Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “Nobody is too big to fail” The Asian Banker (TAB): How do you see the banking sector today compared to the pre-Lehman days in terms of size and overall stability? Bar... 2938
Opinions Feb 22 From fintech to techfin: data is the new oil When I arrived in Hong Kong slightly over a year ago to build a fintech accelerator, I knew three things. First, inspire my generation to j... 5049
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “Dodd–Frank is not designed to prevent failure in all occasions” On January 5, 2010, the United States Congress passed a landmark legislation that ended the era of government bailouts. The Dodd–Frank Wall Stree... 2712
Proceedings Report Feb 22 What we learnt from the digital disruptors in China The Asian Banker held the China Innovation Tour from November 21-25, which included site visits in selected banks, companies, innovation labs... 5584
Research Note Feb 22 Credit card payment loses ground in more markets Credit cards continue to be an important mode of payment for some countries in Asia The rise of digital payments is shaking up the c... 9404
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “Convenient security without compromise” The challenge of security solution providers is balancing access and user experience with security Chau explained that V-Key’s sol... 2504
Opinions Feb 22 Will artificial intelligence take over your banking job? Banks have been very good in automating tasks and then actually improving certain tasks through historical analysis In artificial ... 6473
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... 76
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... 5922
Post Event Report Feb 22 Chinese banks tap technology to build private wealth business Philanthropy should be integrated with private wealth management More wealth management institutions are setting foot into the eme... 2982
Research Note Feb 22 Digitalisation and internationalisation - Key elements of employment trends Banks in Asia Pacific will continue to have relatively stable front office recruitment, as banks seek for young talents to provide fresh ins... 33490
Opinions Feb 22 Australian bank directors risk criminal money laundering investigation Australia has the toughest criminal money laundering laws in the world with penalties ranging up to 25 years imprisonment To date,... 3757
Sibos Round Up Feb 22 Payments take centre stage at SIBOS 2018 We started SIBOS 2018 in Sydney with a visit to the innovation lab of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), hosted to a breakfast by its innova... 5328
Case Study Feb 22 Most improved retail bank in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa Ping An Bank is a national joint-stock commercial Bank headquartered in Shenzen, China. The bank is one of the three main pillars of Ping An Group:... 3874
Research Note Feb 22 Pursuing digital enhancements a top priority among regional banks Changing role of corporate treasury from basic cash management functions to more complex and centralised functions have driven banks to of... 5750
Sibos Round Up Feb 22 SWIFT focuses on real-time payment at Sibos 2018 More than 7,000 delegates including transaction bankers and technologists attended SIBOS 2018 at the International Convention Centre Sydney, to exp... 27166
Interviews Feb 22 Grab grows financial inclusion and its payments impact across Southeast Asia Grab is rapidly moving towards its goal of offering its e-wallet cross-border to support financial inclusion across ASEAN It is pa... 23770
Opinions Feb 22 Fincross International's Lavegardi: "We are on the age of asset tokenisation" We are on the precipice of a financial revolution, a new internet of money that will fundamentally change the way society distributes value and cap... 15925
Current Account Feb 22 SmartStream powers payments and profits with leading-edge technology Banks must innovate to simply to keep up with fintechs and competitor 215
Current Account Feb 22 TradingScreen launches QUO, a new cloud based workflow solution for wealth managers The requirements of investment managers from their order and execution management systems (OEMS) has been evolving as the asset classes get more co... 4292
Research Note Feb 22 Renewed impetus helps accelerate industry-wide trade digitalisation efforts but interoperability remains key hurdle The ongoing slowdown in global trade, exacerbated by the US-China trade tension, has reduced transaction volume, increased competition and ... 11650 Research Note Feb 22 Identifying climate risks and opportunities for investment There is ... 4859 Interview Feb 22 Tencent’s Lin: “Demand for cross-border payments and remittance increased during the pandemic” Mobile payment volumes dropped in the first quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic The demand for cross-border payments, remittance a... 7053 Sponsored content Feb 22 5G will drive the “financial new normal" New technologies enabling massive data storage and processing will revolutionise businesses and industries COVID-19 drives use of ... 7291 Feature Feb 22 Central banks accelerate digital currency plans as PBOC surges ahead There is a renewed interest by policymakers in advancing digital currencies research as a means to create reliable payment infrastructure 10567 Current Account Feb 22 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Grab and Gojek fail to come to terms on a possible merger owing to disagreements over regional lead... 5312 Speech Feb 22 BIS’ Carstens: “Digital currencies and the future of the monetary system” Why does the economy need digital currencies? Digital money is not new an... 8197 Research Note Feb 22 SCF to take bigger share of sustainability-linked loans that hit $119 B in 2020 Buyers and their financing partners are rewarding sustainability efforts of suppliers by providing financing at competitive and discounted r... 12692 Current Account Feb 22 Digital currencies gain momentum in US and China S&P Dow Jones Indices launched new cryptocurrency indices weeks after Coinbase went public on Nasdaq China's digital RMB accel... 14559 Datafiles Feb 22 Top ten companies with most bitcoin hold over 204,000 in total Companies from the US and information technology sector hold the most bitcoin MicroStrategy continues its bitcoin acquisition spre... 106880 sponsored Feb 22 Reinventing the banking customer service experience with contextual AI I recently called my financial institution to correct what I thought would be a simple issue: a duplicate fee on my credit card... 6175 Trendwatch Feb 22 Concentration of cloud providers raises financial stability risks In its July financial stability report, Bank of England (BOE) repeated its warning that the concentration in the cloud services market a... 12176 Trendwatch Feb 22 The $610 million DeFi heist that wasn’t The explosive growth in cryptocurrency and digital token investment has seen the value of this new asset class reach record highs. According to c... 22415 Trendwatch Feb 22 PermataBank’s Salimin: “Banks were pushed over the technology edge” Bullet point 1 Bullet point 2 Bullet pint 4 In this interview, Abdy D. Salimin, chief information office... 85 News Analysis Feb 22 Techcombank partners with AWS in cloud migration Techcombank has partnered with AWS to move to the cloud Financial institutions in Southeast Asia are increasingly migrating core f... 6884 Research Note Feb 22 Blockchain to support better governance as sustainability funds increase Financing gap remains an issue, especially in APAC Regulatory measures have improved sustainability reporting FIs embrac... 12242 Interviews Feb 22 GCash's Martha Sazon: “We became profitable three years ahead of target” No other company embodies Philippines’ rapid adoption of digital services and the growth of its internet economy better than Mynt, operator of th... 21342 Co-published Feb 22 Mox Bank improves core banking through modern technology stack and API-first solution engine Mox Bank’s partnership with Thought Machine leveraged a microservices-based architecture hosted on Amazon Web Serv... 9625 Co-published Feb 22 Ping An’s cloud-native technology accelerates digital transformation and Smart Bank implementation Ping An Bank (PAB) is one of the earliest domestic commercial banks to embark on a digital transformation.... 6354 Excerpts Feb 22 Thailand’s National ITMX-PromptPay could have the most real-time cross-border payment linkages in the world The Thai banking industry, under the auspices the Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA), is working on a number of key initiatives to reposition itself... 10691 Excerpts Feb 22 Minsheng Bank strengthens risk management to target SME segment China Minsheng Bank has been undergoing strategic transformations in the areas of customer segmentation, its business model and culture. The inform... 4009 Interviews Feb 22 OKX Ventures’ Ren: “Our vision is on the long-term future of Web3” OKX Ventures aims to build an ecosystem for Web3 technology development. According to partner Jeff Ren, its main goal is to drive mass adoption of ... 3170 Excerpts Feb 22 StanChart Ghana invests in digital tech to boost retail business Improved digital capabilities for better customer acquisition Understanding market dynamics an... 6724 Interviews Feb 22 ICICI’s Jha: “We approach customers as ‘One Bank’ with the entire bouquet of services” ICICI Bank, the second-largest private sector bank in India, recorded notable business growth in the first half of FY 2023–24 on strong credit e... 3296 Excerpt Feb 22 Late entrant Toss Bank leverages advanced tech to disrupt and lead Toss Bank aims to redefine the banking experience for South Korean consumers with cutting-edge technology and customer-centric product a... 6493 Trendwatch Feb 22 Bank boards fail to embrace technological imperative In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, technology is not just an enabler but a fundamental driver of success. From online banking ... 4601 Interviews Feb 22 Chris Holmes on future of inclusive finance and technology Chris Holmes has been pivotal in driving key reforms within UK financial services, with a marked emphasis on integrating technology and policy to r... 4782 Research Note Feb 22 UNPUBLISHED Rapid developments in institutional crypto in recent months The last half-year has witnessed an unprecedented acceleration in the adoption of cryptocurrency by financial institutions (FIs) be... 61 Interviews Feb 22 Cake Vietnam digital bank aims for profitability by end 2024 Quang Nguyen, CEO of Cake Vietnam, is confident that the bank will be among the top 5% of profitable digital-only banks globally by the end of 2024... 3923 Datafiles Feb 22 Only 24% of banks have over 20% technology representation on boards Many bank boards do not have enough members with technology expertise, a critical skill set given the significant impact of board-level decisions o... 91 Interviews Feb 22 BNCTL upgrades to boost financial services Banco Nacional de Comércio de Timor-Leste (BNCTL), one of Timor-Leste’s leading financial institutions, is undertaking a significan... 2361 Interviews Feb 22 J Trust Bank overhauls legacy system J Trust Bank, formerly known as Bank Mutiara, was acquired by J Trust Co., a Japanese financial services group, in 2014. This acquisit... 1983 Interviews Feb 22 Shaping the future of finance through technology and innovation ISO 20022, the new global messaging standard for financial transactions, is emerging as a cornerstone of payment modernisation in the financial ind... 281 Interviews Feb 22 Bank of Jilin to rebuild China’s rustbelt Qin Jizhang was appointed chairman of Bank of Jilin in 500
Interview Feb 22 Tencent’s Lin: “Demand for cross-border payments and remittance increased during the pandemic” Mobile payment volumes dropped in the first quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic The demand for cross-border payments, remittance a... 7053
Sponsored content Feb 22 5G will drive the “financial new normal" New technologies enabling massive data storage and processing will revolutionise businesses and industries COVID-19 drives use of ... 7291
Feature Feb 22 Central banks accelerate digital currency plans as PBOC surges ahead There is a renewed interest by policymakers in advancing digital currencies research as a means to create reliable payment infrastructure 10567
Current Account Feb 22 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Grab and Gojek fail to come to terms on a possible merger owing to disagreements over regional lead... 5312
Speech Feb 22 BIS’ Carstens: “Digital currencies and the future of the monetary system” Why does the economy need digital currencies? Digital money is not new an... 8197
Research Note Feb 22 SCF to take bigger share of sustainability-linked loans that hit $119 B in 2020 Buyers and their financing partners are rewarding sustainability efforts of suppliers by providing financing at competitive and discounted r... 12692
Current Account Feb 22 Digital currencies gain momentum in US and China S&P Dow Jones Indices launched new cryptocurrency indices weeks after Coinbase went public on Nasdaq China's digital RMB accel... 14559
Datafiles Feb 22 Top ten companies with most bitcoin hold over 204,000 in total Companies from the US and information technology sector hold the most bitcoin MicroStrategy continues its bitcoin acquisition spre... 106880
sponsored Feb 22 Reinventing the banking customer service experience with contextual AI I recently called my financial institution to correct what I thought would be a simple issue: a duplicate fee on my credit card... 6175
Trendwatch Feb 22 Concentration of cloud providers raises financial stability risks In its July financial stability report, Bank of England (BOE) repeated its warning that the concentration in the cloud services market a... 12176
Trendwatch Feb 22 The $610 million DeFi heist that wasn’t The explosive growth in cryptocurrency and digital token investment has seen the value of this new asset class reach record highs. According to c... 22415
Trendwatch Feb 22 PermataBank’s Salimin: “Banks were pushed over the technology edge” Bullet point 1 Bullet point 2 Bullet pint 4 In this interview, Abdy D. Salimin, chief information office... 85
News Analysis Feb 22 Techcombank partners with AWS in cloud migration Techcombank has partnered with AWS to move to the cloud Financial institutions in Southeast Asia are increasingly migrating core f... 6884
Research Note Feb 22 Blockchain to support better governance as sustainability funds increase Financing gap remains an issue, especially in APAC Regulatory measures have improved sustainability reporting FIs embrac... 12242
Interviews Feb 22 GCash's Martha Sazon: “We became profitable three years ahead of target” No other company embodies Philippines’ rapid adoption of digital services and the growth of its internet economy better than Mynt, operator of th... 21342
Co-published Feb 22 Mox Bank improves core banking through modern technology stack and API-first solution engine Mox Bank’s partnership with Thought Machine leveraged a microservices-based architecture hosted on Amazon Web Serv... 9625
Co-published Feb 22 Ping An’s cloud-native technology accelerates digital transformation and Smart Bank implementation Ping An Bank (PAB) is one of the earliest domestic commercial banks to embark on a digital transformation.... 6354
Excerpts Feb 22 Thailand’s National ITMX-PromptPay could have the most real-time cross-border payment linkages in the world The Thai banking industry, under the auspices the Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA), is working on a number of key initiatives to reposition itself... 10691
Excerpts Feb 22 Minsheng Bank strengthens risk management to target SME segment China Minsheng Bank has been undergoing strategic transformations in the areas of customer segmentation, its business model and culture. The inform... 4009
Interviews Feb 22 OKX Ventures’ Ren: “Our vision is on the long-term future of Web3” OKX Ventures aims to build an ecosystem for Web3 technology development. According to partner Jeff Ren, its main goal is to drive mass adoption of ... 3170
Excerpts Feb 22 StanChart Ghana invests in digital tech to boost retail business Improved digital capabilities for better customer acquisition Understanding market dynamics an... 6724
Interviews Feb 22 ICICI’s Jha: “We approach customers as ‘One Bank’ with the entire bouquet of services” ICICI Bank, the second-largest private sector bank in India, recorded notable business growth in the first half of FY 2023–24 on strong credit e... 3296
Excerpt Feb 22 Late entrant Toss Bank leverages advanced tech to disrupt and lead Toss Bank aims to redefine the banking experience for South Korean consumers with cutting-edge technology and customer-centric product a... 6493
Trendwatch Feb 22 Bank boards fail to embrace technological imperative In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, technology is not just an enabler but a fundamental driver of success. From online banking ... 4601
Interviews Feb 22 Chris Holmes on future of inclusive finance and technology Chris Holmes has been pivotal in driving key reforms within UK financial services, with a marked emphasis on integrating technology and policy to r... 4782
Research Note Feb 22 UNPUBLISHED Rapid developments in institutional crypto in recent months The last half-year has witnessed an unprecedented acceleration in the adoption of cryptocurrency by financial institutions (FIs) be... 61
Interviews Feb 22 Cake Vietnam digital bank aims for profitability by end 2024 Quang Nguyen, CEO of Cake Vietnam, is confident that the bank will be among the top 5% of profitable digital-only banks globally by the end of 2024... 3923
Datafiles Feb 22 Only 24% of banks have over 20% technology representation on boards Many bank boards do not have enough members with technology expertise, a critical skill set given the significant impact of board-level decisions o... 91
Interviews Feb 22 BNCTL upgrades to boost financial services Banco Nacional de Comércio de Timor-Leste (BNCTL), one of Timor-Leste’s leading financial institutions, is undertaking a significan... 2361
Interviews Feb 22 J Trust Bank overhauls legacy system J Trust Bank, formerly known as Bank Mutiara, was acquired by J Trust Co., a Japanese financial services group, in 2014. This acquisit... 1983
Interviews Feb 22 Shaping the future of finance through technology and innovation ISO 20022, the new global messaging standard for financial transactions, is emerging as a cornerstone of payment modernisation in the financial ind... 281
Interviews Feb 22 Bank of Jilin to rebuild China’s rustbelt Qin Jizhang was appointed chairman of Bank of Jilin in 500
Datafiles Feb 22 Only 24% of banks have over 20% technology representation on boards Many bank boards do not have enough members with technology expertise, a critical skill set given the significant impact of board-level decisions o... 892
TABLive Feb 22 (Sponsored Content) TMB Thailand's customer satisfaction score up 20% with video conferencing This is a sponsored video ... 21383
TAB RadioFinance Feb 22 Mambu's Danilkis: "Everyone is now concerned about moving their customers and sales data to the cloud" Eugene Danilkis believes there is now a growing trend of banks using cloud technologies <... 4012
co-published video Feb 22 Affin Bank Group and Moody's Analytics win the Liquidity Risk Technology Implementation of the Year in Asia Pacific 2017
