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

【2024】APABI Focus_Q1

APR 02, 2024FOCUSMESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFWelcome to the inaugural issue of APABI Focus – our renewed edition of the newsletter, compiled in collaboration with our newly-established Newsletter Committee!Read More...Below you will see a fresh, completely redesigned layout with several updated features.From now on, each version of the newsletter will have a specific topical theme. This one is ESG, following the recent COP28 summit. Because APABI includes the UAE, the host of COP28, we have specially requested a summary of the summit from the Emirates Institute of Finance as relates to t...

2024-04-02

【2023】APABI_December

Esteemed APABI Members,         How many times in a week do you receive solicitations on different media for scams of various types? For most APABI countries, I would imagine that the answer is quite frequently. The scam report below provides more detailed information about how your country fits into the global picture. This problem shows no signs of going away, and will require continued efforts to resolve.         In the ever-evolving landscape of AI in wealth management, it is imperative for our industry to tran...

2023-12-08

【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