Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno presents an overall positive account pertaining to the country’s economic and financial growth. He pinpoints the extensive use of fintech as a way to accelerate financial inclusion in the Philippines and recognises the importance of driving investments that promote sustainable growth.

On 1 January 2020, the new Swiss Financial Services Act will have a profound effect on the business activities of Asian financial service providers with clients in Switzerland. The public distribution of financial instruments will also be subject to more extensive prospectus requirements.

The age of e-commerce, big tech, social media and fintech has dawned on Asia and Thailand is at the epicentre of this wave of industry disruption

Ji Sung Kyu, CEO of KEB Hana Bank, is committed to go global and digital. He shared the bank’s main strategies and discussed the global loyalty network service, one of the bank’s current strengths. He also talked about partnership with fintech companies and other banks as well as intention to cost-cut domestically and enlarge customer base globally.

Banks are moving away from the gloomy outlook that previously reigned in the financial world. In The Asian Banker Future of Finance “Risk and Regulation” conference, regulatory transformation, rise of blockchain technology and open banking collaborations were pointed out as the key factors in enhancing the banking industry

As the trade conflict between the US and China continues to rumble on, there appear to be more losers than winners. Worse, we could all be losers, according to the key panellists of Future of Finance Summit Day 1 closing session: Fallout of US-China Trade War

We look at some of the critical issues and developments confronting financial institutions (FIs) that will be discussed at SWIFT’s annual conference in London, United Kingdom, this year

Managing regulatory expectations and centralisation and integration of processes using bank-agnostic solutions were hotly discussed topics in this year’s Asian Banker Future of Finance session on ‘Global Transactions Finance Re-invented’

Between 2019 to 2022, banks will launch full digital banking blueprints, making more structural changes at the back office to tap fully into a rapidly growing consumer banking market

Vietnam is likely to emerge as a significant consumer-driven market, placing it in the Asian consuming class of Indonesia and the Philippines with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita between $2,800-$3,500 by 2020, in which mass automobile ownership takes off.

Panel debating the likely causes of “The Next Global Financial Crisis” at the closing leadership dialogue of the Future of Finance Summit agreed that it may be precipitated by a clash between the traditional financial industry and an emerging technology ecosystem

‘The Leadership in Digital Age’ conference covered a host of topics on the latest technological trends and strategic transformation that decision makers need to consider as they build a future roadmap for their institutions

We look for leaders who are able to pick the trends that will have significant impact on how banks and the financial services industry operate and to harness the resources and creativity of management to turn such challenges into opportunities to differentiate themselves in the marketplace

Consumers today demand instant services and results, prompting banks to find solutions that will address those needs. With the help of the global payments innovation (gpi), banks can now provide consumers with faster payments

Today, a large majority of international payments are processed straight through, requiring no manual intervention. However, the small proportion of payments that require manual processing often do so due to incomplete or inaccurate data relating to the end beneficiary.