Research Note Feb 22 Income recovery for most retail financial services markets in Asia Pacific in 2017 Gross income from retail financial services for banks in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a stable compound annual growth rate of 10% bet... 3441
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “Establishing a business with FDI is what we want to grow” In the Philippines, there is a popular negotiation among buyers and sellers called “tingi’, which is the opposite of bulk sales. Think shampoos... 3065
Research Note Feb 22 Sands of Change Core to the optimism is the favorable growth in trade, especially with Asia, which according to Monetary Authority of Singapore, expanded five-fold... 3191
Research Note Feb 22 Democratisation of banking services puts focus on relationships over products West Africa’s retail banking industry is growing at a rapid pace, with growing competition in the once under-served retail banking and SME spaces... 3170
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “We’re businessmen and entrepreneurs at heart” Chief executive officer of Mashreq Bank, chairman of the UAE Banks Federation and business owner, His Excellency Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair views himsel... 1953
Research Note Feb 22 Proactive—The new buzzword in the transformation at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates Multiple government institutions are restrategising and taking proactive measures for the future. Combined with de-risking, dollar clearing, and an... 4188
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: "The GCC region is faring better than any other region in the dollar clearing business" Emmanuel Daniel (ED): There is a lot of interest from the international community in the way the UAE is responding to the global economic c... 2642
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,... 4658
Research Note Feb 22 Indonesia to introduce new regulation to foster fintech growth Strong growth recorded in investments into fintech companies in Asia fuelling future potential of the sector China has emerged as ... 4570
Interviews Feb 22 Interview: “It is important for the bank to expand beyond Beijing” Yan Bing Zhu, chairman of Bank of Beijing, traces how the bank has emerged as one of the leading SME and consumer banks in China 4008
Research Note Feb 22 VPBank pushes growth on its retail and SME segments Vietnam’s banking sector undergoes a restructuring scheme to consolidate smaller banks VPBank’s active customers increased by ... 3595
Interviews Feb 22 Interview Transcript: "We have to transform ourselves from being a traditional bank" Hong Qi said CMB's large base of SME clients provides the bank with insights into the operations of SMEs ... 2977
Interviews Feb 22 Interview Transcript: “We try to think like our customers” Huy said ACB has focused on building its retail network after it went through massive restructuring due to a huge credit crisis Un... 2746
Research Note Feb 22 Real-time retail payments and ISO 20022 – two sides of the same coin National payments service providers and regulators are driving the adoption of both real-time retail payment system (RT-RPS) and ISO 20022 p... 6667
Research Note Feb 22 De-risking and its implications on trade finance in Asia Pacific Fraud, illicit money laundering activities, and stringent compliance requirements are some factors forcing global banks to pull back from As... 3338
Research Note Feb 22 Cash management technology – race towards centralising, digitising and future-proofing Cash management banks have utilised information technology in three core areas – centralisation, digitisation and collaboration - in the f... 3441
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 Working together to leverage Asia’s trade opportunities Despite a challenging landscape, Asian trade remains resilient 4103
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
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... 19020
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
Round Up Feb 22 Highlights from the Singapore Fintech Festival – Financial inclusion to the fore The Fintech Festival’s third day had UN secretary-general’s special advocate for inclusive finance for development, Queen Maxima of the ... 3029
Research Note Feb 22 End-to-end and innovative supply chain finance dominates priority A renewed push to end-to-end supply chain financing has come from the “Industry 4.0” revolution Despite the slowdown in RMB in... 3586
Co-published Feb 22 Mainstreaming small and medium enterprises into the Philippines’ formal financial system The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported that the loans extended by Philippine banks to MSMEs increased by 9.3% in the first half of 2016 52825
