Songtsen “Sonny” Gyalzur, founder of the Shangri-La Highland Craft Brewery, spoke with Emmanuel Daniel about his journey from a privileged young man to…
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LINE BK, the first social banking platform in Thailand, has exceeded two million users within four months from its launch in October 2020. LINE BK registered…
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ASEAN member countries have taken steps to advance cross-border interoperability of standardised quick response (QR) code for payments and introduce…
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Kelvin Teo, group CEO of Funding Societies, shares key challenges faced during the pandemic and the initiatives needed to address growing credit risks
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The use of digital wallets has accelerated amid the pandemic and exceeded cash-based transactions for in-store payments for the first time, according to…
‘Blank cheque’ companies are attracting billions of dollars from retail investors and hedge funds in search of capital gains and access to private market…
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Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri) is set to join Security Bank to infuse $62 million in fresh capital for the expansion of its consumer finance subsidiary,…
In this up close and personal conversation with TAB chairman Emmanuel Daniel, Samuel Tsien, Group CEO of OCBC Bank, reflected on his journey as a banker,…
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Market development, operational challenges, and payment preferences are going to shape consumer engagement with the new instant payment platform
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HSBC Holdings is looking to focus capital from its underperforming businesses in Europe and the United States and invest $6 billion in Asia over a period…
Daniel Hanna, global head of sustainable finance at Standard Chartered, shared his view on the future of sustainable finance and its prospects and broader…
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Mastercard and Island Pay launched a prepaid card which allows users to transact using the Central Bank of The Bahamas issued digital currency - Sand dollar,…
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India’s financial payments and banking industry is expected to invest more on new technologies and improve existing infrastructures and capabilities. According…
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WFE has just published its latest market highlights report that studied the impact of the events of 2020 on markets across capitalisation, listed companies,…
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DBS full-year 2020 net profit fell 26% to SGD 4.72 billion ($3.5 billion) despite record operating profit of SGD 8.43 billion ($6.3 billion) as total allowances…
SGX's Rehan Ahmed and Temasek's Pradyumna Agrawal discuss the joint venture between the two organisations to build a full fledged infrastructure for digital…
APIs, faster payment schemes and industry-wide collaborations of financial institutions and technology players are helping to transform and lower the cost…
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Global payment platform Payoneer and FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp announced they have agreed on a merger that is expected to close in the first half of…
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Industry experts highlight the rapidly evolving technology requirements such as frictionless payments, stronger data intelligence and cyber resilience…
Open banking has huge potential to advance client services in the Asia Pacific region. While many of the region’s financial institutions have already begun…
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Industry practitioners discuss how process of bringing offshore global supply chains back to the country of origin accelerates demand for existing and…
Saudi Arabian Islamic banks continue to display strong financial performance. The growth of Islamic bank assets accelerated despite slowdown in profits
National Commercial Bank and Banque Misr emerged as the strongest bank by balance sheet in the Middle East and Africa respectively in 2020. Banks in Saudi…