Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy shares an encouraging account on the recent financial services improvements in his country. He identified fintechs along with electronic payments and fund transfer systems as the pillars of modern banking development and revealed noteworthy Central Bank initiatives covering new technology, payment products, consumer protection and system stability.
The full banking license for 86 400 represents a significant milestone for the neo-bank on the path to broader public launch. The bank, whose name is based on the number of seconds in a day, has been in beta testing for about six months with a selected group of users updating the app more than 30 times.
Jakarta, 22 August 2019 Wealth and Society hosted a roundtable dialogue on “Property Development in Indonesia: Building a Sustainable City” which heard the perspectives of eight speakers from with different backgrounds including impact investors, architects and sustainable experts and investors, at the JW Marriott Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia.
TBLI Group is aiming to maximise investment flows into sustainable initiatives. In an interview with Wealth and Society, its chairman, Robert Rubinstein, shared his motivations for starting the Triple Bottom Line Investing project and his goal to make value-based investing mainstream.
The food industry is an enormous driver of climate change, and our current global food system is pushing our natural world to the breaking point.
Better returns in the alternative finance sector and an increase in transparency attracts more non-institutional investments particularly in online platform lending
HDFC Bank executive vice president and chief information security officer Sameer Ratolikar shared cybersecurity challenges and strategic and technological initiatives being undertaken by the bank
With OVO approaching its two-year mark in September, The Asian Banker caught up with its CEO, Jason Thompson, to discuss his views on doing business in Indonesia, plans on growing the company, the role of partnerships and the useful lessons learned from China.
The financial services industry needs a platform that is transactional. It should focus on the exchange of value, paying particular attention to reducing transaction costs, driving utilisation and leveraging optimal partnerships and governance
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