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Full participation integral to financial integration in ASEAN
Proceedings report from the International Banking Conference 2013, held in conjunction with The Asian Banker Summit 2013 on ASEAN financial integration and the transaction banking industry today.
Evolution of the intelligent flow monster in trading
Steve Grob, director of group strategy at Fidessa, explains how playing the scale game successfully within the trading environment will increasingly depend on a changing and more intelligent relationship with technology.
International bank regulation: Right or wrong track?
William “Bill” Isaac, former chairman, FDIC, in his keynote at the 14th Asian Banker Summit, spoke on smarter regulation, greater market discipline, reducing moral hazard, and ending too big to fail.
Affordability the key paradigm in long-term debt sustenance in consumer lending in Saudi Arabia
Date: Apr 24, 2013
Author: Research
Categories: Mortgage, Retail Banking, Saudi Arabia
Keywords: Eisa Al Eisa, Samba Financial Group, Citibank
Having grown its market share in the mortgage business over the last four years, Samba Financial Group plans to transform itself into a diversified retail banking player.
Overcoming the effects of global economic and regulatory changes
As banks seek to further their growth strategies, they must be able to cope with complexities of regulatory compliance, technology and operations as well as risk management requirements.
China Minsheng Bank creates scale and diversifies risks to drive profitability
Dong Wenbiao, chairman of China Minsheng Bank, discusses the reorganisation of the bank’s main business lines and redefines the rules of the game for MSE businesses.
Virtual currencies pose attractive alternative to physical money
Bitcoin experienced a spectacular surge in value following Cyprus’ botched bailout attempt. Is the virtual currency a mere bubble waiting to explode, or the future of cash?
Open Bank Resolution – an option for banks that are ‘too big to fail’
This concept, which allows failed SIFIs to remain open for business, ensures liquidity and minimises disruption costs within the banking sector.
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?




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