Finweek Kuala Lumpur 2026
Digital Diplomacy Summit
Ceremonial / Ministerial Opening
Opening: Digital Sovereignty & the EU–ASEAN moment
Summit Welcome — DEFA, MiCA & Project Nexus
Strategic Keynote: building digital finance rails
MiCA & the DLT Pilot — lessons for ASEAN
EU–ASEAN Regulatory Roundtable
Closed-door, Chatham House rules — tokenisation, MiCA & cross-border CBDC interoperability · small group at the table, the room observes
Malaysia Fintech Radar — preliminary insights
Developed with a leading Malaysian university & EU partners
ASEAN–EU Fintech Leaders' Panel (with IDEA)
Panellists become the founding MoU signatories of the Investment Gateway
Live Investment Gateway — vision reveal
The founding cohort of the ASEAN–EU Investment Gateway
MoU Signing — ASEAN–EU Investment Gateway
Closing Remarks — Day 0 & VIP evening invite
Fireside Chat: "A Nation's Digital Leap"
VIP Guest
Infrastructure Day - Fintech & Digital Assets
Day 1 Welcome
Scene-setting for Infrastructure Day
Year in Review & Global Economic Outlook
Growth projections China/EU/US/Asia · trade wars · Malaysia's outlook
Wholesale CBDC & BIS Nexus — cross-border settlement
Tokenisation & DEFA — from BNM paper to projects
Builder session: RWA infrastructure
Stablecoins: MiCA vs ASEAN
Tran Hung (VN)+ local voices to be announcedRegulator vs operator
Cybersecurity in open finance — guarding the APIs
RegTech rapid fire — 3 tools in 30 min
Islamic DeFi & digital sukuk — a $4T economy
Scaling Shariah-compliant digital finance
Waqf goes digital — social finance that scales
Real-time settlement: MY–SG–TH corridor
Capital Alignment Roundtable
Curated investor–founder matching · ~30 seats
Fraud, Financial Crime & AML in the Digital Corridor
Islamic fintech pitch session
Closing Plenary: what got built — and what's next
Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems in Financial Operations
The SME Corridor: Cross-Border E-Commerce & Micro-Payments
Corridors & Capital Day - Talent · Innovation · CEE–ASEAN
Ministerial Address — MOSTI
Trump 2.0: Trade & Policy Shifts
US trade policy · regional trade agreements · Trumponomics for ASEAN & Malaysia
CEE — Europe's fintech launchpad for ASEAN
The MiCA Advantage: Why Slovakia & CEE Are the Fastest Bridge to the EU Market
B2B matchmaking: CEE–ASEAN partners
Structured CEE–ASEAN partner matchmaking
Fintech talent mobility: visas, remote & hiring
FINTLAS workshop — AI for business & law
Women in Fintech: not a quota — a strategy
Startup Showcase — ASEAN–EU Fintech Competition
Signature pitch competition · live judging
Closing Plenary: the EU–ASEAN Digital Finance Roadmap
Startup Awards · Investment Dashboard update · official close & Finweek 2027 reveal
Confirmed speakers
More announced through Q3 2026.
Sam Majid (MY)
Former CEO, National AI Office (NAIO)
Dato’ Dr. Amiruddin Abdul Wahab (MY)
Former CEO, CyberSecurity Malaysia | AI & Cyber Governance Expert
Stéphane Latouche (FR)
Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, Banque de France
Prof Dr Aini Suzana Ariffin (MY)
Chair, UNESCO STEPAN Network (21 countries) | AI Governance Lead, Malaysia National Blockchain & AI Roadmap
Cristina Amor Maclang (PH)
Co-Founder, IDEA · Asia Chair, Global Fintech Alliance
Muhammad Didi Hendra Shah (MY)
President, MIFA
Vikra Ijas (ID)
Vice Chairman AFSI association and CEO and Cofounder of Kitabisa and SalingJaga
Rugile Gurrieri (UK)
Managing Director & Head of Risk, Lendable
Neha Mehta (SG)
CEO, FEMtech Partners
Rostyslav Dyuk (UA)
Chairman Of The Board at Ukrainian Association of FinTech and Innovative Companies
Tran Hung (VN)
CEO, Uquid — 170M+ products on crypto rails
Davy Cajko (SK)
CEO of Finweek and Fintech Valley Europe
Nate Wentzlaff (USA)
Founder & CEO, FinanTEXT — AI in Financial Markets
Dr. Kevin Ng (MY)
Dean, IFT Academy — Fintech Education Malaysia
Vanessa Loh Wan Chin (MY)
Founder at FINTLAS | Applied Fintech Learning, Cofounder at Malaysian Youth Fintech Association
Pranisa Worajit (TH)
Cross-Border Strategic Advisor, AstraLingo
Youth/Academic Showcase
Ricky Chua Chin Han (MY)
Final Year Banking and Finance Student @ APU
We are in advanced discussions with several prominent European speakers — senior EU regulatory officials, leading fintech executives, and international law firms. Full programme announced progressively through Q3 2026.
