Innovation by financial technology companies (fintechs) has led to many banks opening their doors for collaborations. The strategic approaches, often multidimensional, vary from investments to building an ecosystem and technology partnership

Where in the world is the wealth growth? Look east. Asia Pacific is working hand-in-hand with North America to lead the growth of the world’s high net worth individual population and financial wealth

On November 28, the Wealth and Society, The China Awards 2018 was held at Waldorf Astoria, Shanghai, China. Two sets of awards were presented during the night, Product and Service Achievement and Business Achievement in Wealth and Society Awards. A total of 18 awards were given during the awards ceremony.

This year, conversations at SIBOS centred on customer experience, co-creation, security, and technology resonating deeply with the event theme. As consumers and businesses migrate to the digital channels, financial services providers are mapping their own transformational journeys to drive service innovation

David Lynne, Deutsche Bank’s new head of global transaction banking in Asia Pacific and country head of Singapore discussed his key priorities

At the Digital Finance Leadership Programme in London, Jaidev Janardana, CEO of UK-based peerto-peer lender Zopa talked about the technology and credit risk management expertise that differentiate the company and its plans to launch a digital bank

WeBank, a digital micro lender of Tencent Financial Technologies, applies blockchain to create transparency and trust with its business partners and aims to offer its platform as a service.

These are the leading countries where new payment options are creating new opportunities and disrupting the incumbents

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to transform retail banking, impacting the customer journey from acquisition on through to retention.

The bank onboarding process should be fast, as the most fundamental attribute of an exceptional account opening experience is speed

For delivering twice the growth in deposits relative to the industry, and migrating 97% of its customer base to SMART business, the online channel for corporate clients,Emirates NBD was recognised as Best Cash Management and Transaction Bank in Middle East and Africa at The Asian Banker MEA Risk and Transaction Awards Programme 2018

The most competitive digital retail financial institutions come all but from China, and the elite club of the top 10, representing all non-bank financial players, are exclusively from China, Korea and Australia

In the FX space, as in all others, multichannel connectivity is key – and API is quickly becoming a prominent channel that can no longer be side-lined

With its banking model in transition, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank focuses increasingly on capital cost, operational efficiencies and productivity, while building on its successful community bank DNA

Newly appointed chief commercial officer at Earthport Mike Steinharter discussed how the company aims to expand globally and into new segments to increase the scale of its operations