Powering the next era of finance
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Six editions of connecting the people shaping Bangladesh's financial transformation.
Bangladesh's financial system, in conversation
The next financial layer is being built now.
Bangladesh is moving from digital adoption to financial infrastructure. The 6th Bangladesh Fintech Summit brings together decision-makers from banking, payments, fintech, policy and technology to examine what must scale next.
The Next Financial Layer
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PaymentsFaster, interoperable rails
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AI & DataDecisions at scale
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TrustSecurity by design
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AccessFinance for more people
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The Next Financial Layer
Payments. Intelligence. Trust. Access. Built to work together.
About the Summit
Fintech is no longer a category. It is becoming financial infrastructure.
The market has moved beyond asking whether finance will become digital. The harder questions now are how payments connect, how data improves decisions, how trust survives scale, and how more people and businesses gain meaningful access.
The Bangladesh Fintech Summit brings the institutions shaping those answers into one room. Banks, fintechs, payment players, technology providers, regulators and investors come together to compare priorities, surface friction and identify what the ecosystem needs to build next.
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360°
Ecosystem
Banking, payments, technology, policy, capital and customer experience in one frame.
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Shared question
What must Bangladesh build now for finance to scale better tomorrow?
Focus Areas
Six systems that will define the next phase.
The next phase will be won by the institutions that connect customer experience, infrastructure, intelligence, trust and regulation instead of treating them as separate problems.
Digital Banking & Payments
How digital banking and payment rails evolve from access channels into connected financial infrastructure.
↗AI, Data & Automation
Where AI, data and automation can improve decisions without weakening accountability or customer trust.
↗Financial Inclusion
How products, distribution and partnerships can convert access into useful financial participation.
↗Cybersecurity & Trust
The identity, fraud, resilience and privacy systems required when financial activity becomes always on.
↗Open & Embedded Finance
What becomes possible when financial services connect across platforms, businesses and everyday digital journeys.
↗Regulation & Growth
How regulation can protect the system while still giving responsible innovation room to scale.
↗Programme
A day built around decisions, not buzzwords.
Strategy, infrastructure, customer experience and policy come together in one programme designed to move from signals to decisions.
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09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
WELCOME REMARKS
Building the Financial Future — Why Innovation, Inclusion and Trust Must Move Together
Speaker
Shariful Islam
Founder & Managing Director, Bangladesh Brand Forum
Founder, Bangladesh Innovation Conclave
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09:40 AM - 09:50 AM
OPENING REMARKS
Speaker
Zakia Sultana Laboni
Country Manager, Mastercard Bangladesh
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09:50 AM - 10:05 AM
PARTNER REMARKS
Speaker
Osman Ershad Faiz
Managing Director and CEO, Dhaka Bank PLC.
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10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
KEYNOTE SESSION - 1
The Great Convergence: ASEAN & South Asia Banking Re-Defined
Keynote
Naushad Hussain
Chief Banking & Network Officer, TransFi Global
Former Group Chief Strategy Officer, Lightnet Group
Former Member of the Board of Directors, Inception Technology Co. Ltd.
Former Managing Director & Head of Global Retail Payments, CIMB Group
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10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
TEA BREAK
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11:05 AM - 11:50 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION - 1 (LEADERSHIP PANEL)
Innovating for the Next Decade — AI, Digital Banks & the Future of Financial Services in Bangladesh
Moderator
Professor Imran Rahman
Dean of Business & Policy Advisor, Independent University, Bangladesh
Board Member, BRAC University
Independent Director & Vice Chairman, DBH Finance PLC.
Panelist
Osman Ershad Faiz
Managing Director & CEO, Dhaka Bank PLC.
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Shyamol B. Das
Managing Director & CEO, UCB Fintech Company Ltd.- upay
Panelist
Zakia Sultana Laboni
Country Manager, Mastercard Bangladesh
Panelist
Mohammad Ali
Managing Director & CEO, Pubali Bank PLC.
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11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
EXPERT DEEP DIVE
AI in Finance: From Automation to Agentic Intelligence — What It Means for Bangladeshi Banks & Fintechs
Speaker
Gazi Yar Mohammed
Co-founder & CEO, Kube Money
Co-Founder, Dana Fintech
Former, EVP, Head of Digital Financial Services, One Bank Limited
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12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
INSIGHT SESSION
Engineering Trust in the Age of AI: Building Secure and Scalable Financial Infrastructure
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MJ Ferdous
Co-Founder & CEO, Brain Station 23 - MENA & Japan
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12:40 PM - 01:40 PM
LUNCH BREAK
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01:40 PM - 02:25 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION - 2
Beyond Access: Cashless 2027 Interoperability & Reaching the Next 100 Million
Moderator
Zia Hassan Siddique
Chief Operating Officer, Kube Money UK
Panelist
Engr. Md. Firoz Kabir
Consultant, Fintech & Digital Transformation
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Syed Ibrahim Saajid, PMP
FVP & Head of Digital Banking, City Bank PLC.
Panelist
Ishtiaque Sarwar
Founder & Managing Director, aamarPay
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02:25 PM - 02:40 PM
CASE STUDY
The AI Governance Imperative: Building Trust, Managing Risk, and Securing AI at Scale
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Yousup Faruqu
Chief Executive Officer, Raptas
Former Managing Director, Microsoft- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
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02:40 PM - 03:05 PM
KEYNOTE SESSION - 2
From 0 to 1 Million: Building a Digital Bank That Customers Trust and Love
Keynote
Khuan Yew Lee
Executive Director, Regional Head of Product, GXBank, GXS Bank & Grab
Former Senior Product Leader, Global Payments for Alibaba, Ant Group
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03:05 PM - 03:55 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION - 3 (POLICY DIALOGUE)
Regulating for Trust — Sandboxes, AI Governance, Data Protection & Consumer Protection
Moderator
Gitanka D. Datta
Director - Financial Institutions, infinigent consulting
Consultant, Expressions Ltd.
Panelist
Md. Ashraful Alam (TBC)
Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank
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Farzanah Chowdhury, Chartered Insurer
Managing Director & CEO, Green Delta Insurance PLC.
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Syed Mahbubur Rahman
Managing Director & CEO, Mutual Trust Bank PLC.
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Ali Reza Iftekhar
Advisor, Bank Asia PLC.
Former Managing Director & CEO, Eastern Bank PLC.
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07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
4TH BANGLADESH FINTECH AWARD
Speakers
The people building, governing and scaling finance.
Hear from the decision-makers responsible for products, platforms, policy, infrastructure, growth and trust across the financial ecosystem.
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Keynote Speakers
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Why Attend
Leave with a clearer map of what changes next.
The value of the summit is not more fintech vocabulary. It is a sharper view of what is changing, which decisions matter, and who you may need to build with next.
Register Now ↗Read the market
Separate durable shifts from short-lived noise across customers, products, rails and regulation.
Compare decisions
See how different institutions are approaching the same questions around scale, trust and growth.
Find the next partner
Meet the people who can turn a market insight into a product, partnership, policy or platform move.
Partners
Built by an ecosystem, not a single industry.
The summit is supported by organizations that bring different capabilities to the same ambition: a stronger, more connected financial ecosystem.
Registration
Choose how your team joins the room.
Secure access for yourself or bring the people who need to hear the same conversations and make the next decisions together.
Registration Fee
BDT 15,000 + 15% VAT
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Each registration is valid for one person.Sold registrations are non-refundable.The organiser may update the event date or programme when required.
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