The heirs to Southeast Asia’s private wealth are older than the industry tends to assume, less loyal to their parents’ banks, and more interested in crypto than their younger counterparts. Those are the headline findings of WealthSummit’s inaugural NextGen Private Banking Clients Study 2026, released in Singapore on September 24 and produced with crypto exchange Independent Reserve.

The survey, conducted in August, covered heirs, entrepreneurs and family business successors in Singapore and Southeast Asia who are taking on responsibility for family or self-made wealth. Gen X made up 61% of respondents, Gen Y 31% and Gen Z 8%. More than seven in ten said their main bank was different from their parents’, and 68% said they bank with…