Vincent Loy, assistant managing director (technology) and chief technology officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, outlines how the regulator is tightening operational resilience standards, elevating AI governance expectations and accelerating quantum-safe readiness amid evolving risks.

At The TAB Global Finance Awards 2025, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Hatton National Bank, Metrobank and TPBank were recognised for outperforming peers in financial strength, operational resilience and sustainable growth across Asia’s key banking markets.

At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, CEO Tim Shen highlighted LianLian Global’s global expansion, its use of AI in payments innovation and its approach to supporting Chinese enterprises in new markets.

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Liu Tianwei, co-founder and CEO of StraitsX, demonstrates how regulated digital money infrastructure is taking shape across Asia, enabling stablecoins to connect blockchain innovation with compliant, real-world payments.

In conversation at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Mai Kaneko, international business lead at DeCurret DCP, outlines how DCJPY is shaping Japan’s regulated ecosystem for tokenised deposits, stablecoins and potential future CBDCs across domestic and cross-border financial activity.

In conversation at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Rich Clow, head of innovation and strategy for Global Payments Solutions at Bank of America, explains how the bank is modernising its payments architecture to deliver scalable, interoperable and simplified services in a rapidly evolving global financial system.

As AI moves into the financial core, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is strengthening expectations around governance, testing and accountability. At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Jessica Rusu, chief data, information & intelligence officer at FCA, outlines how the regulator is applying a supervisory lens to production-scale models—and why cross-border alignment matters as adoption accelerates.

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Sandeep Malhotra, executive vice president of core payments for Asia Pacific at Mastercard, outlines how the firm is reshaping regional payments infrastructure through tokenisation, interoperability and AI‑ready systems amid accelerating digital transformation.

With digital assets moving into real-world use, HSBC is taking a central role. John O’Neill, group head of digital assets and currencies, outlines how tokenised deposits, CBDCs and real-world assets are shaping the next phase of finance.

As ASEAN’s financial systems become increasingly interconnected, UOB’s group CISO Tobias Gondrom explains how the bank is strengthening ecosystem-wide cyber defences, deploying AI for early threat detection and preparing for a transition to quantum-safe security.

Cleanverse CEO Ceridwen Choo explains how a compliance-native architecture that interlocks bank-verified identity with verified regulated stablecoins can provide a safe, accountable and institution-grade foundation for Web3 payments and asset transfer.

DBS Bank Hong Kong is reshaping SME banking through digital integration and responsible use of AI. At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Lareina Wang, managing director and head of SME banking, shared how collaboration between regulators, banks and fintechs is key to building trust and accelerating growth.

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Cobo chief operating officer Lily King discusses why custody is emerging as the anchor of institutional digital-asset infrastructure, and how regulatory divergence across Asia is reshaping wallet design, governance and workflow integration.

FinCity.Tokyo executive director Tokio Morita explains how regulatory clarity, sandbox access and ecosystem partnerships are positioning Tokyo as a gateway for fintech, DeFi and Web3 collaboration with ASEAN, and why deeper Japan–ASEAN connectivity will shape the next decade of financial innovation.

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, QAI Ventures’ Lisa Schröder explains why the convergence of quantum and AI is creating new commercial opportunities — and why Singapore is emerging as a key market where deep-tech founders and financial institutions meaningfully intersect.