AsianBankers Association

Bringing together over 70 leading Asian banks & financial institutionsin 25 countries for more than 38 years of partnership

Promoting the interests of bankers in the region

Benefits at a glance

ABA membership provides invaluable benefits such as:

ACCESS TO MONETARY AUTHORITIESThrough regular dialogues with financial regulators, ministers, central

bank governors and policy makers from Asian countries and beyond.

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIESThrough meetings and partnerships with national bankers associations,

regional financial institutions and other financial forums.

INFORMATION EXCHANGEThrough training programs, webinars, newsletters, and social media sites.

EXPOSURE TO POLICY DEVELOPMENTSThrough annual conferences held in Asian capitals across the region and policy

advocacy programs promoted among alliance partners and professional networks.

Through its networking with regulators, partnership with national bankers associations, alliance with

regional institutions, policy advocacy, publications and conferences, ABA strengthens bank

members’ ability to provide the best financial services, discover new banking opportunities, and

enhance economic growth across the Asia Pacific region.

Peter FavilaMember of Monetary BoardPhilippines

Uday KotakManaging Director

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ingrid van WeesVP Finance & RiskManagement, ADB

Neal CrossChief Innovation OfficerDBS Bank

Satoshi NakagawaChairman

ACRAA

Nghiem Xuan ThanhChairmanVietcombank

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Over 70 leading Asian banks & financial institutions

25 countries

36 years of partnership

Message from the Chairman

Since 1981, the Asian Bankers Association (ABA) has been the premier platform for Asian

banks to network with each other, share information and know-how, promote cooperation,

and advocate bankers’ interest nationally and internationally.

ABA groups over 70 of the largest leading commercial banks and financial institutions

in Asia Pacific with the objectives of:

• Exploring banking opportunities in Asia Pacific

• Enhancing the role of bankers in the economic development of the Asia Pacific region.

We achieve these goals by organizing annual conferences, conducting dialogues with

regulators, establishing alliances with strategic partners, advocating banking policies,

publishing newsletters and journals, and conducting training programs.

We invite you to join us and take an active role in our effort of promoting regional

cooperation among bankers and enhancing the financial and economic development of the

region.

Jonathan AllesABA Chairman

Jonathan AllesManaging Director & CEOHatton National Bank

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The two-day annual ABA General Meeting and

Conference held in major Asian capitals since 1981

gathers bank chairmen, presidents, CEOs, C-level

executives with heads of state, central bankers,

finance ministers, bank regulators, other government

officials and prominent banking experts.

During the conference and meetings, relevant banking

and regulatory issues are discussed, opportunities are

explored, policy positions are advocated, friendships

are made and deals are conceived.

The conference themes and topics are focused on

relevant and timely banking issues such as fintech,

cybersecurity, digital banking, regional regulations, risk

compliance, and sustainable banking, among others.

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Annual Conference

Ahmed Naseer, Maldives Monetary Authority Governor

Chuchi G. Fonacier, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy

Governor and Financial Supervision Sector Head

Peter Favila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Member of

Monetary Board; Michael Lor, EFMA Sr. Advisor; Dr. Ma

Jun, Green Finance Committee Chairman; Dr. Niven

Huang, KPMG Sustainability General Manager; and

Anna Batenkova, WWF Singapore Sustainable Manager

Oliver Hoffmann, Erste Group Bank AG Head of Asia Managing Director; Mohamed Shareef, Bank of Maldives Deputy CEO; Satoshi Nakagawa,

Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. Special Advisor to the President for Global Strategy & ACRAA Chairman; Chandula Abeywickrema, Lanka Impact

Investing Network Chairman; Vicente T. De Villa III, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Financial Technology Sub-sector Officer in Charge; Shirish Pathak,

Fintelekt Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. Managing Director; and Unenbat Jigjid, Mongolian Bankers Association Executive Director & Secretary General

2018 Maldives

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Chin-Long Yang, Taiwan’s Central Bank Deputy

Governor; Daniel Wu, CTBC Financial Holding

President; and Mochtar Riady, Lippo Group Chairman

Thomas Debelic, Commerzbank; Andrew Healy, Bank

of Maldives; Nghiem Xuan Thanh, Vietcombank, Dr.

Mostafa Beheshti Rouy, Bank Pasargad; Pema Nadik,

Bank of Bhutan; and Pham Thanh Ha, Vietcombank

Daniel Wu, CTBC Financial Holding President; Le

Minh Hung, State Bank of Vietnam Governor; and

Nghiem Xuan Thanh, Vietcombank Chairman

Uday Kotak, Kotak Mahindra Bank Managing

Director; Rajnish Kumar, SBI Chairman; and

Daniel Wu, CTBC Financial Holding President

Viral Acharya, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor

Richard Koo, Nomura Research Institute Chief Economist

2017 Mumbai

2016 Halong Bay

2015 Taipei

Bank members and ABA officers regularly call on government officials, heads of state, central bank

governors, and other regulatory authorities to exchange views about the economy and financial

situation in the host country.

ABA’s visits establish channels of communication with government officials to support ABA programs

and policies benefiting ABA members.

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ABA Delegation calls on Deputy Governor B. P. Kanungo

of the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai 2017

Dialogues with regulators

ABA Delegation meets with Minister of Finance

and Treasury Mr. Ahmed Munawar of Maldives, Male 2018

ABA Delegation visits Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong of State Bank of Vietnam, Hanoi 2016

ABA Delegation meets with Deputy Governor Chin-Long Yang of Taiwan’s Central Bank, Taipei 2015

Ernest Lin, ABA Secretary-Treasurer meets Unenbat Jigjid, Mongolian Bankers

Association Executive Director & Secretary General, Ulaanbaatar 2018

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ABA strengthens its relationship with bankers' associations of Asia-Pacific by exchanging information

and publications, and participating in each other’s training programs and research projects. ABA also

integrates recommendations from other bankers associations into its policy advocacy work.

ABA has signed MOUs with bankers associations of Japan, Mongolia, The Philippines, Russia, Sri

Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Partnerships

Ernest Lin, ABA Secretary-Treasurer meets Dr. Ekrem Keskin,

Banks Association of Turkey Secretary General, Istanbul 2018

Daniel Wu, ABA Chairman, signs MOU with Shin Takagi,

Japanese Bankers Association Vice Chairman, Tokyo 2016

Amb. Victor Tseng, ABA Secretary-Treasurer, signs MOU with V. G.

Kannan, Indian Banks’ Association Chief Executive, Mumbai 2017

Takehiko Nakao, ADB President at the

51st ADB Meeting, Manila 2018

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ABA collaborates with other important regional organizations such as the APEC Business Advisory

Council, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank,

and the Bank for International Settlements to promote banking policies.

ABA also cooperates with other banking and financial organizations such as the ASEAN Bankers

Association, the Association of Development Financing Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP),

and the Association of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia (ACRAA), among others.

Global alliances

20th ASEAN Bankers Association Conference, Cebu 2014 ADFIAP & ABA “International Study Tour on MSME Development

Programs and Policies of Taiwan,” Taipei 2017

ACRAA & ABA “Bank Rating & Analysis Workshop,” Taipei 2018Takehiko Nakao, ADB President speaks at

the 51st ADB Annual Meeting, Manila 2018

ABA Delegation at Basel Committee’s Task Force on

Standardized Approaches deliberations, Frankfurt 2015

ABA Policy Advocacy Committee Meeting, Halong Bay 2016

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Prudence Lin, CTBC Holding Risk Management Head chairing

the ABA Policy Advocacy Committee Meeting, Maldives 2018

The ABA Policy Advocacy Committee,

composed of banking and finance experts,

identifies critical policy issues for discussion,

formulates policy position papers and

disseminates the results to national and

international governments and organizations to

contribute to policy making and regulatory

implementation.

The Committee has done considerable work in

areas such as (a) development of domestic

credit rating agencies; (b) local currency bond

market development; (c) Basel II & Basel III

Framework; (d) disaster preparedness (e) credit

reporting systems; (f) insolvency law & informal

workouts; (g) financial inclusion & microfinance;

(h) corporate governance; (i) financial literacy; &

(j) promoting regional convergence toward IFRS.

Policy Advocacy

ABA delegation joins Symposium organized by US Federal Reserve Bank

of San Francisco and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 2017

Oliver Hoffmann, Erste Group Bank AG, Hong Kong

Managing Director, Head Of Asia, presenting at the ABA

Policy Advocacy Committee Meeting, Mumbai 2017

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Visiting Program hosted by Hatton

National Bank, Colombo 2016

The ABA enhances the

knowledge and technical skills

of its members by:

• Conducting, in association

with training institutes,

short-term courses on

specific banking topics.

• Organizing short-term

visiting programs under

which member bank

executives visit other bank

members to learn

advanced operations.

• Endorsing, on a selective

basis, conferences,

seminars and other

training programs.

Visiting Program hosted by Maybank, Kuala Lumpur 2018

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Visiting Program hosted by State Bank of India, Hyderabad 2017

Publications

The ABA shares the latest information, news, research studies,

conference reports and other activities through its website

(aba.org.tw) and social media channels such as Youtube and Facebook.

ABA also publishes its monthly ABA Newsletter and the Report

on Proceedings of Annual General Meetings and Conferences

Bankers’ training

Visiting Program hosted by Hatton

National Bank, Colombo 2016

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Visiting Program hosted by Rizal Commercial Banking

Corporation (RCBC) and Rizal Microbank, Manila 2015

Mr. Pema Namgyel NadikCEOBank of Bhutan Ltd.(Bhutan)

Dr. David K. P. LiChairman & Chief ExecutiveThe Bank of East Asia, Ltd.(Hong Kong)

Mr. Shrirang Prabhakar KetkarCountry Head & CEOState Bank of India, HK Branch(India)

Mr. Mahmoud Reza Asadi MotlaghEN Bank(Iran)

Mr. Mostafa Beheshti RouyMember of Board of Directors &Executive Board MemberBank Pasargad (Iran)

Mr. Takayoshi FutaeSenior Managing Executive OfficerRegional Executive For AsiaMUFG Bank, Ltd. (Japan)

Mr. Takahiko YasuharaManaging Executive OfficerMizuho Bank, Ltd.(Japan)

Mr. Kenichi HosomiManaging Executive Officer, Deputy Head Of International Banking Unit Of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (Japan)

Mr. Michael Foong Seong YewGroup Chief Strategy Officer & CEOInternational Malayan Banking Berhad(Malaysia)

Mr. Chinbishrelt AriunboldMember of the Board of DirectorsCapital Bank of Mongolia(Mongolia)

Mr. Jose Arnulfo “Wick” A. VelosoPresident & CEOPhilippine National Bank(Philippines)

Mr. Gil A. BuenaventuraPresident & CEO

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.(Philippines)

Mr. Soh Kian TiongManaging Director, Head of Financial Inst. Gov’t

Linked Institutions, Banking Group, DBS Bank (Singapore)

Dr. Shing-Shiang OuSenior Vice President

Bank of Taiwan(Taiwan)

Mr. Daniel WuPresident

CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd.(Taiwan)

Mr. Tsan-Chang LiaoChairman

The First Commercial Bank(Taiwan)

Mr. Chao-Shun ChangChairman

Mega International Commercial Bank(Taiwan)

Mr. Chaiyarit AnuchitworawongSenior Executive Vice President &

Co-Head of International Banking GroupBangkok Bank PCL (Thailand)

Mr. Nghiem, Xuan ThanhChairman of the Board

Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for ForeignTrade of Vietnam (Vietcombank)

(Vietnam)

Mr. Trinh Ngoc KhanhChairman

Vietnam Bank of Agriculture &Rural Development (Vietnam)

Mr Oliver HoffmannManaging Director, Head Of Asia

Erste Group Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch (Austria)

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Jonathan Alles

Managing Director & CEO

Hatton National Bank

ABA Chairman 2018-2020

Mohamed Shareef

Deputy CEO & Director of Operations

Bank of Maldives

ABA Vice Chairman 2018-2020

Board of Directors - 2018-2020

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ABA Secretariat

7F-2, #760, Section 4, Bade Road

Song-shan District, Taipei 10567, Taiwan

Phone: (886 2) 2760-1139

Fax: (886 2) 2760-7569

Email: aba@aba.org.tw

URL: www.aba.org.tw

Join Us!

Austria

Erste Group Bank AG, HK

Bhutan

Bank of Bhutan Ltd.

Germany

Commerzbank

Hong Kong

Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd.

The Bank of East Asia, Ltd.

India

State Bank of India, HK

Iran

Ayandeh Bank

Bank Hekmat Iranian

Bank Pasargad

EN Bank (Bank Eghtesad Novin)

Refah Kargaran Bank

Saman Bank

Sina Bank

Tamadon Investment Bank

Tourism Bank

Italy

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., HK

Japan

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

Malaysia

Malayan Banking Berhad

Maldives

Bank of Maldives, Plc.

Mongolia

Capital Bank of Mongolia

Chinggis Khaan Bank

Trade and Development Bank

Mongolian Bankers Association

Philippines

Philippine National Bank

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.

Russian Federation

International Bank for Economic Co-operation

Singapore

DBS Bank, Ltd.

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.

BPC Banking Technologies

(Asia Pacific) Pte., Ltd.

South Korea

KEB Hana Bank

The Korea Development Bank

Sri Lanka

Hatton National Bank

Mitra Innovation Pvt. Ltd.

Taiwan

Bank of Taiwan

Bank SinoPac

Cathay United Bank

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd.

CTBC Bank Co., Ltd.

E. Sun Commercial Bank, Ltd.

Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd.

Land Bank of Taiwan

Mega International Commercial Bank

Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, Ltd.

Taipei Fubon Bank

Taishin International Bank

Taiwan Business Bank

Taiwan Cooperative Bank

The Export-Import Bank of the ROC

The First Commercial Bank

Taiwan Academy of Banking & Finance

The Bankers Association of the ROC

Tsar & Tsai Law Firm

Thailand

Bangkok Bank PCL

Turkey

Banks Association of Turkey

USA

Hawaii National Bank

JP Morgan, HK

Uzbekistan

National Bank of Uzbekistan

Open Joint-Stock Commercial Bank

“Microcreditbank”

Vietnam

JSC Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam

(Vietcombank)

Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (Agribank)

Vietnam Export Import Commercial

Joint-Stock Bank (Vietnam Eximbank)

Vietnam JSC Bank for Industry and Trade

(Vietinbank)

Deposit Insurance of Vietnam

2019 - Manila

2018 - Maldives

2017 - Mumbai

2016 - Halong Bay

2015 - Taipei

2014 - Muscat

2013 - Ulaanbaatar

2012 - Manila

2011 - Colombo

2010 - Taipei

2009 - Manila

2008 - Bangkok

2007 - Hong Kong

2006 - Taipei

2005 - Melbourne

2004 - Hanoi

2003 - Manila

2002 - Seoul

2001 - Tashkent

2000 - Istanbul

1999 - Singapore

1998 - Taipei

1997 - Moscow

1996 - Kuala Lumpur

1995 - Manila

1994 - Jakarta

1993 - Hong Kong

1992 - Seoul

1991 - Kuala Lumpur

1990 - Tokyo

1989 - Jakarta

1988 - Singapore

1987 - Hong Kong

1986 - Singapore

1984 - Melbourne

1981 - Taipei

Venues of conferences