Banking & Finance
WFIS Philippines 2026
Join WFIS 2026 Philippines on AUG 25-26 at Manila. Connect with top banks, financial and technology leaders at the premier financial event of the year.
6Speakers
26Sponsors
29Sessions
29Companies · in total
Speakers
Programmed at WFIS, in alphabetical order.
Amaneci Grace De Silva
SVP, Shared Services Technology CTO · Security Bank Corporation
Atty. Arifa Ala
Senior Assistant Governor · Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Catherine de Joya Urtola
Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer · Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited - Manila Branch
Ed Martin Sianghio
Vice President, Head of Data Transformation · Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Guada Vergel de Dios
Director, Chief Compliance Officer · Mizuho Bank
Lilian Cruz
Senior Vice President & CIO · Land Bank of the Philippines
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 29 sessions.
- 09:00 – 09:15
Beyond the Roadmap: What the Philippines' Digital Finance Progress Actually means in Pesos and People
The numbers that matter: BSP 2024 Financial Inclusion Survey data - account ownership at 56%, InstaPay hitting ₱1T+ monthly volume, and the 44% of adult Filipinos still outside the…
- 09:00 – 09:15
The Compliance Crucible: What RA 12010, AFASA, and BSP's Hardening AML Posture Actually Demand of Philippine Financial Institutions Now
Beyond box-ticking: Translating AFASA’S risk-based requirements into operational compliance architectures that withstand AMLC scrutiny. The mule economy: How organised fraud networ…
- 09:15 – 09:30
Driving Inclusive National Growth Through Digital Public Banking: Reimagining Financial Access, Sustainability, and Innovation in the Philippines
Expanding Access - Growing phygital branches and digital onboarding to reach farmers, fishers, OFWs, and underserved communities. Scaling Digital Infrastructure - Strengthening cor…
- 09:15 – 09:30
Winning the Unbanked: The Business Case, the Blueprint, and the Brutal Realities of Extending Financial Access to 30 million Filipinos
Designing for the last kilometre: Mobile-native architectures that serve informal workers, rural households, and the platform economy. Beyond the app: Why trust - not technology - …
- 09:30 – 09:50
Banking on Intelligence: Building the Cloud-Native, AI-First Institution that can Compete in 2026
Core modernisation reality check: Why cloud-native architecture is still the prerequisite - and what the cost, timeline, and risk profile of migration looks like for a PH bank oper…
- 09:30 – 09:50
Cognitive Banking: The Future of Customer Engagement
Reimagining customer interaction through AI-powered conversational platforms that offer intuitive, real-time support while evolving into trusted financial companions. Leveraging co…
- 09:50 – 10:10
Real-Time, Reliable, Responsible: The New Calculus of AI-Driven Risk and Fraud Decisioning in Philippine Financial Services
The speed imperative: How real-time machine learning is compressing fraud detection from hours to milliseconds without sacrificing accuracy. When AI gets it wrong: Governing model …
- 09:50 – 10:10
Rethinking Digital Identity: Securing Trust Beyond Onboarding
AI impacts on identity verification: Exploring how AI has impacted both positively and adversely on identity verification and what steps can be taken by financial institutions to s…
- 10:10 – 10:40
Identity at the Frontier: Deepfakes, Synthetic Personas, and the Battle to Secure Trust in an Increasingly Compromised Digital Landscape
The deepfake threat is no longer theoretical: What Philippine banks are actually seeing at onboarding and how liveness detection is evolving in response. Synthetic identity fraud a…
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 29 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?
29 companies. two are betting more than once.
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