- How should banks prepare for heightened geopolitical risk and regulatory scrutiny?
- Can traditional players in India and Japan reinvent fast enough to compete with new challengers?
- What role will China, ASEAN and Hong Kong play in defining how AI, automation and fintech innovation reshape the region’s financial future?
Banking Summit Asia
With 2026 set to be a decisive year for global markets, Asia’s banks sit at the centre of a shifting financial order. Geopolitical volatility, divergent regulation and trade realignments are colliding with rapid digital transformation, forcing institutions to rethink resilience and strategy. Persistent inflation, fragile interest rate cycles and escalating competition from digital-native players and superapps are reshaping customer expectations and capital flows across the region.
Against this backdrop, Asian leadership is critical:
Now in its second year, the Banking Summit Asia 2026 returns to Hong Kong as the Financial Times’ flagship platform for senior banking leaders. Across two days, CEOs and CXOs from across Asia will debate how the region’s financial institutions can navigate disruption, capture growth and define the next chapter of global banking.
Join us at the Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong, this September for a multi-track agenda examining the future of Asian banking in an era of uncertainty and transformation.
It’s a great space to meet like-minded individuals who have invested quite a lot of time in solving problems and pain points that exist in the industry and to learn from them.
Samarth Bansal, Wise Platform General Manager, Asia Pacific, Wise
Key themes
The pan-Asian banking ecosystem
What do customers demand as economies develop and scale?
Digital transformation
How is the fintech and digital banking landscape shaping up?
Combating fraud
How are financial crime and fraud prevention measures evolving?
Geopolitics and the global economy
How will Asia compete amid mounting instability?
China's future in the region
How critical is China to the success of banks in the region and wider world?
The payments landscape
As customer habits evolve, how do banks need to adapt?
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