interviews Jan 11 Alex Bank’s Simon Beitz: “We focus on a higher margin for risk opportunities in consumer finance” Simon Beitz, founder and CEO and Craig Fenwick, co-founder and CFO at Alex Bank share their business model, strategic plans for future growth and how ... 17802
Sibos Round Up Nov 11 Temenos’ Becker: “There needs to be a transition plan from the infrastructure support now to the next generation” David Becker, managing director Asia at Temenos, shared his perspectives on the emerging key technology trends, how banks need to focus on building th... 19991
interviews Aug 23 TagPay’s Eonnet: “Banks should not be afraid of going digital” Yves Eonnet, chief executive officer and co-founder of cloud-based core banking fintech TagPay, shares his perspectives on the evolving core banking a... 633
Sibos Round Up Jan 14 Finastra’s Brown: “Banks face challenges as real time payments shift from retail to corporate customers” David Brown, head of payments for Asia-Pacific at Finastra shares his thoughts on how the payment landscape in Asia is evolving, the challenges it pos... 2066
interviews Aug 02 MC Payment’s Koh: “Payment consolidation is inevitable and companies must scale up or become irrelevant” Anthony Koh, group CEO and co-founder of MC Payment, one of the first few digital payments companies to be listed on Singapore Exchange (SGX) Catalist... 13643
interviews May 10 Zilliqa's Conn and Kumar: "DeFi has not fulfilled its promise to help the underbanked" Amrit Kumar, president and chief scientific officer of Zilliqa, and Michael Conn, CEO of Zilliqa Capital, share their perspectives on current challeng... 25048
Jan 11 Pine Labs’ Rau: “We are expanding the buy now, pay later service in Southeast Asia” Pine Labs, the erstwhile India focused merchant and payment platform company, is now shifting its attention to Southeast Asia. Amrish Rau, CEO at Pine... 8713
Oct 24 SmartStream’s Brandli: “Banks are struggling to manage the volumes, cost and controls in contactless payments” Roland Brandli, strategic product manager at SmartStream Technologies shares key challenges faced by financial institutions in real time payments and ... 3072
interviews Oct 14 Funding Societies’ Teo: “We meet SMEs’ needs through hyperlocal products and partnerships” Kelvin Teo, group CEO and co-founder of Funding Societies, explains the differences between the company and other peer-to-peer financing platforms, it... 6234
interviews Oct 15 Bambu’s Phillips: “We are solving technology problems in an investment world” Ned Phillips, CEO and founder of Bambu, a B2B robo-advisory technology provider, discusses the growth trend in automated wealth management, how the co... 5886
Current Account Feb 23 India’s hard whip on Paytm Payments Bank signals tough stance on compliance breaches The Indian central bank’s disciplinary action and consequent threat to Paytm’s licence is a lesson for the industry that growth and innovation can... 3342
Research Note Jan 17 Banks in APAC allocate more spending on technology Banks in Asia Pacific invested an estimated $63 billion towards technology in 2022. The annual spending on technology is expected to increase by 7.5% ... 2938
Research Note Jan 03 FIs must race to scale and advance AI capabilities Banks have been investing in AI over the last few years, focusing on specific use cases. They must now scale AI across their business processes and in... 1691
Interviews Jan 03 ICICI’s Jha: “We approach customers as ‘One Bank’ with the entire bouquet of services” ICICI Bank reported significant business growth in the first half of FY 2023-24, with increases in operating income and net profit driven by strong cr... 3928
Research Note Dec 18 Banks shift to microservices and modernise core for agility Banks increasingly focus on modernising technology architecture and ‘hollow’ their core systems to address the challenges of legacy systems and me... 1407