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      Lito Villanueva

      Lito Villanueva

      Founding Chairman, Fintech Alliance PH; Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

      FinTech Alliance PH and RCBC

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      Lito Villanueva is the Philippines’ foremost thought leader in digital transformation and sustainable inclusion.

      As Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer of RCBC, he has led the bank’s digital revolution, earning over 400 awards, including seven consecutive Best Bank for Digital titles from Euromoney, the first in Asia.

      Widely known as Mr. FinTech of the Philippines, he was also honored among PeopleAsia’s Men Who Matter 2025. He also serves as Chief Digital Transformation Advisor of the Yuchengco Group of Companies, Global Ambassador of the Asia FinTech Alliance, and Founding Chairman of FinTech Alliance PH, the country’s largest digital finance industry group with over 170 corporate members collectively driving more than 95% of digital retail financial transaction volume.

      He holds two master’s degrees: one in Public Administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Santo Tomas, and another in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines. He also completed executive programs in Digital Transformation by Design at the University of Cambridge and Core Banking Leadership at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

      A respected voice in business and tech media, he writes the regular column “Bytes” for The Philippine Star.

      Speaking at SFF 2026