Lito Villanueva

The Philippines’ award-winning thought leader on digital transformation and inclusive digital finance. He was recently named Digital Leader of the Year by PhilSec Awards, hailed among the 2023 Seamless Asia’s Top 50 Banking and Payments Leaders, Top 100 Fintech Leaders in Asia, Top 100 Filipinos on LinkedIn, Mr. Fintech of the Philippines by BizNews Asia, and Chief Innovation Officer of the Year by The Banker, among his over 70 global and regional accolades. He led RCBC’s digital transformation with game-changing digital innovations such as the award-winning app DiskarTech, the Philippines’ first multi-lingual financial inclusion super app in Taglish and Cebuano. He also launched ATM Go, the Philippines’ first community-based handheld ATM device which covers 100% of provinces nationwide.