What is World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS)?

World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) is a premier financial sector event that powers insightful keynote sessions, deep dive panel discussions on the most trending topics, cutting-edge product showcases and unparalleled networking opportunities for successful synergies between financial institutions & technology providers.

How do I register for WFIS?

You can register directly through our website by clicking on the ‘Sponsor Enquiry’ or ‘Delegate Enquiry’ button and then choosing the relevant category for participation followed by filling the registration form.

Will there be opportunities for networking?

100 percent! WFIS features dedicated networking sessions at the platform where a participant can connect with peers and experts to have productive discussions, exchange business cards or forge successful business collaborations.

Are there any provisions for lunch?

Yes! All participants at WFIS are entitled to complementary 5-star lunch on all the event days.

Who can participate at the Awards & Gala Dinner?

If an individual’s profile and body of work is the right fit for one or more of the nine exclusive award categories then the individual can take part in the session by selecting the category/categories on our website and filling the nomination form.

Speakers – Top FSI Experts from the Philippines

Delegate Speakers

Arifa Ala

Assistant Governor

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Sharon Almanza

Treasurer of the Philippines

Bureau of Treasury

Oliver Chato

Director, Information and Communications Technology Department

Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Dennis Omila

Chief Transformation Officer

Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP)

Lito Villanueva

Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

Carlos Santos

Chief Transformation and Technology Officer

AXA Philippines

Barani Sundaram

Chief Technology Officer

East West Banking Corporation

Atty. Federico P. Tancongco

Senior Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer

BDO Unibank, Inc.

Juan Mestas

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Innovation Architecture & Platform Division Head

Security Bank Corporation

Roland Oscuro

First Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer & Data Protection Officer

Philippine National Bank (PNB)

Russell Hernandez

Chief Information Security Officer

Uniondigital Bank

John Alarcon

Chief Information Security Officer

PJ Lhuillier

Carlos Tengkiat

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

RCBC

Arvie de Vera

Founding Board Director

Fintech Philippines Association

Sanjay Sharda

Chief Liabilities & Customer Growth Officer

UNO Digital Bank

Lionel Gacad

Chief Experience Officer

GoTyme Bank

Wilkins Win Wong

Assistant Director

Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Clifford Barnes

Managing Director

SC Ventures by Standard Chartered

Expedito Jr Garcia

Senior Vice President Transaction Banking Group Head

Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM)

Fitzgerald Chee

Senior Vice President, Head of Consumer Platforms

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

Catherine de Joya Urtola

Chief Compliance Officer

Bank of China

Emma Theresa Cabochan

Senior Vice President, Legal Services Head & Data Privacy Officer

Asia United Bank Corporation

Maria Adelaidee Capistrano

Chief Risk Officer

Maya Bank

Patricia Manasan

Vice President
Head of Data Science

Security Bank Corporation

Melecio Valerio

Vice President, Head of Data Governance

Maya

Francis Chiu

Head of Consumer Banking Applications

BDO Unibank, Inc

Kenneth Catugas

Head of Information Technology

ING

Godfrey A. Santos

Senior Assistant Vice President - Customer Experience

PETNET, Inc.

Poonam Anandani

Head of Technology, Process and Data

Home Credit Philippines

Michelle Alarcon

President

Analytics and AI Association of the Philippines (AAP)

Sergio Ceniza

FVP- Chief Compliance Officer

Philippine Business Bank

Guadalupe Lyn Vergel de Dios

Senior Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (Manila Branch)

Patricia Tan

CMO

Security Bank

Gilbert Trinchera

Partner, Technology Consulting

KPMG in the Philippines

Arifa Ala

Assistant Governor

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Sharon Almanza

Treasurer of the Philippines

Bureau of Treasury

Oliver Chato

Director, Information and Communications Technology Department

Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Dennis Omila

Chief Transformation Officer

Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP)

Lito Villanueva

Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

Carlos Santos

Chief Transformation and Technology Officer

AXA Philippines

Barani Sundaram

Chief Technology Officer

East West Banking Corporation

Atty. Federico P. Tancongco

Senior Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer

BDO Unibank, Inc.

Juan Mestas

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Innovation Architecture & Platform Division Head

Security Bank Corporation

Roland Oscuro

First Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer & Data Protection Officer

Philippine National Bank (PNB)

Russell Hernandez

Chief Information Security Officer

Uniondigital Bank

John Alarcon

Chief Information Security Officer

PJ Lhuillier

Carlos Tengkiat

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

RCBC

Arvie de Vera

Founding Board Director

Fintech Philippines Association

Sanjay Sharda

Chief Liabilities & Customer Growth Officer

UNO Digital Bank

Lionel Gacad

Chief Experience Officer

GoTyme Bank

Wilkins Win Wong

Assistant Director

Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Clifford Barnes

Managing Director

SC Ventures by Standard Chartered

Expedito Jr Garcia

Senior Vice President Transaction Banking Group Head

Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM)

Fitzgerald Chee

Senior Vice President, Head of Consumer Platforms

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

Catherine de Joya Urtola

Chief Compliance Officer

Bank of China

Emma Theresa Cabochan

Senior Vice President, Legal Services Head & Data Privacy Officer

Asia United Bank Corporation

Maria Adelaidee Capistrano

Chief Risk Officer

Maya Bank

Patricia Manasan

Vice President
Head of Data Science

Security Bank Corporation

Melecio Valerio

Vice President, Head of Data Governance

Maya

Francis Chiu

Head of Consumer Banking Applications

BDO Unibank, Inc

Kenneth Catugas

Head of Information Technology

ING

Godfrey A. Santos

Senior Assistant Vice President - Customer Experience

PETNET, Inc.

Poonam Anandani

Head of Technology, Process and Data

Home Credit Philippines

Michelle Alarcon

President

Analytics and AI Association of the Philippines (AAP)

Sergio Ceniza

FVP- Chief Compliance Officer

Philippine Business Bank

Guadalupe Lyn Vergel de Dios

Senior Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (Manila Branch)

Patricia Tan

CMO

Security Bank

Gilbert Trinchera

Partner, Technology Consulting

KPMG in the Philippines

Sponsor Speakers

Simon Melton

Regional Sales Director

Personetics

Pramod Kumar

Vice President & Head of Business, Asia Pacific

Newgen Software

Varun Goswami

Vice President & Global Head of Product and AI

Newgen Software

OJ Olivier

Director of Transformation Enablement

EmbedIT

Hardik Bhutani

Fraud Product Head, APAC

Entrust

Sandeep Kuberkar

Senior Sales Manager, Identity Security

Entrust

Paul Kenny

Vice President of Customer Success
EMEA & APAC

Daon

Amar Laddha

Technology Product Management Associate Director

Wolters Kluwer

Nikolai Shiriaev

BDD (SEA)

Vision Labs

Nihar Joshi

GTM Lead, Asia

Pegasystems

Laz Hadjisavvas

Global Head of Sales Engineering

Thought Machine

Sushil Tyagi

Executive Director

BUSINESSNEXT

Saket Kumar Jha

Chief Revenue Officer

HyperVerge

Derek Lok

Director, Yubico North & Southeast Asia

Yubico

Simon Melton

Regional Sales Director

Personetics

Pramod Kumar

Vice President & Head of Business, Asia Pacific

Newgen Software

Varun Goswami

Vice President & Global Head of Product and AI

Newgen Software

OJ Olivier

Director of Transformation Enablement

EmbedIT

Hardik Bhutani

Fraud Product Head, APAC

Entrust

Sandeep Kuberkar

Senior Sales Manager, Identity Security

Entrust

Paul Kenny

Vice President of Customer Success
EMEA & APAC

Daon

Amar Laddha

Technology Product Management Associate Director

Wolters Kluwer

Nikolai Shiriaev

BDD (SEA)

Vision Labs

Nihar Joshi

GTM Lead, Asia

Pegasystems

Laz Hadjisavvas

Global Head of Sales Engineering

Thought Machine

Sushil Tyagi

Executive Director

BUSINESSNEXT

Saket Kumar Jha

Chief Revenue Officer

HyperVerge

Derek Lok

Director, Yubico North & Southeast Asia

Yubico

Testimonials

Dennis Tangonan

SVP and Chief Information Officer

Security Bank Corporation

Arnold Kabanlit

Deputy Director, Compliance and Supervision Group, Detection and Prevention Department

Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)

Paul Siy

Chief Technology Officer

BDO Unibank Inc

LITO VILLANUEVA

Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer

RCBC

KIRAN MISTRY

Head of Financial Services, APJ

SAP

DR. ADRIENNE HEINRICH

Vice President and Head of Al Center of Excellence

UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES

DONDON TORRES

Senior Sales Engineer

Snowflake

RONALDO BATISAN

Senior Vice President - Customer Experience

UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES

RICO BAUTISTA

President and CEO

ETIQA LIFE & GENERAL ASSURANCE PHILIPPINES, INC

PAUL SIY

CTO, Head of Infrastructure and Operations

BDO Unibank

LUCOSE ERALIL

Executive Vice President Head, Enterprise Technology & Operations

SECURITY BANK

KRISIA MICHELEE CRUZ

Chief Product Officer

KOMO BY EASTWEST

KAIJIE HO

Senior Account Executive

SEON

ANANYA ANANTH

Channel Manager - ASEAN

Freshworks

AIMEE KATHLEEN TANN

Vice President, Head of Experience Design

BDO Unibank

VARUN BUDHIRAJA

Account Executive

AppsFlyer

JOSE CARLOS REYES

Director-Cybersecurity Bureau

Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)

AHMED DRISSI

Industry Principal Consultant for AML

SAS GLOBAL

ANATOLY GUSTO

BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS

Bank Officer V

BALAJI VISWANATHAN

Managing Director & CEO

EXPLEO SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Speakers

Delegate Speakers

Sponsor Speakers

SERIES SPONSORS

Testimonials