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Building Resilient, Intelligent, and Scalable Financial Institutions
The Philippine BFSI sector has entered its second wave of transformation. Over 50% of large enterprises are operating in the cloud. Seven in ten organisations are deploying GenAI-enhanced applications.
For CEOs, the question is no longer adoption. It is reinvention. By 2026, 25% of Asia-Pacific banks are expected to deploy agentic AI in corporate lending, accelerating approvals, improving portfolio health, and reshaping risk management models.
At the same time, regulatory scrutiny around operational resilience, cyber readiness, and responsible AI governance is intensifying. Innovation without control is no longer viable. Growth must be matched by trust.
Yet nearly half of BFSI institutions across the region are still navigating legacy modernisation, balancing scale with operational continuity.
This executive roundtable convenes CEOs, CIOs, and senior IT leaders to examine how Philippine financial institutions can move beyond isolated AI initiatives toward enterprise-wide intelligence embedding resilience, governance, and scalability at the core of transformation.
Strategic Discussion Areas
- From AI Pilots to Enterprise Intelligence
- Operational Resilience as a Board-Level Imperative
- Responsible AI and Governance by Design
- Legacy Modernisation as a Strategic Growth Lever
- Data as Institutional Infrastructure
Agenda
Reimagining the Future of BFSI
One Day Event
Registration & Networking
Welcome Address
Matthew Chen
Chief Executive Officer, OneConnect Financial Technology (International)
From AI Experimentation to Enterprise Intelligence: Architecting the Next-Generation Financial Institution
Michael Yeo
Associate Research Director, Financial Insights, Asia/Pacific IDC
Operationalizing Intelligence: Enabling Secure, Scalable, and Cloud-Ready BFSI Transformation
Matthew Chen
Chief Executive Officer, OneConnect Financial Technology (International)
Open Discussion
Summary & Close
Matthew Chen
Chief Executive Officer, OneConnect Financial Technology (International)
Networking Lunch
Speakers
Michael Yeo
Associate Research Director, Financial Insights
Asia/Pacific IDC
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Michael Yeo
Michael Yeo is the Associate Research Director for IDC Financial Insights and Retail Insights in the Asia/Pacific region. Mr. Yeo’s core research coverage focuses on payments including the uptake of mobile payments in the Asia/Pacific region, digital banking, and the evolution of joint digital ecosystems involving ecommerce, mcommerce, and payments. Mr. Yeo has also significant experience in advising financial institutions on their fintech management strategies, placing particular emphasis on organizational and technology restructuring within banks to better cope with the demands of current-generation digital customers.
Prior to IDC, Mr. Yeo headed all financial services–related research at KPMG Malaysia. Previously, he served as a project manager at an advisory firm in China, where he advised multiple international clients with their China market entry strategies. Mr. Yeo started his career in an advisory role for financial services at Ernst and Young.
Credentials:
- B.A Accounting and Economics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom
- Frequent speaker in the region on mobile payments and digital ecosystems. Contributor to major global and regional media outlets including CNBC, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, and Global Finance
Event Sessions
Tuesday, April 28 2026 11:50 am | Location:
From AI Experimentation to Enterprise Intelligence: Architecting the Next-Generation Financial Institution
Matthew Chen
Chief Executive Officer
OneConnect Financial Technology (International)
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Matthew Chen
Matthew Chen is the CEO for OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd (International)(NYSE: OCFT / HKEX: 6638), a leading technology service provider for financialinstitutions. OneConnect is the Fintech arm of Ping An Group which ranks 33rd on 2023Fortune Global 500 and 16th on 2022 Forbes Global 2000. Matthew is responsible forleading OneConnect International leadership team and providing strategic directions todrive the organisation’s growth in the international market.
Matthew has more than 30 years of experience and knowledge in Banking and Finance,specializing in Treasury, Risk Management and Core Banking domain. Under hisexceptional strategic leadership, he has led countless Treasury, Risk Management andCore Banking projects all over Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia,Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, and the UAE.
Matthew also acts as the Regional Director for Professional Risk Managers’International Association (PRMIA), an American based non-profit professional riskmanagers’ association.
Matthew graduated from University of South Australia with a Bachelor in Banking andFinance (Hons) and holds a FCPA certification.
Event Sessions
Tuesday, April 28 2026 1:00 pm | Location:
Summary & Close
Tuesday, April 28 2026 12:00 pm | Location:
Operationalizing Intelligence: Enabling Secure, Scalable, and Cloud-Ready BFSI Transformation
Tuesday, April 28 2026 11:30 am | Location:
Welcome Address
Partners
Venue
Shangri-La The Fort, Manila
30th Street, corner 5th Ave, Taguig, 1634 Metro Manila, Philippines
Room: Pavilion 2, Level 8