees in 61 countries. We offer end-to-end IT services across the cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, application services, smart platforms and digital workplace, as well as localized consulting and advisory services. Our clients rely on us to manage their most critical environments, particularly in regulated and sovereign sectors.

Axe Finance is a global lending technology provider enabling banks and financial institutions to design, launch and scale digital credit operations. Its configurable platform streamlines origination, decisioning and portfolio management, reducing time-to-market while strengthening risk control, compliance and customer experience across retail, SME and corporate lending.

Founded in 1996, BPC is a proven industry leader that is shaping the world of transactions with quick, safe and easy payment processing. With a focus on exceptional technology development and customer service, BPC helps financial institutions and businesses to deliver innovative and best-in-class proven solutions that fit with today’s consumer lifestyle when banking, shopping, or moving in both urban and rural areas. With more than 500 customers across 140 countries, BPC collaborates with all ecosystem players to deliver services for the digital world. Its core product SmartVista suite comprises cutting-edge banking, commerce, and mobility platforms that enable innovative solutions for digital banking, ATM and switching, payments processing, card, and fraud management, financial inclusion, merchant portals, transport, and smart cities. To find out more about how BPC can help businesses deliver a seamless payments processing experience to consumers.

Cinimex is an international technology company specializing in AI-driven decisioning, enterprise integration and mission-critical systems for financial institutions. With over 25 years of experience, we design and deliver production-ready solutions that enable real-time decisions, seamless operations and scalable digital transformation for Tier-1 banks.

Entrust fights fraud and cyber threats with comprehensive identity-centric security that protects people, devices, and data. Our solutions help enterprises and governments safeguard critical systems from every angle, enabling secure onboarding and issuance, providing everyday identity protection, and empowering them with 360-degree visibility and orchestration across keys, secrets, and certificates so they can transact and grow with confidence. Building on our decades as a pioneer and innovator in establishing trust, Entrust has a global partner network and supports customers in over 150 countries.

Fano is a Voice AI company with years of research in speech recognition, speaker diarization, verification and NLP. Founded in Hong Kong, FANO develops Asia-focused models that accurately understand local languages, dialects and conversations. Trusted by clients, Fano helps enterprises enhance customer experience, compliance and performance through intelligent voice technology.

Fireblocks is the world's most trusted digital asset infrastructure company, empowering organizations of all sizes to build, manage and grow their business on the blockchain. With the industry's most scalable and secure platform, we streamline stablecoin payments, settlement, custody, tokenization, trading, accounting operations, and compliance reporting- enabling everything from institutional finance to consumer-facing digital experiences across the largest ecosystem of banks, payment providers, stablecoin issuers, exchanges and custodians. Thousands of organizations - including Worldpay, BNY, Galaxy, and Revolut - trust Fireblocks to secure more than $14 trillion in digital asset transactions across 150+ blockchains.

ITRS Geneos empowers financial institutions with industry-leading IT monitoring and alerting. It reduces the business impact of outages and application issues in production with genuine-real-time insights. ITRS Geneos gives financial institutions full control over the most diverse IT ecosystems at scale, accounting for on-premise, cloud and highly dynamic containerized environments.

Mambu is a strategic growth partner that delivers a true SaaS, cloud banking platform. Founded in 2011, it enables banks, lenders, credit unions, fintechs, retailers and other organisations to design and launch modern financial products with speed and flexibility. Our composable approach allows independent components, systems and connectors to be assembled in any configuration to meet business goals and customer needs. The platform supports core banking, deposits, lending, payments and Islamic banking. Mambu offers a future-ready and scalable product that grows with businesses. Whether launching a single product or modernising an entire banking stack, Mambu provides the agility and reliability needed to succeed in today’s financial landscape. Hundreds of customers in over 65 countries rely on Mambu, including Western Union, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, N26, BancoEstado, Raiffeisen Bank, ABN AMRO and Bank Islam.

nCino delivers best-in-class, intelligent solutions for onboarding, account opening, lending and monitoring across commercial, small business and consumer banking. By integrating artificial intelligence and actionable insights into its platform, nCino helps financial institutions modernize legacy infrastructure, compete in a rapidly evolving market, and elevate customer satisfaction by cohesively bringing together people, AI and data.

Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, founded on the mission to deliver the global money movement infrastructure of tomorrow, today. Its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 190+ countries, over 100 of which are in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. As a principal card issuer on Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and UATP, Nium issues over 50 million card tokens every year. It holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance — independent of geography. Nium is backed by leading investors including Visa, Riverwood Capital, Tribe Capital, and NewView Capital. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions and services, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, AI, hybrid cloud, and container technologies. Red Hat helps customers develop cloud-native applications, integrate existing and new IT, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform that enables scalable compliance. From identity and business verification to continuous monitoring, our platform adapts to risks, market demands, and regulations. With AI-driven risk analysis, Sumsub scales globally while keeping businesses compliant and future-ready. Sumsub has over 4,000+ clients in fintech, crypto, transportation, trading, e-commerce and gaming industries including Duolingo, Wirex, Avis, Bybit, Huobi, Flutter, Kaizen Gaming, and TransferGo.

Systems Limited is a globally recognized technology company with over 48 years of experience in delivering next generation core and digital transformation services. With a workforce of 7,700+ professionals and presence in 48+ countries, the company has successfully transformed more than 150 financial institutions worldwide, enabling them to drive innovation, enhance customer experiences, and achieve operational agility. Backed by strong global partnerships and multiple industry recognitions, Systems Limited is a trusted partner in shaping the future of technology-driven enterprises.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) is a global leader in banking technology. Through our market-leading core banking suite and best-in-class modular solutions, we are modernizing the banking industry. Banks of all sizes utilize our adaptable technology – deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or as SaaS – to deliver next-generation services and AI-enhanced experiences that elevate banking for their customers.

Thomson Reuters® Confirmation streamlines your bank confirmation responses by removing manual, repetitive work. We deliver industry‑leading security, support a trusted global network of 4,000+ banks, and provide an efficient, reliable experience. Best of all, our services are completely free for banks.

Transwarp, an enterprise-level AI and big data infrastructure software company, helping over 2,000 end users to achieve digital and AI transformation.

The Asian Bankers Association (ABA) aims to provide a forum for advancing the cause of the banking and finance industry in the region and promoting regional economic cooperation. Its primary objectives include exchange information about banking opportunities, facilitate networking, train banking personnel and advocate banking policies with regulators and government policy makers.

CapitalBay News is a dynamic digital news platform that delivers the latest headlines across a wide range of categories, including finance, cryptocurrency, gambling, health & medical, entertainment, security, and world events. It features timely updates on market trends, blockchain innovations, betting insights, and global happenings. The site also hosts reviews, editorial content, and coverage of major tech and crypto events.

Towards the pursuance of our goal to promote Islamic banking and finance all over the globe, AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics is working diligently since its existence 20 years ago. AlHuda CIBE has been acknowledged as a distinguished service provider due to our notable services, team of dedicated professionals and one stop solutions of Islamic banking and finance. Our aim is to provide state-of-the-art services of Islamic banking and finance. We are proud to be prominent for our following quality services all over the world.

CryptoNewsZ is a trusted global source for accurate and up-to-date news and insights on cryptocurrency, blockchain, and the web3 ecosystem. CryptoNewsZ aims to become a leading platform for millions of crypto enthusiasts worldwide, offering extensive coverage of the rapidly developing digital economy. The site serves as a resource for seasoned traders, blockchain enthusiasts, and beginners exploring the world of digital assets, empowering them with reliable knowledge and actionable insights.

FIDE FORUM is a membership-based platform for board directors in the financial services industry to share insights, exchange ideas, and collaborate on corporate governance issues. Established in 2012 by alumni of the FIDE Programme initiated by PIDM and Bank Negara Malaysia, it aims to foster communication and cooperation among boards of financial institutions. FIDE FORUM represents 83% of financial institutions in Malaysia, with nearly 700 members. It offers a range of services focused on enhancing board effectiveness, including board engagement, board know-how, and support services—helping members strengthen governance and make more informed decisions.

Established in 1837, the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) is the oldest established chamber in Malaysia, representing over 1,000 multinational and local businesses nationwide. As a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Paris and the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (NCCIM), MICCI drives advocacy, business connectivity, policy engagement, and industry collaboration across key sectors.

The Fintech Times is a global multimedia news platform established in 2016, centred around the world’s first dedicated fintech newspaper. The platform reports on the latest developments across financial technology, including PayTech, RegTech, banking transformation, blockchain, wealthtech, cybersecurity, insurtech and AI. With a global readership of over 450,000 monthly online readers and more than 500,000 annual print and digital copies, it serves as a trusted voice in the industry, delivering high-quality content to a wide international audience.

Times of AI is a comprehensive platform dedicated to the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. It delivers breaking news, expert insights, and in-depth analysis on AI and emerging technologies. With a strong commitment to accuracy and accessibility, it bridges the gap between complex innovations and everyday understanding. From global trends to exclusive interviews and event coverage, Times of AI empowers professionals, innovators, and enthusiasts to stay informed and ahead in a rapidly evolving digital world.