Money20/20 Asia 2025 Heads to Thailand to Unite Finance and Tech Leaders
Money20/20 Asia 2025, a leading fintech gathering in the region, returns this April with a focus on the future of finance, innovation, and human-centered tech.
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With under a month to go, Southeast Asia is getting ready to host one of its biggest fintech events of the year. Money20/20 Asia 2025 lands in Bangkok from April 22 to 24, bringing together banks, fintechs, startups, regulators, and global tech players for three days of actual business, bold ideas, and—let’s be honest—a few thousand well-dressed buzzwords.
This isn't your average pitch-fest. From AI to digital assets, embedded finance to cybersecurity, the event promises more than just panels: it’s a place where financial services’ future gets debated, designed, and sometimes even decided.
Why This Event Matters
Money20/20 Asia has built a reputation as a global connector of fintech ecosystems, with major editions already in the U.S. and Europe. Its Asian chapter is particularly significant in 2025, with the spotlight shifting from technological novelty to human-centered innovation.
Emerging technologies are powerful tools, but in 2025 the spotlight is on people — their needs, their security, and their access,
— say organizers of Money20/20 Asia.
The theme this year, Empowering Humanity Through Collaboration, reflects that shift. Instead of glorifying disruption for its own sake, the event encourages collaboration between institutions, startups, and regulators to build financial systems that are secure, inclusive, and designed for real users—not just early adopters.
What to Expect at Money20/20 Asia
Over 4,000 attendees (with one-third being C-level execs), 250+ speakers, and 120+ sponsors are set to gather at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok.
Sessions will span more than 50 hours of content, touching on five key thematic pillars:
- Collaboration vs Competition – Are fintech players still trying to “disrupt” each other, or finally learning to work together? Expect frank talk from banks, startups, and regulators.
- Trust in Finance – From fraud prevention to ethical AI, this track explores how fintech earns (or loses) user trust.
- Frictionless Experiences – Everyone loves fast payments, but can convenience and security really coexist? Let’s find out.
- Sustainable & Inclusive Finance – Access, equity, and environmental impact take center stage.
- AI and the Future – Between generative tools and hyper-personalization, AI is retooling finance—but who’s really in control?
At Money20/20 Asia 2025, we’re putting the ‘WE’ back in innovation. Fintech progress should be collaborative, secure, and designed to serve people first,
— said the event’s content team.
Speakers to Watch
The lineup features some of the most influential voices in finance and technology across Asia:
- Martha Sazon, President & CEO, MYNT / GCash (Philippines)
- Lucy Liu, Co-Founder & President, Airwallex (Singapore)
- Daniel Yun, Founder & CEO, KakaoBank (South Korea)
- Sayaka Eda, CFO, Mercari (Japan)
- Adnan Zaylani, Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
- Roong Poshyananda Mallikamas, Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand
- Hans Patuwo, COO, GOTO Group (Indonesia)
- Dr. Erika Fille Legara, Managing Director, Center for AI Research
- Dr. Chalee Asavathiratham, President, LIGHTNET GROUP
These speakers represent not only fintech’s technical edge, but also regulatory influence and grassroots innovation—exactly the kind of mix that gives Money20/20 its staying power.
Crypto, Blockchain, and Digital Assets in Focus
Money20/20 Asia 2025 includes a healthy selection of sessions centered on digital assets and Web3.
For attendees tracking tokenization, regulation, and next-gen infrastructure, here are seven topics not to miss:
- Digital Asset Implementation: From Concept to Reality
- Digital Assets: Ask Me Anything
- Brainstorm Session: Digital Asset Adoption and Implementation
- Ready, Set, Blockchain: The Future of Frictionless Finance
- Stablecoins as the Common Denominator in Tomorrow’s Global Trade
- Redefining Asia’s Tokenised Economy through Project Ensemble
- Real Use Cases and Challenges for Tokenisation in Finance
This isn’t just background noise—blockchain is clearly integrated into broader conversations about compliance, identity, payment systems, and economic inclusion.
Zooming Out: What This Event Really Offers
Money20/20 Asia isn’t afraid of the big questions. How do we regulate AI without killing innovation? What does security actually mean in an age of instant everything? Can real inclusion come from scalable tech?
This year, the show invites its thousands of attendees not just to watch the fintech future unfold, but to shape it. In the words of the organizers:
Together, we aim to build a financial future that’s inclusive, sustainable, and driven by human-centered innovation.
That’s a pretty good reason to book your flight to Bangkok.
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