Interviews Nov 12 Mastercard combats rising fraud with AI and global collaboration At the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, Matthew Driver, executive vice president, head of services at Mastercard Asia Pacific, highlighted that as acc... 1436
Current Account Jul 25 UOB and Woori Card partner to fuel ASEAN-Korea travel boom A new collaboration between UOB and Woori Card aims to capitalise on the growing travel market between ASEAN and South Korea... 3386
Interviews Jul 07 Tanoto Foundation Medical Philanthropy bridges funding gaps in medical research The Tanoto Foundation held its inaugural Medical Philanthropy Forum to award the first recipients of its Medical Research Fund grants.The event unders... 3175
Interviews May 30 GXBank’s Lai Pei Si: “We’re a motley crew of technologists and bankers with a clear purpose to build the bank forward” GXBank is the frontrunner in inclusive, technology-driven financial services in Malaysia. Its CEO Lai Pei Si discussed the bank’s journey since its ... 4334
Speeches and Presentations Mar 08 Digital Banking Annual Meeting 2024: Shaping the future through AI Industry leaders converged in Seoul to explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies like AI and blockchain, and highlighted the imper... 1516
Speeches and Presentations Mar 08 Digital Banking Annual Meeting 2024: Shaping the future through AI Industry leaders converged in Seoul to explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies like AI and blockchain, and highlighted the imper... 10283
Interviews Feb 21 SBI’s Krishnan: “We prioritise high availability, scalability and security” Vidya Krishnan discusses YONO’s global expansion and its integrated super app strategy, catering to diverse customer needs with over 60 million regi... 2368
Excerpt Feb 20 HNB drives growth amid Sri Lanka's economic odds Hatton National Bank (HNB) defies Sri Lanka's macroeconomic constraints by delivering outstanding retail banking performance in 2023. Sanjay Wijemanne... 2562
Interviews Jan 19 TymeBank becomes South Africa’s first profitable digital bank The bank achieved profitability in less than five years, with co-founder and CEO Coen Jonker highlighting the company’s success in South Africa and ... 6286
Interviews Nov 30 Nium’s Gandhi: “We are trying to change how payments work” Nium co-founder and COO Pratik Gandhi discussed the company’s global real-time payments expansion. Since acquiring its Australian licence seven year... 1998
Mar 15 Starling’s Engine grows SaaS business with mobile-first platform Sam Everington, CEO of Engine, Starling Bank’s technology arm, discussed the advantages of the cloud-native and modular Software-as-a-Service bankin... 6929
Speeches and Presentations Apr 02 Mox’s Barbaros Uygun: “Refrain from tech innovation as a primary goal" Barbaros Uygun, CEO, MOX Bank, in his keynote speech at The Asian Banker Finance Vietnam 2022, shares the story of how Mox became a leading digital ba... 35069
Research Note Dec 31 Digital asset outlook 2022: Will the momentum continue? The total capitalisation of digital assets surged three-fold in 2021, with strong evidence that the momentum is likely to continue into the new year. ... 27688
Research Note Jul 23 Mox and ZA Bank lead Hong Kong’s virtual bank race A year after Hong Kong issued eight digital banking licences, Mox and ZA Bank have emerged as the early leaders. Together with WeLab, the three banks ... 13642
Current Account Apr 26 Central bank proposes domestic card scheme for South Africans The South African Reserve Bank, the country’s central bank, published a consultation paper that looks into the possibility of setting up a first-eve... 6822
AB500 Jan 29 Saudi Arabian and Egyptian banks demonstrate capital strength as Middle Eastern and African peers reveal weakness amid heightened stress National Commercial Bank and Banque Misr emerged as the strongest bank by balance sheet in the Middle East and Africa respectively in 2020. Banks in S... 19092
AB500 Jan 27 Hong Kong banks prove balance sheet resilience as Asia Pacific players suffer credit and profit stress Bank of China (Hong Kong) emerges as strongest bank by balance sheet in Asia Pacific in 2020. While the majority of banks in the region maintained ade... 25498
Research Note Apr 15 New players, new practices and new technologies in an evolving payments landscape Several key themes emerged amidst the many discussions by global leaders in payments, including QR code, blockchain, credit card schemes, fintech and ... 4185
Opinion Apr 01 "Apple's new credit card is just an incremental change that reinforces the dominance of banks in the digital finance space" Apple's new digital credit card, launched with Goldman Sachs, only buys the Western players a little more time in democratising payments and catching... 3862
Opinion Sep 27 Card service tax will drive down Malaysia’s credit cards-in-force in 2019-2020 ... 8452
Co-published Dec 07 CMB experiments with emerging technologies and social media channels to boost credit card business ... 4496
TABLive Nov 30 Memoirs of a Citibank technology warrior: "Banks should tolerate a bit of diversity" ... 6110
Round Up Nov 23 Highlights from the Singapore Fintech Festival – Financial inclusion to the fore ... 3168
Opinion Nov 16 Memoirs of a Citibank technology warrior - The “Systematics” project (Part 3 of 4) ... 4919
Opinion Nov 15 Memoirs of a Citibank technology warrior - The global cards project (Part 2 of 4) ... 5346
Interviews Nov 29 A challenging time for Earthport as it tries to scale Newly appointed chief commercial officer at Earthport Mike Steinharter discussed how the company aims to expand globally and into new segments to incr... 4922
Research Note Feb 03 Retail banking in the United Arab Emirates: Evolving and already competitive ... 4130
co-published video Dec 09 China Citic Bank wins the Best Customer Relationship Management Award in China for 2013 ... 3363