Interviews Feb 22 Strengthening Bahrain’s financial system through fintech A regulatory sandbox will allow Bahrain's central bank to facilitate the disruption of its local financial services market while maintaining... 8324
Research Note Feb 22 Mobile banking seen to overtake internet banking Digital banking has progressed at different paces in different markets in Asia Pacific, becoming more widespread in developed economies... 14570
Research Note Feb 22 Fintech gives Hong Kong banks a head start in race to innovate retail banking A vibrant fintech ecosystem is building in Hong Kong as retail banks innovate in a sector that has seen lacklustre performance in... 6376
Research Note Feb 22 today is nver Digital banking has progressed at different paces in different markets in Asia Pacific, becoming more widespread in developed economies... 6023
Case Study Feb 22 Enhancing operational efficiency and transforming mortgage experience through a cloud platform Traditional mortgage lending process was complicated by paper-based systems, excessive manual operations, and lack of consistent communicati... 2991
Research Note Feb 22 How digitisation powers DBS to profitability DBS Group achieved record net profit of S$2.35 billion for the first half of 2017 The stellar profit came despite the non-performi... 4532
Research Note Feb 22 Vietnamese banks are playing a risky game Differentiation, profitability, and customer-oriented digital adoption remain major challenges in Vietnam’s growing retail banking industr... 8109
Interviews Feb 22 CCB’s Yu: “Defining the new role of the branch for the young” Amidst a rapid digitisation pace, Yu believes the number of physical bank branches will remain stable Yu believes that physical ch... 2607
News Analysis Feb 22 ICOs – From “bubble” to the future of fundraising? ICOs have increasingly gained popularity with the potential to capture crowdfunding opportunities, while allowing investors to diversify int... 10557
News Analysis Feb 22 Initial coin offerings – From “bubble” to the future of fundraising? Part 2 ICOs have increasingly gained popularity with the potential to capture crowd funding potential, while allowing investors to diversify into c... 38
Opinions Feb 22 The benefits and risks of shopping for robos It is important to understand the underlying assets that a robo is buying because it influences the fees being paid Transparency i... 2612
Opinions Feb 22 Australian banks show indifference towards AML/CTF rules AUSTRAC recently commenced action in the Federal Court of Australia against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for alleged breaches of the c... 9712
Research Note Feb 22 The Future of Finance Summit - Leadership in the digital economy track round-up Financial Institutions (FI) need to rethink strategy, adopt leaner and new collaborative models with technology as the key enabler. Mobile w... 2586
Research Note Feb 22 The future of wealth - how modern technology affected investing and entrepreneurship Wealth should not anymore be defined as mere accumulation of money and material assets but of finding and making profitable business opportu... 2591
Research Note Feb 22 TAB FOF Frictionless Roundup - edit kd ( Without Standfirst and bullets) From payments to supply chain, transaction banks are facing increasingly fierce competition from both tradition... 2580
Research Note Feb 22 TAB - Markets are now disrupted - edit kd ( Without Standfirst and bullets) Global developments, costly regulations and fintechs are disrupting today’s markets The near-term outlook for the global... 2581
Interviews Feb 22 Barclays’ Rolfe: “I can create a ubiquitous ‘bankless’ banking experience – and that’s where the true value of IoT and connected devices lies” The way the industry is starting to see real value in IoT is centred on big data, artificial intelligence and the intelligence behind it 9870
News Analysis Feb 22 Bitcoin exceeds expectations but risk spikes The significant interest in the potential of bitcoins remains one of the key reasons behind this growing interest Bitcoin prices r... 2671
Research Note Feb 22 Chatbots must become "smarter" for banks The popularity of chatbots is slowly rising due to their improved capabilities The benefits of chatbots are driving usage well bey... 4710
Co-published Feb 22 CIMB tests acceptance of chatbots in Malaysia CIMB makes online banking services accessible through a chat interface, providing a two-way messaging system In less than a year, ... 7287
Interviews Feb 22 CBA’s Rajasingham: “IoT and AI will create self-sustaining market places with autonomous robotic agents as our clients” Meshing of emerging technologies creates powerful value propositions Internet of Things affect how future market places are run,... 4314
Research Note Feb 22 QR code payment system, a game changer? Quick response codes began to be used much more for payments when WeChat and Alipay in China started offering proprietary versions in late 2... 33485
Proceedings Report Feb 22 Making sense of the future of finance The Asian Banker was rebranded and relaunched as The Future of Finance Summit, which aims to become the forum where the conversations to sha... 75
Proceedings Report Feb 22 Peer-to-peer in Southeast Asia: Must disruptors turn to collaborators? The peer-to-peer sector, has risen from the need to democratise finance, in which emerging platforms are taking out banks as middle-men... 3697
Proceedings Report Feb 22 Banks must stop living in the past Fast-pace change in the banking industry demanded institutions to rethink strategy, adopt leaner, agile and collaborative models F... 5920
Proceedings Report Feb 22 Rethink the customer to build the bank of the future The panel of this year’s leadership dialogue talked about the evolution of marketplace platforms in the two large markets of US and China<... 2981
Proceedings Report Feb 22 Technological innovation is a double-edged sword in cybersecurity New technologies are increasing the speed of service development as well as cyber-attacks Consumers’ data and identity are becom... 7509
Research Note Feb 22 Bots deliver better customer experience http://www.theasianbanker.com/updates-and-articles/chatbots-must-become-smarter-for-banks... 3578
Research Note Feb 22 Are Thai banks prepared for the next phase in digital competition? There has been a rise in digital platforms for asset and deposit products, with banks ready to launch full-blown e-KYC process Pri... 19019
Interviews Feb 22 Paytm Payments Bank's Satti: "Create new use cases and innovate to grow" Satti believes demonetisation created a momentum for long term change and transforming Indian mindset towards digital payments The... 3476
Research Note Feb 22 Asia Pacific banks remain unfazed by asset quality pressure Slower economic growth and worse employment situations have led to higher retail non-performing loan (NPL) ratios in Asia Pacific ... 12752
Interviews Feb 22 BankBazaar’s Kalra: “Marketplaces are moving deeper into the value chain” Kalra believes less complex mass market financial products will get increasingly commoditised Banks need to focus and adapt on the... 6785
Research Note Feb 22 Incentives collide for China’s Belt and Road Belt and Road Initiative’s geopolitical nature could lead China and its host countries to take on too much debt Fitch’s Kalai ... 3957
AB500 Feb 22 An unrelenting lack of normality Chinese banks continued to dominate the list of AB 500 largest banks and also the list of the top 20 largest banks Basel capital a... 5381
AB500 Feb 22 Stronger balance sheets, weaker profits Bank of China (Hong Kong) topped the annual ranking of AB500 Strongest Banks, with the strength score increasing from 4.14 in the previous y... 3592
AB500 Feb 22 Capital and liquidity improved in the Middle East 2016 has been a challenging year for Middle Eastern banks, due to low oil prices, economic uncertainty and political instability in the regi... 8768
Opinions Feb 22 What banks must do to prevent money laundering Law enforcement agencies have designed strategies based on the three-staged money laundering cycle, which is rarely used by financial instit... 27956
Interviews Feb 22 JD Finance’s Chen: “I serve financial institutions, not do financial services” Shengqiang Chen shares how JD Finance’s strategy evolved as a fintech player in China Chen believes that by offering various fin... 4868
Interviews Feb 22 Tencent’s Lai: “We build new applications to cure the ‘pain points’ of users” Tencent monetised its platform by offering various financial products tied to its social messaging app 4002
AB500 Feb 22 A look at Asia Pacific's 500 strongest banks in 2017 What is The Asian Banker 500? The Asian Banker 500 (AB500) is an annual study of the financial and business performance of ... 9461
