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How StanChart balances AI-powered innovation with security
This article is part of the CW Asia-Pacific issue of February 2026
Alvaro Garrido, the bank’s technology and security chief, tells Aaron Tan how multi-layered defences and its approach to data protection allow it to embrace artificial intelligence without compromising on security
Features in this issue
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Top IT predictions in APAC in 2026
Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to prioritise sovereign architectures, double down on securing agentic systems and rewrite their infrastructure playbooks, among other tech trends
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Ryt Bank taps agentic AI for conversational banking
Malaysia’s Ryt Bank is using its own LLM and agentic AI framework to allow customers to perform banking transactions in natural language, replacing traditional menus and buttons
