Research Note Feb 22 Retail payment trends in Asia Pacific Technological advances are changing the retail payment landscape significantly. Continuous retail payment innovat... 5766
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
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 ... 3217
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... 9407
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... 3267
Research Note Feb 22 New players, new practices and new technologies in an evolving payments landscape Payments are a key battleground in financial services, and rightly so. “On the banking side,” PayU CEO Laurent le Moal observed, “banks have ... 3997
Opinions Feb 22 globaliD's Kidd on future exchange society: The what, the who, and the why An insight on what the future will not be like came to me from a lunch with an outgoing leadership figure at Zelle—the multi-bank consor... 6521
News Analysis Feb 22 Security lapses in 7-Eleven mobile app result in hackers stealing over $500,000 7-Eleven learned the hard way why it is critical to thoroughly test cyber security software applications before these are launched. The company int... 5273
Feature Feb 22 Central banks accelerate digital currency plans as PBOC surges ahead There is a renewed interest by policymakers in advancing digital currencies research as a means to create reliable payment infrastructure 10569
Co-published Feb 22 SCB’s new payment hub boosts processing capacity and business growth The retail payments landscape has always been ripe for disruption and innovation not just because of evolving consumer behaviour but also due to re... 7499
Current Account Feb 22 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Grab and Gojek fail to come to terms on a possible merger owing to disagreements over regional lead... 5312
Trends Feb 22 Bank and fintech collaborations speed up payment efficiencies Banks turn up the heat on strategic partnerships with fintech players A multichannel approach to payments Instant paymen... 4971
Current Account Feb 22 Top Indian banks increase investments in technology Leading banks in India like SBI are continuously upgrading digital capabilities and offering new products through digitalisation M... 7632
Current Account Feb 22 Mastercard and Island Pay launch CBDC linked prepaid card in the Bahamas Mastercard and Island Pay partnered to launch a prepaid card linked to the Sand dollar The Sand dollar was earlier launched in Oct... 6384
Research Note Feb 22 Raast set to revolutionise digital payments in Pakistan Links state institutions on the platform to facilitate social programmes and enable transparency Single infrastructure providing i... 18910
Current Account Feb 22 Revolut moves into US and UK online banking race The company targets share of competitive US online financial services Operations ceased in Canada more than a year after the launc... 5948
Opinions Feb 22 Neste’s Muruganathan: “Virtual currency with a real carbon footprint” Cryptocurrency adds to the carbon footprint Alternate source of enjergy to power cryptocurrency mining Digital payment p... 4490
Opinions Feb 22 ITM’s Thakkar: “India’s fintech industry to reach $160 billion by 2025” India, the world’s biggest real-time and digital payments market registered over 25 billion transactions in 2020 Insurance penet... 10606
Current Account Feb 22 Kazakhstan prioritises non-cash payment as it works with BIS to launch digital tenge Kazakhstan plans to pilot technology for the digital tenge Digital currency initiatives Benefits of the BIS partnerships... 12066
Research Note Feb 22 UOB connects SMEs across ASEAN to recovery and growth opportunities UOB demonstrated strong financial performance and customer digital engagement despite a challenging 2020 The bank gave $2.2 billio... 9589
Research Note Feb 22 Mobile wallets will reach 2.6 billion users in Asia Pacific by 2025 Mobile wallets are becoming the norm for day-to-day transactions as evolving consumer behaviour forces the payments industry to switch to ca... 25942
Research Note Feb 22 OPay secured 22% share of Nigerian e-wallet market in last 3 years Nigeria’s mobile wallet penetration in 2020 reached 9.2% and is expected to reach 18.9% in 2025 Softbank’s investment in OPay ... 26646
Excerpts Feb 22 Thailand’s National ITMX-PromptPay could have the most real-time cross-border payment linkages in the world The Thai banking industry, under the auspices the Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA), is working on a number of key initiatives to reposition itself... 10691
Excerpt Feb 22 AEON Bank launches Malaysia’s first Shariah-compliant digital platform for underserved, tech-savvy customers As Malaysia embraces digital finance, Raja Teh Maimunah, CEO of AEON Bank, discussed the heritage and strategies that are shaping the co... 3046
Interviews Feb 22 LOLC Cambodia drives financial inclusion with new technology LOLC Cambodia, one of the leaders in the Cambodian microfinance sector, is embracing technological advancements to expand its reach an... 2087
Interviews Feb 22 Unpublish LOLC Cambodia drives financial inclusion with new technology LOLC Cambodia, one of the leaders in the Cambodian microfinance sector, is embracing technological advancements to expand its reach an... 704
Interviews Feb 22 JP Morgan advances payment innovation with programmable payments, blockchain and AI In an evolving global payments landscape, JP Morgan seeks to be at the forefront of innovation, using technologies like blockch... 3558
Opinions Feb 22 Why South Asia and SEA will lead the future of fintech lending Fintech in Asia has steadily grown over the past decade, with local markets embracing new technologies at an impressive pace. In terms of fintech l... 1525
Interviews Feb 22 Unpub only photo JP Morgan advances payment innovation with programmable payments, blockchain and AI In an evolving global payments landscape, JP Morgan seeks to be at the forefront of innovation, using technologies like blockch... 2397
TABLive Feb 22 Singapore introduces initiatives to boost banks' role in payments and expansion into non-financial businesses Here is the transcript: Wee Ee Cheong: To enhance commuters’ convenience, ABS has been working with the Land Tr... 7047
Interview Feb 22 Pine Labs’ Rau: “We are expanding the buy now, pay later service in Southeast Asia” Pine Labs in partnership with Mastercard will launch buy now, pay later products in five Southeast Asian countries in the first quarter of 2... 8632
Interviews Feb 22 Alejandro McCormack: “N1CO, first digital bank in El Salvador” Alejandro McCormack, a product and business developer with a track record in finance and technology innovation talked about how N1CO was developed,... 21198
Speeches and Presentations Feb 22 Navigating new frontiers for finance and sustainability in the metaverse While the concept of a metaverse has been around for some time, mostly in science fiction, online discussion boards, and meeting rooms of technolog... 4867
Interviews Feb 22 Raja Teh Maimunah: "AEON Bank blends heritage with Shariah-compliant innovation" AEON Bank is leading a banking revolution in Malaysia, targeting generation Z, Alpha customers, and small businesses, drawing from AEON Group's 40-... 2857
Interviews Feb 22 NETS’ Lawrence Chan wants to empower merchants and grow cross-border payments NETS, Singapore’s national payment services group, is looking to drive changes in the digital payments industry with new solutions a... 3292
Speeches and Presentations Feb 22 Philippines' digital transformation fuels financial growth and inclusion The Digital Payments Transformation Roadmap 2020-2023 of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) achieved its goals of digitising 50% of retail trans... 3967
Interviews Feb 22 JP Morgan’s Kinexys scales blockchain for the future of finance JP Morgan recently rebranded its blockchain division, Onyx, as Kinexys, marking a pivotal shift in approach to digital assets, from exploratory pro... 2009
Site Visits Feb 22 Strategic investments drive customer-centric digital finance At SBI Investment, discussions revolved around venture capital-backed innovation, digital banking and fintech integration, particularly in artif... 508
Site Visits Feb 22 Exploring fintech regulation, sustainability, wearables and corporate venture capital innovation Delegates gained insights from industry leaders, including the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC... 339
