Qaiser Anwarudin

Director, Payment Services Policy Department

Bank Negara Malaysia

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Qaiser heads the Payment Services Policy Department in Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). The department is responsible for the regulatory framework to drive the development of the payments industry and to preserve payment system stability as part of the central bank’s mandate. The department also houses BNM's Digital Currency Hub which coordinates work on digital assets and central bank digital currencies. He has also been involved in several projects championed by the BIS Innovation Hub including Project Dunbar, Project Nexus and Project Mandala.

Prior to this, Qaiser led the Financial Surveillance Department in BNM, which is responsible for financial stability. He also spent a notable part of his BNM career in the area of micro-prudential policy. Qaiser joined BNM in 1999, and between 2012 and 2015 served as a Senior Financial Sector Specialist with the Financial Stability Institute of the BIS.

Speaking At

11:30am–1:00pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
Global Frameworks and Shared Best Practices in Payments Chains

From Convergence to Connectivity: Shared Rails & Shared Responsibility

Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
About this session

As payment networks become increasingly interconnected, the challenge is no longer whether they can connect, but how they coordinate. At the Point Zero Forum 2026 roundtable, leaders from payment networks, central banks and regulators converged on a common principle: compete at the customer experience layer, collaborate on the standards and infrastructure beneath it.
But connectivity creates new questions. As instant payment systems, card networks, wallets and emerging digital money platforms become part of a growing "network of networks", who manages shared risks, aligns incentives and coordinates the rules that keep the ecosystem open, resilient and innovative?
This roundtable will bring together global payments leaders to explore the governance, economics and architecture of the next generation of integrated payment networks, and what it will take to build a truly connected global payments landscape.
4:00–5:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets

BLOOM: When Digital Money Works Together

Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
About this session

The conversation around digital money has largely focused on issuance, whether stablecoins, tokenized deposits or central bank digital currencies. BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multicurrency) focuses on a different question: how can different forms of digital money coexist and work together seamlessly in real-world payments, treasury, liquidity management and cross-border settlement? Bringing together banks, payment service providers, FinTechs and policymakers, BLOOM supports the development, deployment and scaling of digital money solutions, alongside the interoperability, regulatory alignment and partnerships needed for adoption.
This roundtable convenes the BLOOM community to take stock of ongoing work on cross-bank interoperability, programmable compliance and liquidity optimisation, and share lessons from implementation. Participants will also explore emerging opportunities such as micropayments, agentic payments and automated treasury management, and identify the standards, partnerships and policy support needed to scale these capabilities across institutions and jurisdictions.
6:15–8:30pmMon 16 NovLaunchpadLaunchpad RoomInvite-Only
Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsThe Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets

[Invite-only] Rewiring Money, Intelligence & Trust Across ASEAN - Powered by Maybank

LaunchpadLaunchpad RoomInvite-Only
About this session
A Maybank Ecosystem Dialogue on AI, Digital Assets and Innovation
In partnership with Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), we are pleased to invite you to an exclusive industry dialogue bringing together leaders from across financial services, technology, fintech, academia and the broader innovation ecosystem to explore the trends reshaping the future of finance. Against a backdrop of rapid technological advancement and evolving customer expectations, the session will explore how organisations are leveraging AI, digital assets and ecosystem partnerships to drive innovation, strengthen trust, and create meaningful value for customers, businesses and society.
Discussion topics will include:
- The future of financial services in an AI-enabled world
- Emerging opportunities in digital assets and financial innovation
- Innovation, transformation and leadership in a changing industry
- The role of partnerships in accelerating sustainable growth and innovation
6:15pm - 7pm
Registration, Showcase & Networking
7pm - 7:10pm
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Speaker: Giorgio Migliarina, Group Chief Technology & Digital Officer, Maybank
7:10pm - 7:35pm
Fireside Chat: Innovation, Leadership and the Future of Financial Services
A leadership conversation on how Maybank is navigating the
future of banking amid accelerating technological change, evolving customer expectations and new forms of ecosystem competition and collaboration. The discussion will explore the leadership choices required to innovate with purpose, build trust and create sustainable value across ASEAN.
Speaker(s): Dato' Sri Khairussaleh Ramli, President & Group CEO, Maybank, Sopnendu Mohanty, Group CEO, GFTN
7:35pm - 8:05pm
Building Next-generation Financial Infrastructure With Emerging Technologies Like Digital Assets, Quantum Technologies and More
Financial services is entering a new era shaped by digital assets, quantum technologies and next-generation financial infrastructure. From tokenisation and digital money to advances in security, computing and cross-border connectivity, this discussion explores how financial institutions, regulators and technology partners can build trusted, interoperable and future-ready ecosystems across ASEAN.
Speaker(s): Alice Tan, Head, Group Wealth Management, Maybank, Abdul Wahab Mohamed Yusoff, Independent Non-Executive Director, Maybank Singapore, Qaiser Iskandar Anwarudin, Director, Payment Services Policy Department, Bank Negara Malaysia, Alan Lim, Director & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Prof. Lam Kwok Yan, Associate Vice President (Strategy & Partnerships), Professor, College of Computing & Data Science, Nanyang Technological University (Moderator)
8:05pm - 8:35pm
Panel: From Strategy to Impact: Scaling AI and Innovation Across the Enterprise
What does it take to transform a large financial institution in the age of AI? As organisations move beyond experimentation, the challenge is no longer whether AI and innovation can create value, but how to scale them across the enterprise. This discussion explores how business and technology leaders can translate strategy into execution, build future-
ready capabilities, and harness ecosystem partnerships to accelerate adoption, innovation and sustainable impact across customers, operations and markets.
Speaker(s): Giorgio Migliarina, Group Chief Technology & Digital Officer, Maybank, Dr Siew Chan Cheong, Group Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Maybank, Alvin Lee, Country CEO, Singapore, Maybank, Melissa Ries, Group Vice President & Managing Director for Asia, ServiceNow (Moderator)
8:35pm - 8:40pm
Closing
11:00am–12:30pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsSovereignty & Resilience in a Rewired Financial System

Trusted Data Collaboration for Safe and Resilient Financial Systems

Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
About this session

Trusted cross-border data collaboration and analytics has useful applications in payments, addressing financial crime and helping central banks and financial authorities monitor systemic risk and enhance supervision. Privacy enhancing technologies have demonstrated good potential in enabling cross-institution data collaboration while preserving privacy, confidentiality and institutional control, but have failed to scale beyond pilots. This roundtable will examine emerging privacy-preserving technology applications in the financial sector and discuss the technological, governance and policy foundations required to scale trusted data collaboration.

Speakers

Qaiser Anwarudin

Speaking At

From Convergence to Connectivity: Shared Rails & Shared Responsibility

BLOOM: When Digital Money Works Together

[Invite-only] Rewiring Money, Intelligence & Trust Across ASEAN - Powered by Maybank

Trusted Data Collaboration for Safe and Resilient Financial Systems