The Asian - Pacific Association of Banking Institutes (APABI) was established in 1986 by 11 banking institutes (founding members). This is a semi-formal association. Currently 17 banking institutes in Asia and Asia Pacific Region are members of the association. APABI plays an important role in bringing together specialist training institutes that share a common goal to equip banks and financial institutions with the capacity to deal with the transformational developments that are shaping the financial sector by supporting the continued renewal of its most valuable asset, human capital. APABI Executive Committee meets once in two years. APABI has no membership fee or corpus. As such the members take responsibility for organizing meetings and conferences under APABI on a rotation basis.
NBI is the host country for APABI on 2016 and theme was “Best Practices in Banking & Financial Industry’s Talent Development in Asia- Pacific”. The idea is to learn best practices from each other so we could reflect and embrace what suits us best. In addition, this would allow local delegates to learn first- hand various developments from different banking institutes regionally.
Previous host Institutes/countries of APABI Biennial Meeting/ Conference before 2016 are:
- 1986 Singapore
- 1988 Hong Kong
- 1990 New Zealand
- 1992 Malaysia
- 1994 Indonesia
- 1996 Australia
- 1998 Thailand
- 2000 Philippines
- 2002 India
- 2004 Taiwan
- 2006 Korea
- 2008 Mongolia
- 2010 Papua New Guinea
- 2012 Malaysia
- 2013 Malaysia
- 2014 India
- 2016 Nepal
Currently, the APABI has the following 18 Banking Institutes as its members.
- The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Hong Kong
- Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB), Malaysia
- Indonesian Banking Development Institute (LPPI), Indonesia
- Korea Banking Institute, Korea
- Banking and Finance Academy, Mongolia
- National Banking Institute, Nepal
- The Institute of Bankers Pakistan, Pakistan
- PNG Institute of Banking and Business Management Inc., Papua New Guinea
- Bankers Institute of The Philippines, Philippines
- The Institute of Banking & Finance, Singapore
- Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka
- Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance, Taiwan
- The Thai Institute of Banking and Finance Association, Thailand
- Institute of Manpower, Banking and Finance, Vietnam
- Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, India
- Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, Bangladesh
- Financial Institutions Training Institute (FITI), Bhutan
- Afghanistan Institute of Banking & Finance, Afghanistan