Although corporate banks have delivered steady returns since the 2008 crisis, banks face a daunting challenge to become infrastructure strong to accelerate growth and become agile and digital focused

Liquid Group founder and CEO, Jeremy Tan, describes the current payments landscape for non-bank financial institutions and believes personalisation to be the defining feature of the next generation payment networks.

Long before the advent of impact investing, Urmatt, the largest producer of organic Jasmine rice in the world, exemplifies how a business can combine profit and purpose and stay ahead of the competition.

Xie Yonglin, Chairman of Ping An Bank wins the CEO Leadership Achievement Award for China and Asia Pacific in 2019 and Ping An Bank is the Best Managed Bank in China and Asia Pacific

Over 50% of companies surveyed had increased use of Renminbi (RMB) for cross-border trade settlement in 2018 and expect to do more in 2019 says China Construction Bank in latest RMB Internationalisation Report

Within Asia, China has been the undisputed leader in terms of total fintech investments raised. In other parts of the region, fintechs in South East Asia witnessed a 143% growth in funding that reached $484 million in 2018

Pressure on margins from increased competition and compliance requirements is forcing the industry to recalibrate its trade finance offerings. While institutions know that trade digitalisation is important for the future of the business, success relies heavily on deeper coordination and collaboration between the myriad participants in the trade finance ecosystem and technology enablers

Rosaline Chow Koo, founder and CEO of CXA Group, discussed the next phase of growth for the online flexible benefits and healthcare platform as it seeks to dramatically increase its active user base by targeting enterprise customers of its strategic partners. Koo will be speaking at the Future of Finance Summit 2019.

The Future of Finance Summit gathered over 600 executives from the industry for intense discussions on the key developments in the financial services. This year’s convention took place in Bangkok, Thailand, one of the emerging innovative economies of ASEAN.

Aussie banks to tidy up various messes coming from renewed pressure from regulators

Increasing smart phone and internet adoption opened doors towards financial inclusion. While cash is still king in the Philippines, players from the telco industry, fintech start-ups, ride-hailing services and cryptocurrency platforms are working to increase their market share and promote digitization

The Wealth and Society West Africa 2019 Roundtable Dialogue consisting of leading impact investment institutions discussed a range of solutions to the bottlenecks of impact investing in West Africa

Banks launch end-to-end digital onboarding for comprehensive account opening

The merger of Access Bank and Diamond Bank will create the largest bank in Africa, at least in terms of customer base

Greg Kidd, co-founder and CEO of globalID, postulates a few possible paths for the future exchange society. Who will get us there, and why? Will it be banks? Phone companies? Governments? Fintechs? Will the world be more Big Brother, Mad Max, or creepy Facebook? Or is there another path that is less dystopian and more human? Will we be able to shape the future, or will it roll over us like a huge unstoppable snowball? Greg Kidd will be a speaker at the Future of Finance Summit 2019