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 Retail payment trends in Asia Pacific Technological advances are changing the retail payment landscape significantly. Continuous retail payment innovat... 5765
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 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 From building digital capabilities to digital transformation Banks have embarked on a digitisation of products and services to reduce their operating costs... 4408
News Analysis Feb 22 Broad brush or targeted digital marketing: How much is too much? P&G have decided to complement targeted social media marketing with more broad based tactics Leading banks have been adopting ... 4071
Research Note Feb 22 Shinhan Bank’s full service biometric-enabled digital kiosks to takeover role of its branches Shinhan Bank has sought to improve digitisation, automation, and self-service capability by launching a fu... 4529
Co-published Feb 22 Enabling seamless customer experience through digital transformation of channels Asian Banker Research shows that a large component of direct retail sales (asset and liability products) is still focused on branches. Digit... 4134
Co-published Feb 22 Building a comprehensive cyber security framework for the digital era Protecting customers in multichannel environment is one of the biggest challenges for banks amidst increasing cyber threats A cybe... 4761
Research Note Feb 22 Non-bank players vie for customers in the digital payments arena Non-bank payment players have overtaken banks in terms of scale and usage Threats brought by non-bank players to commercial banks ... 3211
Research Note Feb 22 Will digital-only money transfer operators impact the global remittance market? The remittance business remains a large source of bank revenue although the amount being sent to developing countries has contracted 4608
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... 5582
Research Note Feb 22 Digital transformation powers profitability in branch banking Banks are undergoing significant digital transformation to provide customers with better services Self-service methods are being enc... 4977
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... 9402
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
Interviews Feb 22 Making digital banking a profit centre Shinhan Bank launched Sunny Bank in 2016 to digitalise the bank's retail banking assets Sunny Bank used big data analytics to ass... 3810
Research Note Feb 22 Asia Pacific banks are leveraging on technology to remain competitive in a muted unsecured loan market Tighter unsecured lending standards led to slower unsecured loan growth in Singapore from 2014 to 2016 Cautious lending and compet... 3261
Research Note Feb 22 How digitisation powers DBS to profitability DBS Group achieved record net profit of S$2.35 billion for the first half of 2017 The stellar profit came despite the non-performi... 4532
Opinions Feb 22 Australian banks show indifference towards AML/CTF rules AUSTRAC recently commenced action in the Federal Court of Australia against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for alleged breaches of the c... 9713
Research Note Feb 22 The Future of Finance Summit - Leadership in the digital economy track round-up Financial Institutions (FI) need to rethink strategy, adopt leaner and new collaborative models with technology as the key enabler. Mobile w... 2586
Research Note Feb 22 The future of wealth - how modern technology affected investing and entrepreneurship Wealth should not anymore be defined as mere accumulation of money and material assets but of finding and making profitable business opportu... 2591
Research Note Feb 22 TAB FOF Frictionless Roundup - edit kd ( Without Standfirst and bullets) From payments to supply chain, transaction banks are facing increasingly fierce competition from both tradition... 2580
Research Note Feb 22 TAB - Markets are now disrupted - edit kd ( Without Standfirst and bullets) Global developments, costly regulations and fintechs are disrupting today’s markets The near-term outlook for the global... 2581
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... 5920
Interviews Feb 22 Paytm Payments Bank's Satti: "Create new use cases and innovate to grow" Satti believes demonetisation created a momentum for long term change and transforming Indian mindset towards digital payments The... 3476
Interviews Feb 22 Fidor Bank's Kröner: "Interacting socially is at the heart of our DNA" Fidor Bank sets ups an Asian headquarters to sell its digital infrastructure and platform to banks in the region The bank has intr... 2647
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... 33488
Opinions Feb 22 Africa's ten key advantages in digital transition As a continent, Africa has ten key advantages when it comes to digitalisation, which include a young population, a rising middle class, proa... 50395
Opinions Feb 22 Bank Negara cautions banks to take up mantle of digital leadership or face irrelevance http://www.theasianbanker.com/updates-and-articles/bank-negara-cautions-banks-to-take-up-mantle-of-digital-leadership-or-face-irrelevance... 7158
Opinions Feb 22 Bank Negara cautions banks to take up mantle of digital leadership or face irrelevance