Asian-Pacific Association of Banking Institutes (APABI)

Gratitude and Growth: Highlights from APABI Virtual Roundtable 2023

We are delighted to announce the resounding success of the first-ever APABI Virtual Roundtable held on June 27, 2023. Co-hosted by the esteemed India Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) and APABI Secretariat at the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (TABF), this groundbreaking event garnered overwhelming enthusiasm from our prestigious member institutes.The virtual roundtable witnessed an extraordinary gathering of more than 30 participants representing 15 member institutes including FIIT (Bhutan), IBFKH (Cambodia), IIBF (India), LPPI (Indonesia), AICB (Malaysia), BFA (Mongolia), NBI (N...

2023-08-01

Collaborate and Thrive: Join the APABI Virtual Roundtable 2023 on July 27th!

Greetings from the APABI Secretariat!We are thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated 2023 APABI Virtual Roundtable is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for July 27, 2023, from 15:30-17:30 (GMT+8), and kindly secure your spot by filling out the registration form before June 30th.According to the minutes of the 2022 APABI Executive Meeting, an online member exchange event will be organized in the alternate years between biennial conferences in order to strengthen exchange on talent development and key issues among member organizations and promote cooperative relationships. The ...

2023-06-08

You are welcome to join 24th World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI) on 26th-28th June 2023!

As a valued member of the Asia Pacific Association of Banking Institutes (APABI), we would like to extend you an invitation to the 24th World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI), the flagship event of the Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB) which will be hosted by the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) on 26th -28th June 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.This much-awaited conference, delayed due to the pandemic, will be the first one to be held in person since 2019 in London. The AICB has combined this event with the two-day Malaysian International Banking Conference. T...

2023-03-22

【2023】APABI_October

Dear esteemed APABI colleagues:          It has been 15 years since the crisis of 2008, which has forever changed the regulatory landscape of the financial sector. Now, with the financial turmoil in the first half of the year, as well as the end of the low interest rate era of the past decade, the banking industry is thinking about financial stability in ways that it hasn’t since 2008. All APABI members must think about resilience in various ways, from the traditional credit cycle to more idiosyncratic events like the pandemic and technological cha...

2023-10-13

【2023】APABI_August

Dear esteemed APABI colleagues:          I am thrilled to share the resounding success of our first-ever Virtual Roundtable event held last month, which saw an exceptional turnout with 15 out of 21 member institutes actively participating - setting a remarkable record for recent gatherings!         At APABI, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to foster meaningful engagement within our community. It is with great pride that we present this newsletter, a brainchild that took shape in 2021, aiming to pro...

2023-08-17

【2023】APABI_June

Dear APABI members:         On behalf of the APABI Secretariat, I’d like to cordially invite you to the 2023 APABI Virtual Roundtable being held on July 27, 15:30-17:30 (GMT+8), which TABF is organizing jointly along with IIBF, host of the 2024 APABI Meeting & Conference in Mumbai, India. This will be an important opportunity for exchange among members in the off-years between conferences. Please check your email for the sign-up link, and make sure to RSVP by June 30.         Another exciting update is our rede...

2023-06-27

【2023】APABI_April

Dear APABI members:  We are pleased to announce that our UAE member institute has changed its name from EIBFS to the Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF). This move is part of a three-year strategy to become a world-class institute, elevate existing competencies within the sector, support thought leadership, and attract Emerati nationals to pursue a career in the financial sector. On behalf of the APABI secretariat, I would like to congratulate them on their next step, and also look forward to future announcements of progress by other APABI members.  India, another APABI member and ho...

2023-05-03