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Research Note,
While many financial institutions in emerging markets are trying to strike the right balance between their physical footprints and digital presence, leading…
2016 was a challenging year for financial institutions. The prospect of worsening global trade relations became more apparent following UK’s Brexit vote,…
Matt Dooley, founder and managing director, Connected Thinking and Foo Boon Ping, managing editor, The Asian Banker summarise the key insights gained from…
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Research Note,
Economies of scale, profitability, and developing a comprehensive service proposition remain major challenges in Vietnam's growing retail banking industry.…
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Editorial,
Chuah Mei Lin, executive director of the Association of Banks in Malaysia, passes away at 55.
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Proceedings Report,
The Asian Banker China Innovation Tour 2016, held from November 21 to 25, offered insights into the operations, strategies, technologies and values that…
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Interviews,
Tang Ning, founder and CEO of CreditEase, China’s first and largest P2P lending platform, in a wide ranging and fascinating interview talks about the birth…
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Interviews,
Dusan Stojanovic, founder and director of True Global Ventures, shares his journey in entrepreneurship and building his customer base.
The “super regional bank” strategy adopted by a few banks in the retail and wealth segment has produced a mixed bag of results. Many banks have lost money…
Foo Boon Ping, managing editor of The Asian Banker, shares the key themes from the inaugural Private Banking and Wealth Management Awards programme at…
Paul Gardner, head of structured commodities finance at Westpac, believes that while banks play an important role in managing risk in the commodity supply…
The annual assessment and ranking of leading financial institutions that develop and launch offshore RMB financial assets aimed at promoting the international…
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News Update,
Following the success of the Singles' Day, Alibaba has ventured on another e-commerce event dubbed as 12.12, first introduced in 2013. The company has…
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Research Note,
Digitisation in the cross-border money transfer industry might leave fewer opportunities for incumbent banks and operators to grow. How they cultivate…
Emerging new competition, changing customer expectations, and reduced profitability are forcing banks in India to revisit their strategic business and…
The heads of transaction banking from a number of leading banks in Asia Pacific – Deutsche Bank, BDO Unibank, PT Bank Mandiri, Maybank, China Merchants…
Lawrence Wintermeyer, chief executive officer of Innovate Finance, an independent not-for-profit membership association representing UK's global fintech…
Jesse Chenard, founder and chief executive officer of MonetaGo, believes that collaboration and not competition between players will drive the success…
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News Analysis,
The combination of slowing global economic growth, record low interest rates, increasing costs of regulatory compliance, and pace of financial disruption…
The history and business model of Plug and Play in Silicon Valley, the world's largest start-up accelerator location that is creating a commercially viable…
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Interviews,
Newly appointed chief commercial officer at Earthport Mike Steinharter discussed how the company aims to expand globally and into new segments to increase…
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News Analysis,
Alibaba's Singles' Day has surpassed global records for e-commerce sales, taking a total of $17.8 billion this year. However, there are concerns whether…
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Research Note,
New proofs of concepts have emerged in blockchain as the industry tackles various impediments to its successful adoption. The technology initiatives would…
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy prime minister and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, spoke about the critical factors that will drive the…