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 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
Research Note Feb 22 Retail banking in the United Arab Emirates: Evolving and already competitive The banking industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is moving towards recovery from the economic slowdown of p... 3898
Research Note Feb 22 Retail payment trends in Asia Pacific Technological advances are changing the retail payment landscape significantly. Continuous retail payment innovat... 5765
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 The problem is not adoption but use of technology According to the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority Financial Stability Report 2015 (the report), banks in Saudi Arabia comprise the largest segment o... 2636
Interviews Feb 22 Interview Transcript: “The finance industry has created an environment so complex and beyond their cleverness to run” Emmanuel Daniel (ED): I'm very pleased to be able to speak to John Kay, economics commentator, professor, and someone who’s worked very c... 2710
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
Opinions Feb 22 Mobile is transforming the money culture and lives in Bangladesh The wide use of mobile phones, even among the world’s most financially disadvantaged, makes mobile money a viable alternative to physical currenc... 3772
Research Note Feb 22 Vietnam banks: Putting their money in retail banking and technology Vietnam’s banking sector suffers from problems of inefficiency, undercapitalisation, and increasing cross-ownership among banks, all of which hav... 9940
Research Note Feb 22 Is consumer finance becoming a larger part of retail banking? In the Asia Pacific region, the consumer finance business varies widely across countries. Among the markets cover... 7401
Interviews Feb 22 Interview Transcript: “The finance industry has created an environment so complex and beyond their cleverness to run” Emmanuel Daniel (ED): I'm very pleased to be able to speak to John Kay, economics commentator, professor, and someone who’s worked very c... 682
Research Note Feb 22 From building digital capabilities to digital transformation Banks have embarked on a digitisation of products and services to reduce their operating costs... 4408
Research Note Feb 22 Increasing credit card usage opens opportunities for Chinese banks China's credit card sector is becomi... 3456
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 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... 9403
Research Note Feb 22 Robo-advisors poised to take off The target market for robo-advisors ranges from the average investor to high net worth individuals Assets under management managed b... 5967
Research Note Feb 22 Financial authority drives digitisation and innovation in Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission's “Bank 3.0” vision is a key driver towards digital adoption Banks have an urgent need to dif... 4187
Case Study Feb 22 PayMaya serves the unbanked in the Philippines through the mobile app Mobile banking penetration in the Philippines remains significantly low despite the increasing number of mobile phone users Paymay... 15956
Round Up Feb 22 Highlights from the Singapore Fintech Festival – Singapore’s role in the global financial technology community The first day of the Singapore Fintech Festival saw Monetary Authority of Singapore Managing Director Ravi Menon shed light on... 3207
Co-published Feb 22 CMB experiments with emerging technologies and social media channels to boost credit card business China Merchants Bank (CMB) implemented Intelligent Micro Service Platform (IMSP) system that integrated social media, instant interactive sy... 4280
Case Study Feb 22 Thanachart’s innovation builds higher auto loan profits in Thailand Thanachart offers three types of loans for automobiles: new car loans, used car loans, and sale-and-lease-back loans under the CYC programme... 6947
