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Eddie Chau, co-founder and chairman of V-Key, a start-up that is looking at making the digital space a more secure environment for financial services transactions,…
Having recently spent time with some 40 Vietnamese bankers at a fintech workshop as part of "The Future of Finance Vietnam, 2017" by The Asian Banker,…
On 13th January 2018, the new European Directive on Payment Services “(EU) 2015/2366” comes into application. With just under a year to go, financial services…
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Research Note,
DBS Group’s retail and wealth business has been accelerating income generation since 2013. However, the bank continues to face an uphill struggle with…
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Research Note,
Customised financial advice had, for many years, been available almost exclusively to private banking clients or to the mass affluent. However, robo-advisors…
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Research Note,
Credit card issuance and usage wane as digital and mobile payments increase in popularity.
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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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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…