Shaping the Future of Finance in Asia: AI-driven FinTech, Digital Currencies And The Evolution Of Financial Infrastructure

This report, Finance in Asia: AI-driven, FinTech, Digital Currencies and The Evolution of Financial Infrastructure, evaluates the state of these technologies n Asia in 2026. Asia is defined as the Asia/Pacific region used by Z/Yen in our Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), and other indices, excluding Australasia. The report summarises current trends and developments across major Asian financial centres such as Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shenzhen, and others where innovation thrives and AI-centric financial services are becoming the norm. The outcome of these initiatives is the wholesale transformation of finance and financial services across Asian geographies. The lessons from the trends and developments observed in Asia have worldwide implications for the evolution (and even revolution) of finance in both developed and developing economies.