Kah Kit is an Adviser at the BIS Innovation Hub (BISIH) in Singapore. He leads policy and governance work in next-generation FMI projects such as Project Nexus which aims to interlink fast payment systems to enable instant cross-border payments. He also provides policy support for Project Mandala which seeks to develop compliance-by-design architecture to enhance cross-border payments. He represents BISIH on the CPMI's Governance and Oversight workstream to contribute to the G20 cross-border payments program.
Kah Kit is a secondee from the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) with over 17 years’ experience ranging from legal services to policy development in the areas of payments, fintech, CBDC and digital assets. At BNM, he was instrumental in spearheading Malaysia’s migration to digital payments and foster the development of interoperable real-time payments, besides leading the Digital Currency Research Hub to advance exploratory work on CBDCs and digital assets.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has been admitted as a Barrister-at-law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom.
