Finally, after many false starts and empty declarations, China seems to be powering ahead with its financial liberalisation and lowering the barriers of…
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With data becoming the new oil in the digital economy, what level of individual data protection is adequate without unnecessarily stymying business and…
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The Web is facing a number of fundamental issues that undermine its potential as a neutral platform for information, learning and understanding, its inventor…
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and opening keynote speaker at The Future of Finance Summit 2018 from 23rd to 25th May in China, believes…
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Digital disruption is rapidly changing the competitive and operating landscape and driving institutions and regulators to adopt opening banking strategies…
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Edwin Bautista, chief executive officer, Union Bank of the Philippines, describes the bank’s digital transformation journey, the results of its technology…
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Kartik Athreya, executive vice present and director of research of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the third largest in the US, discusses banking deregulation,…
Amol Bahuguna, head of payments and cash management, institutional and transaction banking, Commercial Bank of Dubai, shares the three key growth enablers…
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Madhivanan Balakrishnan, chief technology and digital officer, ICICI Bank, explains the impact of going digital on branch banking, how robotic process…
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Deutsche Bank tries to regain its lost ground after internal issues and consecutive losses plagued the bank.
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The Facebook - Cambridge Analytica data scandal revealed key issues in data privacy, management and regulation that players in the financial services industry…
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China recently merged its banking and insurance regulators under the leadership of Guo Shuqing to enhance cross-sector regulation
Ralph Echemendia, a world-renowned cybersecurity specialist, who is known as “The Ethical Hacker”, and chief executive officer of security firm Seguru,…
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Singapore’s start-up economy and innovative financial system have cultivated the peer-to-peer lending industry in the country. With more players coming…
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A joint venture with the private investment office of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Obaid Al Maktoum was established to market and sell physical diamonds, precious…
Kristo Kaarmann, co-founder and chief executive officer of TransferWise, a UK-based peer-to-peer money transfer service company, shares his entrepreneurial…
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Chng Sok Hui, chief financial officer of DBS, shares about the bank's journey in mapping its digital transformation value and how it permeates within the…
Daniel Hoyoung Yun, chief executive officer of South Korea’s Kakao Bank, shares a background on the development of the internet-only bank, its recent achievements,…
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Lin Zhihong, chairman of Vered Holdings, a Chinese financial technology company, talks about the current landscape of China's trade finance and the new…
New technologies, closer attention to user experience and increasing awareness for industry collaboration will push other countries to adopt cashless payments.
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Jocelyne Chahwan, head of retail banking, BLOM Bank was recognised, for leading the bank’s digitalisation journey and successfully overseeing several developments…
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Vincent Hui, head of personal banking division, Bank of East Asia (Asia Pacific), led the bank’s digital transformation journey, making it as of one of…
Jessica Chew, deputy governor, Bank Negara Malaysia in her keynote at the International Heads of Retail Finance Annual Meeting spoke of mindset change…
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Despite concerns over the unbridled speculation that has inflated the value of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, many governments have embarked…