Manila, Philippines – The Digital Banking Asia Summit Philippines 2025 wasn’t just another industry gathering. For us at Exist Software Labs, Inc., it was a pulse check on where banking stands, and where it’s headed.
Held at Novotel Manila Araneta City, this year’s summit reminded everyone in the room: the future isn’t waiting. As an official sponsor, and with our technology partner Tableau at our side, we showed up not just to exhibit, but to engage. Over 250 executives, tech leaders, regulators, and change agents came to ask the hard questions, and we came prepared with real answers.
A Sector on the Brink of Reinvention
There was no shortage of urgency in the air. From Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ opening keynote on policy modernization, to gritty conversations on AI ethics and digital trust, it was clear: Philippine banking is at an inflection point for digital transformation.
- 81% of attendees were C-level or VP-level. These weren’t passive listeners. They were decision-makers, and they were hungry for practical solutions.
- The most packed sessions? Cybersecurity, digital onboarding, and customer-centric AI — all pillars of successful digital transformation.
This was not a room dreaming about digital someday. This was a room that knows it’s now or never.
Digital Transformation in Action: Where Exist and Tableau Fit In
For almost 25 years, we’ve built platforms and solutions for banks and financial services across Southeast Asia and the US. What we brought to the table this time — thanks to our integration with Tableau — was the ability to turn data into decisions, fast.
Our booth demonstrated real-time dashboards, built on Tableau and powered by insights from ongoing implementations in digital banking.
Visitors didn’t just watch charts move. They explored:
- Fraud detection alerts triggered by local transaction patterns;
- Loan approval heatmaps visualized by branch and customer profile;
- Digital onboarding performance metrics updated live, not quarterly.
This wasn’t a theory. These were live use cases with measurable results.
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Four Ways We’re Closing the Digital Gap
1. Killing Legacy Systems (Without Killing Operations)
Let’s be honest: some core systems in local banks are older than the smartphones customers use. We don’t believe in overnight replacements that break everything. We drive digital transformation by modernizing piece by piece, keeping operations steady while rebuilding foundations using open-source frameworks.
2. AI That Works Where You Are
Plenty of AI vendors talk big. Few build models that actually understand the way Filipinos bank.
We’ve done it by delivering real results, not just ideas:
- Fraud tools that cut false positives by 40% at a Southeast Asian bank
- Chatbots fluent in Taglish and local slang, trained on actual client data
- Fraud tools that cut false positives by 40% at a Southeast Asian bank
- Chatbots fluent in Taglish and local slang, trained on actual client data
The takeaway? AI only drives real digital transformation if it’s built with local reality in mind.
3. Banking-Ready Intelligence, Out of the Box
With ReN3, it isn’t just built with banking in mind—it’s trained for it. From customer insights to operational data, ReN3 generates intelligent summaries, recommendations, and automated workflows tailored to your institution’s goals. It helps teams move from data overload to strategic clarity, fast.
4. A Unified Digital Experience Across Products and Channels
AI-powered Banking Platform brings together various financial services—savings, loans, investments, insurance, payments—into one seamless, AI-personalized interface. No more switching between apps or platforms. With Backbase’s orchestration engine behind it, banks can deliver consistent, user-centric journeys across mobile, web, and branch touchpoints, ensuring high engagement and retention.
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Tableau: Making Banking Data Work
The real-time intelligence we delivered at the summit? Powered by Tableau. Our partnership enables digital transformation by helping banks go beyond monthly reports and act on live insights. From fraud to growth, everything becomes clearer, faster, and more actionable.
With Tableau integrated into core banking systems, executives don’t have to wait for quarterly updates. They get performance views in real time and can drill down to branch-level performance in seconds.
What’s Coming Next
We didn’t leave the event with just handshakes. We left with commitments:
1. Certified Backbase Engineers, Coming This Month
We’re deepening our capabilities with newly certified Backbase engineers ready to support digital banking transformations at scale.
2. Training 100+ Engineers in Fintech Frameworks
Our team is scaling fast—over 100 engineers are being upskilled in cutting-edge fintech stacks, including AI integration and analytics technologies.
3. Training 100+ Engineers in Fintech Frameworks AI-Embedded Onboarding and Learning Management
We’re embedding generative AI into our Exist Account Onboarding and LMS platforms to streamline training, automate guidance, and personalize learning experiences across banking teams.
4. Smarter KYC with AI-Driven Deepfake Detection
We’re stepping up fraud prevention with advanced AI that detects deepfakes and blocks man-in-the-middle attacks, making digital identity verification safer and smarter.
Digital transformation doesn’t stop at an exhibit booth. It’s in the long nights of debugging integrations. The client calls when something breaks. The joy when it finally works, and works better than before.
That’s where Exist shows up. That’s where our partnership with Tableau shines.
Let’s Build What’s Next in Digital Transformation
To everyone we met at the summit: thank you for the conversations, the curiosity, and the shared ambition. For those we didn’t get to chat with, our doors (and dashboards) are always open.
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Reach out to our team to discuss how we can collaborate on your digital transformation journey and help transform your business. Let’s build future-ready solutions together.
