The Banking Leaders' Circle

A Must-Attend Executive Luncheon for Banking Leaders You're invited to join The Ortus Club and audax for an exclusive executive luncheon bringing together senior banking leaders in Jakarta. Over a curated three-course meal and in a closed, confidential setting, you'll exchange ideas with peers navigating the same pressures — exploring how banks can compete with fintech challengers by modernising core capabilities without the risk of wholesale replacement. Expect great food, candid conversation, and the kind of peer exchange that's hard to find anywhere else. Attendance is complimentary and by invitation only. The Topic Speed, Scale, Win: How Banks Are Competing with Fintech Through Modernisation What if banks could accelerate modernisation without replacing the systems that already power their business? As institutions across the region seek to compete with fintech challengers, solutions such as Amanah Pro are bringing renewed attention to coexistence strategies that enable innovation and transformation alongside existing core banking environments. Rather than embarking on costly, high-risk replacement programmes, leaders are exploring how modern platforms can unlock greater agility, improve customer experiences, and support digital growth while preserving operational stability. Traditional banks continue to face mounting pressure from changing customer expectations, evolving regulatory requirements, and increasingly digital-first competitors. Yet successful modernisation extends beyond technology upgrades alone. It requires balancing speed with resilience, innovation with governance, and long-term strategic goals with immediate business needs. As embedded finance, AI, and digital ecosystems continue to reshape financial services, the choices organisations make today will increasingly determine their ability to scale, adapt, and remain competitive in the years ahead. This discussion brings senior leaders together to explore where to move fast, where to move carefully, and what foundations matter most. As fintech competition and customer expectations continue to accelerate, where should banks prioritise speed, and where can moving too quickly introduce unnecessary risk? How can coexistence approaches help organisations modernise core banking capabilities while preserving stability, compliance, and operational continuity? As embedded finance and AI reshape banking, what foundations need to be in place today to remain competitive over the next few years? The Afternoon Wednesday, 1st July 11:30 AM — Arrival of guests 12:00 PM — Welcome by audax 12:05 PM — The Modernisation Imperative 12:15 PM — A Modernisation Case Study in Action: Amanah Pro 12:35 PM — Open Discussion: Modernisation, AI, and the Future of Banking 12:55 PM — Your Next Steps 1:00 PM — Roundtable Discussion 2:00 PM — Closing Remarks Who Should Be in the Room This luncheon is designed for senior banking leaders focused on helping their institutions compete with fintech challengers — modernising core banking capabilities through coexistence strategies that unlock agility, improve customer experience, and preserve operational stability without high-risk replacement programmes. You'll be joined by senior leaders — Heads, Directors, VPs, and Senior Managers — working across areas like Digital Banking Delivery, Digital Retail Banking, Digital Business, IT Digital Channel, and Consumer Lending Digital Transformation, among other key decision-makers.. How to Join Seats at this luncheon are limited and allocated by invitation. To request your place, simply reply to your invitation or register your interest with The Organisers. Once confirmed, you'll receive a calendar invite along with full event details, including venue specifics and arrival instructions. The Host audax is a cloud-native digital banking platform that enables banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise at speed — deploying new banking capabilities in as fast as six months. Spanning Banking-as-a-Service, digital banking, and modernisation, its plug-and-play technology helps institutions launch scalable, compliant solutions while reducing total cost of ownership and the complexity of multiple vendors.