15–16 November 2026 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Disruptive by Design

Future Ready Financial Services Innovation Framework for Asia and 88 Francophone Countries

About the Summit

Fifty years after money was abolished, Cambodia runs one of Asia's most advanced QR payment ecosystems. Bakong, its national blockchain-based payment rail, now processes more than three times the country's GDP.

Black Swan Summit Cambodia is for emerging markets ready to redesign their financial systems. Hosted by the National Bank of Cambodia and GFTN, it brings the central banks, FinTechs and payment operators that built Bakong into the room to show how it was done.

Held alongside the Sommet de la Francophonie, the Summit opens a new corridor between Southeast Asia and the Francophone world. The objective is concrete: leave Phnom Penh with a blueprint any emerging market can use to build its own.

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Five Impact Pillars

Discover 2026 themes

Bakong | Sovereign Rails

The first great temple-mountain of the Angkor era, consecrated in 881, and the name NBC chose for its national payment system. It stands for a foundation others can build on.
Baray | Monetary Sovereignty

The great reservoirs of Angkor, which held the monsoon waters that sustained the kingdom. It stands for what a nation keeps in its own hands.
Chaktomuk | Rails Across Borders

Khmer for "four faces", the confluence in Phnom Penh where the Mekong, the Tonlé Sap and the Bassac meet. It stands for the place where flows join.
Phsar | Finance Within Everyone's Reach

Khmer for "market", the place where everyone meets and trades. It stands for bringing finance to where people already are.
Chamkar | The Proving Ground

In Khmer, chamkar is a cultivated field. Here, it is Cambodia itself: a live environment where innovation is built, tested and scaled.

The Summit in Two Days

Explore full agenda

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Day One | Foundations

Building cost-effective, future-ready digital public infrastructure and the regulatory environment that lets innovation serve everyone.
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Day Two | Corridors

Connecting economic corridors, with a spotlight on Southeast Asia and the Francophone world.

Saturday 14November 1 session

Sunday 15November 9 sessions

Monday 16November 4 sessions

Live 18:00–20:00 VIP Networking Reception (*By invitation only)

Live 08:00–09:00 National Public Platforms and Conducive Regulatory Environments

Live 09:00–10:00 Opening Plenary Cambodia's financial reversal

Live 09:00–17:00 Exhibition & Innovation Showcase Cambodia's FinTech innovators and regional exhibitors, on display throughout 15-16 November

Live 10:00–11:00 Bakong | Sovereign Rails How Bakong was built - and what transfers

Live 12:00–13:00 Baray | Monetary Sovereignty What countries should own and what they can share

Live 13:00–14:00 Phsar | Finance Within Everyone's Reach National adoption and financial security for vulnerable households

Live 14:00–15:00 Networking Lunch

Live 15:00–16:00 Insights2040 Roundtable Sovereign infrastructure, inclusion, and resilience for the next decade

Live 16:00–17:00 Networking Reception

Live 08:00–09:00 Connecting Ecosystems in Economic Corridors

Live 09:00–11:00 Chaktomuk | Rails Across Borders Financing the first cross-regional link

Live 11:00–13:00 Chamkar | The Proving Ground What FinTech builds next

Live 15:00–16:00 Insights2040 Roundtable The smallest credible Francophone-ASEAN link to implement first

Saturday 14 November

Evening
18:0020:00
Live 18:00–20:00 VIP Networking Reception (*By invitation only)

Sunday 15 November

08:0009:00
Live 08:00–09:00 National Public Platforms and Conducive Regulatory Environments
09:0010:00
Live 09:00–10:00 Opening Plenary Cambodia's financial reversal
09:0017:00
Live 09:00–17:00 Exhibition & Innovation Showcase Cambodia's FinTech innovators and regional exhibitors, on display throughout 15-16 November
10:0011:00
Live 10:00–11:00 Bakong | Sovereign Rails How Bakong was built - and what transfers
12:0013:00
Live 12:00–13:00 Baray | Monetary Sovereignty What countries should own and what they can share
13:0014:00
Live 13:00–14:00 Phsar | Finance Within Everyone's Reach National adoption and financial security for vulnerable households
14:0015:00
Live 14:00–15:00 Networking Lunch
15:0016:00
Live 15:00–16:00 Insights2040 Roundtable Sovereign infrastructure, inclusion, and resilience for the next decade
16:0017:00
Live 16:00–17:00 Networking Reception

Monday 16 November

08:0009:00
Live 08:00–09:00 Connecting Ecosystems in Economic Corridors
09:0011:00
Live 09:00–11:00 Chaktomuk | Rails Across Borders Financing the first cross-regional link
11:0013:00
Live 11:00–13:00 Chamkar | The Proving Ground What FinTech builds next
15:0016:00
Live 15:00–16:00 Insights2040 Roundtable The smallest credible Francophone-ASEAN link to implement first