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
Chaired by the Banque de France — Stéphane Latouche, Chief Representative Asia-Pacific. Conducted under the Chatham House Rule — participants are not listed.
Malaysia Fintech Radar — preliminary insights
Developed with a leading Malaysian university & EU partners
ASEAN–EU Fintech Leaders' Panel (with IDEA)
Cristina Amor Maclang (PH)
Rostyslav Dyuk (UA)
Dr. András Rung (HU)
Vikra Ijas (ID)
Aung Zayar Lwin (MM)more leaders to be announcedPanellists 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 Forecast
Growth projections China/EU/US/Asia · trade wars · Malaysia's outlook
Headline Keynote (partner slot)
Wholesale CBDC & BIS Nexus — cross-border settlement
Tokenisation & DEFA — from BNM paper to projects
Muhammad Didi Hendra Shah (MY)Speaker to be announcedAgentic AI & Autonomous Systems in Financial Operations
Sam Majid (MY)
Nate Wentzlaff (USA)
Prof Dr Aini Suzana Ariffin (MY)
Rugile Gurrieri (UK)Speaker to be announcedIndustry operator seat — partner to be announced
Regulator vs operator
Cybersecurity in open finance — guarding the APIs
RegTech rapid fire — 3 tools in 30 min
Islamic DeFi & digital sukuk — a $4T economy
Waqf goes digital — social finance that scales
Platinum Spotlight (partner slot)
Platinum Partner Spotlight — to be announced
Real-time settlement: MY–SG–TH corridor
Builder Session: RWA Infrastructure
Capital Alignment Roundtable
Curated investor–founder matching · ~30 seats
Cross-Border Market Entry: Malaysia ⇄ Europe
A community workshop for founders entering new markets: a short Malaysia-focused panel, then hands-on Knowledge Hubs on regulation & compliance, talent, and go-to-market — led by operators who've run cross-border activations. A two-way EU × ASEAN exchange, and the startup community's entry point into the corridor.
Islamic fintech pitch session
The SME Corridor: Cross-Border E-Commerce & Micro-Payments
Panel line-up in curation — anchor partner to be announced
Closing Plenary: what got built — and what's next
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
Davy Cajko (SK)Rugile Gurrieri (UK)Rostyslav Dyuk (UA)
Miroslav Lukeš (CZ)+ EU presidents to be announcedFrom handshake to deal structure
B2B matchmaking: CEE–ASEAN partners
Structured CEE–ASEAN partner matchmaking
Fintech talent mobility: visas, remote & hiring
FINTLAS workshop — AI for business & law
Marketing in Fintech (Masterclass)
Women in Fintech: not a quota — a strategy
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.
Stéphane Latouche (FR)
Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, Banque de France
Dato’ Dr. Amiruddin Abdul Wahab (MY)
Cyber Security & Digital Advisor to the Crown Prince of Selangor | Former CEO, CyberSecurity Malaysia
Sakal Ney (KH)
Deputy Director General, Trust Regulator, Cambodia
Sam Majid (MY)
Former CEO, National AI Office (NAIO)
Arham Merican (MY)
Registered Shariah Adviser, Securities Commission Malaysia | Founder, Sampul.co
Ma. Weena Llona (KH)
Executive Director, Cambodia Association of Finance & Technology (CAFT)
Vikra Ijas (ID)
Secretary General, AFSI association · CEO & Co-founder, Kitabisa & SalingJaga
Cristina Amor Maclang (PH)
Co-Founder, IDEA · Asia Chair, Global Fintech Alliance
Dr. András Rung (HU)
Board Member, Hungarian Fintech Association
Aung Zayar Lwin (MM)
President, Myanmar Digital Economy Association (MDEA) | Founding MoU Signatory - EU-ASEAN Corridor
Rostyslav Dyuk (UA)
Chairman Of The Board at Ukrainian Association of FinTech and Innovative Companies
Neha Mehta (SG)
CEO, FEMtech Partners
Rugile Gurrieri (UK)
Managing Director & Head of Risk, Lendable
Miroslav Lukeš (CZ)
Chairman, Czech Fintech Association
Tran Hung (VN)
CEO, Uquid — 170M+ products on crypto rails
Nate Wentzlaff (USA)
Founder & CEO, FinanTEXT — AI in Financial Markets
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.
