AFSC the Past 6 Years
* Based on AFSC at The Next Big Thing 2024 – Singapore Event
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3,000+ BFSI Attendees
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10+ APAC Countries
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20+ Years of Track Record
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59% Enterprise Companies*
Become Banking's Top Partner-of-Choice
Benefit from IDC’s over 20 years of financial services expertise and successful track
records to position yourself as thought leader in Asia’s BFSI space, and demonstrate
cutting-edge fintech capabilities with our engaged community of C-level executives.
Key Themes
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Preparing the core for a digital ecosystem
What is the right strategy – multiple cores vs migration?
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications
Realising AI dividends
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Cloud strategy for a digital, resilient world
Evaluating hybrid cloud and distributed databases for addressing compute power restrictions
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Preparing trade finance for de-dollarisation
Digital payment systems to support multi-currency transactions and cross-border payments.
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Data orchestration
Where will alternate data and synthetic data fit in?
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Building equity through operational resilience and reducing business disruption
How to enhance trust in financial services?
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Connected finance
Is embedded insurance and embedded finance the key to future success?
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Climate change impacts on projects and insurance
How to leverage geospatial analytics?
How can the BFSI Sector Keep Their Growth Momentum Going in the AI Everywhere Era?
Dr. Ashish Kakar
Research Director – Financial Insights
Dr. Ashish Kakar
Research Director – Financial Insights
Dr. Ashish Kakar, Research Director – Financial Insights puts together the business case for Asian banks to keep up with emerging fintech investments in order to continue their growth momentum, amidst fast evolving challenges.
Read his blog to find out how tech vendors can guide banking and financial services leaders through developing holistic ecosystems with the help of technologies while reaping AI dividends in a multi-polar world.
About IDC Financial Insights Innovation Awards
Taking place alongside AFSC is the IDC Financial Insights Innovation Awards (FIIA), which aims to recognize outstanding achievements and best practices in the BFSI sector for their use of technology to enable them to grow and prosper in the age of digital economy.
Every year, submissions are judged for how well business outcomes are achieved through the novel application of IT innovation, based on their main technology focus and business goal.
Download IDC’s Financial Insights Innovation 2025 Nomination Toolkit to guide your nominations and join us in celebrating excellence.
2025 FIIA Categories
- Most Innovative Bank / Insurer / Capital Market Firm
- Leader in Resiliency
- Leader in Customer Engagement
- Leader in Infrastructure Modernization
- Leader in Intelligent Banking / Insurance
- Leader in Sustainable Finance
Our Analyst Experts for Banking and Finance in Asia/Pacific
Dr. Ashish Kakar
Research Director, IDC Asia/Pacific
Eric Gao
Research Director, IDC Asia/Pacific
Michael Sek Pheng Yeo
Associate Research Director, IDC Asia/Pacific
Xiao Liu
Research Director, IDC Asia/Pacific
Surya Narayan Saha
Research Manager, IDC Asia/Pacific
Siri Si
Research Manager, IDC Asia/Pacific
Dr. Chris Marshall
Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, IDC Asia/Pacific
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