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Asian banks embracing gamification in social media and Internet banking
Financial institutions have been toying with gamification techniques for the last ten years. Is Asia ready to take the leap?
Africa’s rapid growth offers banks opportunities in both transaction and retail banking
Emergence of “megacities” across Africa and rapid growth within the continent expected to bring about myriad of opportunities for banks in trade finance and mobile banking.
Knight Capital fiasco underlines need for greater safeguards
As the SEC examines Knight Capital Group’s devastating trading glitch, firms would do well to implement proper risk management measures to reduce the chance of technology errors.
With 8.1% YoY continual asset growth in Q2 2012, are Asian banks in danger of becoming “too big to fail”?
Despite Asian banks' aggressive expansion in regions of high growth, conflicts of interest between commercial and investment banking arms could spell disaster in the long run.
Mobile analytics adoption on the rise but remain hampered in developing countries
Banks, financial technology vendors and telcos are realising the potential of the mobile channel, as developments in the mobile banking scene intensify.
Is the Libor scandal a result of regulatory oversight?
According to the financial disclosure requirements framework, the market is responsible for the monitoring and controlling of regulators to prevent regulatory oversight such as the recent Libor scandal.
Implementation of Basel III to result in heightened costs for corporates relying on bank funding
Bob Lyddon, managing director of the IBOS Association, observes that the Basel III capital adequacy rules will ultimately raise banks’ business costs, and advises corporates to reassess their bank funding approaches.
Barclays and LIBOR – is operational risk management relevant?
David Millar, risk consultant, trainer and former COO at global risk management association, PRMIA, discusses the Barclays-LIBOR rigging case, the bank’s survival chances, and whether ORM could have impacted the case.
Barclays quits India retail to focus on wealth management and investment banking
British lender exits India consumer lending and scales back retail globally with an aim to streamline operations and focus on strengths.




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