How Hong Leong Bank and Huawei Built the Unified Data Core for Real‑Time Intelligence

Hong Leong Bank’s recognition as Malaysia’s Best Managed Bank by a leading Asia-based financial media and research organisation this year did not come from a single breakthrough. It was the result of years of disciplined architectural decisions — choosing the right technology partners, consolidating fragmented systems, and building a data foundation capable of supporting real‑time intelligence. For the bank’s CITO (Chief Information and Technology Officer, William Streitberg the achievement reflects a long arc of work that began well before AI entered the mainstream.