Research Note Feb 22 Australia focused on sustaining growth in 2015 The asset quality of Australian banks showed steady improvement in 2014, along with a reduction in banks’ domes... 2036
Research Note Feb 22 Indonesia: Bank Central Asia and Bank Mandiri—Spurring retail loans and exploring digital lending Macroeconomic situation in Indonesia Indonesia encountered its weakest year in 2014 amid an unstable world economy. Compar... 7172
Research Note Feb 22 Hong Kong banks: increasing retail operations under a tighter regulatory regime Industry picture Retail banking in Hong Kong has displayed strength in a relative... 5727
Interviews Feb 22 Interview Transcript: “Banks cannot compete with P2P unless they are digital banks" Emmanuel Daniel (ED): As purveyor of all that is happening in the fintech space around the world, you collect all of that insight in terms ... 3312
Research Note Feb 22 Crowdlending tries to make its mark in Asia Pacific New developments in financial technology, the improved availability of public personal information, better internet bandwidth, minimal regulations,... 4657
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “China is creating more capital market-enabled financial systems through technology platforms” Emmanuel Daniel, The Banking Conversation (ED): Lufax is one of the pioneering and perhaps largest and most successful peer-to-peer (P2P) l... 5678
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “Transparency is key in fintech credibility” Emmanuel Daniel, The Asian Banker (ED): I’ve been speaking to fintech originators and the entrepreneur community that has been building t... 4667
Research Note Feb 22 Blockchain: The race to commercialisation With 45 leading banks around the world backing it, blockchain or the distributed ledger, has moved firmly into the technology spotlight. Although s... 4972
Research Note Feb 22 DBS – Preparing for a digital future DBS has a 49% market share of online and mobile channel users in Singapore The bank has become more technology intensive since 2013<... 9341
Research Note Feb 22 P2P lending: Collaboration will be the key to success China’s P2P market is the largest in the world with about 1,500 P2P lending platforms operating both online and offline Many banks... 8488
Opinions Feb 22 Smarter lending takes flight Shrier believes that the convergence of several tech disruptions have resulted in a structural change with... 6328
Research Note Feb 22 Huge potential for auto lending in Southeast Asian emerging markets Gross bank auto lending in five Southeast Asian countries is expected to reach $93 billion in 2018 Favourable economic environment... 7002
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... 3698
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
Case Study Feb 22 How Funding Societies is leveraging on technology to create a sustainable P2P lending platform Funding Societies has grown rapidly and safely to become the largest small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform in S... 7509
Research Note Feb 22 Banks in Thailand are preparing for the next phase in digital competition The period 2013 to 2016 were the worst for the retail financial services industry in Thailand in regards to income and loan growth. Thailand's vita... 308
Datafiles Feb 22 Tougher regulations led to slower retail lending growth in Asia Pacific In China, retail lending growth of the banking system fell significantly in 2017 Australia, China, India, South Korea and Thailand... 488
Interviews Feb 22 AL Ahli Bank’s Lockie: “We wanted to make sure that our foundation is ready to be able to adapt what is to come from digital offerings”