News & Events
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Message from the APABI Secretariat
Dear APABI Members,We would like to congratulate the Banking and Finance Academy of Mongolia for successfully hosting the APABI Meeting and Conference 2022. Member institutes from five countries (aside from the BFA) travelled to Mongolia to participate in person: IIBF of India, BAIPIL of the Philippines, KBI of Korea, TABF of Taiwan, EIBFS of the UAE. Four more institutes participated online: IBFKH of Cambodia, HKIB of Hong Kong, AICB of Mongolia, and CBI of the UK. The event was themed “Re-Shaping Banking Sector in Post-Pandemic Era,” and participants had the opportunity to learn ...
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2022 APABI Biennial Meeting & Conference is coming!
The 20th APABI biennial meeting & Conference is kicking off on 22 September 2022 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, under the main theme of “Reshaping Banking Sector in Post Pandemic Era”. During the last APABI conference held by BAIPHIL in 2020 in the Philippines, the Banking and Finance Academy (BFA) of Mongolia was selected as the next host to organize the APABI Conference in 2022. The three-day conference hosted by BFA of Mongolia will discuss the three trendy and critical issues below.The next big trends reflect a new era for bankingThe pandemic as an accelerator for transfor...
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HKIB Paying Attention to Pandemic Situation, Banking Transformation
Hong Kong enjoys a unique position as the gateway to the Greater China region as a top 5 global financial centre. As an established participant supporting this important sector, The Hong Kong Institute on Bankers (HKIB) provides a distinctive perspective on a number of issues valued by APABI members on the disruptive changes ta...
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APABI Talks to FINSIA, Australia: Helping the Financial Sector Recover from Ethics Inquiry
The most important event for Australia’s banking sector over the past few years has been the 2017-2019 Royal Commission inquiry into widespread forms of misconduct. An interim report implicated “the pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty.” “From the executive suite to the fro...
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FinTech Taipei 2021 Kicks off with Forum, Demonstrations
2021 has been a momentous year for fintech. Following the COVID crisis, adoption has accelerated globally, resulting both in new applications and intensified interest in old ones. Meanwhile, regulators are becoming increasingly aware of the possibilities and risks arising from new parts of the financial ecosystem. In particular, forward-looking governments are thinking about ways to actively monitor and shape financial flows, rather than to just respond to them.Through forums with international experts and demonstrations by leading companies, FinTech Taipei 2021 – Taiwan’s premiere...
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APABI Talks with BAIPHIL, Philippines: Adapting Well to Online Format
Holding an engaging online event is like producing a TV show, explained representatives from BAIPHIL during a recent conversation. With an “info-tainment” perspective, they have managed to achieve good engagement online, in some cases better than for physical events. The entire setup needs to be planned out by the minute....