ASEAN Fintech Forum Jakarta

Step into the heart of innovation at the ASEAN Fintech Forum Jakarta (AFF) 2026, scheduled for June 9, 2026, in Jakarta,  Indonesia, where the future of finance in Southeast Asia takes center stage. This event brings together regulators, fintech innovators, industry leaders, and decision-makers from across Southeast Asia to deal with the place’s most pressing financial challenges and possibilities. The event features a sequence of keynotes, expert panels, and interactive roundtables on topics, along with digital identity, open banking, microfinance, ESG-aligned finance, RegTech, and building belief in digital transactions — all framed around riding financial inclusion, innovation, and scalable answers for ASEAN markets. It additionally hosts the ASEAN Fintech Awards, where trailblazers within the area’s fintech ecosystem are known for management and impact across organisational and individual categories, accompanied by a winners’ dinner and networking. AFF 2026 is designed to foster collaboration, provide insights, and boost up the future of finance in Southeast Asia by using connecting senior executives, policymakers, and answer companies. 

Organized By

ASEAN Fintech Forum is a main nearby platform that brings together regulators, innovators, and industry leaders throughout Southeast Asia to improve economic innovation and inclusion.

Event Highlights

• Covers key fintech topics: digital ID, open banking, microfinance, ESG, RegTech, and digital identity.
• Focuses on solving real financial sector challenges with scalable solutions.
• Features ASEAN Fintech Awards recognizing fintech leaders transforming Southeast Asia.
• Emphasizes financial inclusion, innovation, and sustainable fintech growth.

What To Expect

• Participate in the panel and fireside chat
  
• Explore scalable solutions for cross-border transactions and inclusion.
  
• Celebrate innovation at the ASEAN Fintech Awards.
  

Agenda Highlights

• Lunch Roundtables 1,2,3
  
• General registration and networking lunch
  
• Opening Keynote
  
• Regulators Redefining Inclusion and an open panel
  
• Panel discussion on the digital majority
  
• Scaling Shariah-Compliant & ESG Finance
  
• Coffee break
  
• RegTech Sprint: Scaling Compliance without Slowing Growth
  
• e-KYC to ESG: Building trust in every transaction
  
• Digital identity at a crossroads: learn risks, reach, and regional readiness
  
• Awards presentation - organisation awards (4 categories)
  
• Fireside chat with AFF award winners
  
• Award presentation - Organisation awards (4 categories)
  
• Fireside chat with AFF award winners
  
• Award presentation - individual award (5 categories)
  
• Fireside chat with AFF award winners
  
• Closing remarks and proceeding to the AFF winners' circle dinner
  
• ASEAN Fintech Awards & Winners Circle Dinner
  

Speakers

• Lito Villanueva, EVP and chief innovations inclusion officer
  
• Dr Chatchai Thnarudee, CEO of Thanager and Co., Ltd.
  
• Farah Jaafar, Regional chief security officer
  
• Professor lam kwok yan, Associate vice president and group CEO’s office
  
• Damla Buyuktaskin, Senior regional livelihoods and economic inclusion officer
  
• Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh, Senior advisor, president and group CEO’s office
  
  
  
  Join the ASEAN Fintech Forum 2026 in Jakarta — where collaboration meets innovation, and the future of Southeast Asian finance is rewritten through technology, trust, and transformation.