In this interview, Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and CEO of United Overseas Bank, a leading Singapore bank with a major presence in ASEAN, shares insights into the bank’s vision for advancing financial services in the region
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Cloud-based infrastructure plays a crucial role in enabling digital cross-border instant payment systems between Singapore and India
Author Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, ignited a lively discussion with former US congressman Barney Frank and SC Ventures head Alex Manson during the Singapore launch of his book, The Great Transition: The Personalization…
Ukraine’s ambassador Zelenko: “Financial services community can contribute to stopping Russia's war”
Ukrainian ambassador Kateryna Zelenko, in an exclusive conversation with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the implications of the Russia-Ukraine war on the financial services industry.
In this Leadership Perspective Series, Samir Gupta, CEO, consumer banking at CIMB Group, discussed the strategy and opportunities that drive digital transformation. He tackled the bank’s strong performance and resiliency as shown by…
Radha Pillay, regional sales director for Asia Pacific at SmartStream, shared his views on the evolving technology requirement of financial institutions. He discussed the growing shift towards cloud, the ability to monetise data and…
David Whiteing, chief operating officer at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s digital transformation, its various digital platforms and partnerships to expand the financial ecosystem, and the technologies that are enabling sustainable…
Tan Su Shan, group head of institutional banking at DBS, discusses DBS’ digital transformation story, the evolution of its financial ecosystem to address issues confronting the industry today and its role as a technology enabler for…
In this Leadership Perspective Series, Jens Lottner – chief executive officer (CEO) of Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) – shares his vision in leading the bank to greater heights by investing in technology,…
In this Leadership Perspective series, Colin Dinn, executive vice president and segment head of Enterprise Technology and Operations at Security Bank talked about the importance of an institution’s business model and proposition in…
Samuel Tsien, OCBC Group Chief Executive Officer, talks about the company’s shares and its indications of growth.
United Overseas Bank (UOB) increased retail banking income contribution by 15% as the financial industry grapples with digital advancement. The bank leveraged its omni-channel customer engagement model which helped grow retail deposits…
Samuel John Mathew, global head of documentary trade and products at Standard Chartered Bank, explains how technologies, such as optical character recognition, natural language processing and artificial intelligence aid in digitising…
Devashis Das, deputy head of Global Transaction Banking, Asia Oceania at Mizuho Bank discusses the latest financial technologies and the opportunities they create for the banking industry.
DBS has improved its digital customer experience by making most branch banking transactions digital though it s Video Teller Machines
Vladislav Solodkiy, chief executive officer and managing partner, Life.SREDA, discusses his journey into the investment world, how the company built its market brand, and his opinion on what makes a successful financial technology…
Ajit Kanagasundram, former managing director, technology, Asia Pacific at Citibank, who built the bank’s global card processing capability from Singapore, shares his view on the changes that have happened in the technology forefront…
Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, in his welcome speech at The Future of Finance Summit 2017, challenges the role of traditional financial institutions in defining the future of finance, how in tracking this evolution…
Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, in his opening speech during the second day of The Future of Finance Summit 2017, explains the principles behind the newly-formatted summit, and the changes that are happening within the…
“Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, in a rather straightforward speech to the heads of technology of banks in Singapore outlined why the fintech phenomenon in Singapore is not in any danger of any breakthrough that is innovative…
2016 was a challenging year for financial institutions. The prospect of worsening global trade relations became more apparent following UK’s Brexit vote, and the victory of US president-elect Donald Trump. What is the outlook for Asia…
Emerging new competition, changing customer expectations, and reduced profitability are forcing banks in India to revisit their strategic business and operating models. In a changing market paradigm, what are the key strategies and…
Banks have woken up and moved the digitisation agenda into boardroom discussions!
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