Institutional Awards Mar 27 Vietcombank, VietinBank, Cake, BIDV and TPBank recognised for excellence in wealth management, SME banking, private banking, digital and social banking in Vietnam Vietcombank, VietinBank, Cake, BIDV and TPBank were recognised at The TAB Global Excellence in Retail Finance and Technology Innovation Vietnam Awards... 203
Trendwatch Feb 24 Digital and retail banking trends in 2025 The digital and retail banking sectors continue to evolve, driven by innovation, rapid development and adoption of generative artificial intelligence ... 928
Co-published Dec 31 Cathay United Bank wins record number of awards in 2024 Cathay United Bank has been recognised with nearly 90 awards as of November 2024, underscoring its achievements in areas such as wealth management, d... 2084
Co-published Dec 31 Bank of Jiangsu strengthens digital transformation with new-gen database platform Bank of Jiangsu implements a next-generation enterprise-level database system for real-time data processing, enhancing operational efficiency, innovat... 2848
Sponsored Content Nov 20 Swift and Bottomline strengthen partnership to drive ISO 20022 migration and cross-border innovations Swift and Bottomline collaborate to streamline cross-border payments and help financial institutions meet upcoming ISO 20022 deadlines, reducing frict... 2283
Co-published Oct 28 Cathay United Bank seizes growth in Southeast Asia’s digital consumer finance markets Vietnam and Cambodia are key markets for digital consumer finance in Southeast Asia. Cathay United Bank is leveraging digital platforms and partnershi... 3086
Interviews Oct 03 JP Morgan advances payment innovation with programmable payments, blockchain and AI JP Morgan is advancing global settlement by leveraging programmable payments, expanding the use of JPM Coin via its Onyx platform, employing AI to enh... 5451
Interviews Sep 11 HSBC revamps trade finance with strategic collaborations and client-centric solutions In response to shifting global trade patterns, HSBC is refocusing its efforts through its newly rebranded Global Trade Solutions. It is embracing dat... 3506
Interviews Sep 03 East West Bank enhances digital systems Barani Sundaram, CTO of East West Bank, explained how the bank is modernising its core systems to improve customer service and operational efficiency,... 4558
Interviews Aug 27 Chocolate Finance to simplify money management Walter de Oude, founder of Singlife, has launched Chocolate Finance, a platform aimed at optimising spare cash with competitive returns, user-friendly... 4098
Interviews Jun 24 PVcomBank to reach five million customers in a year with AI Trinh Vinh Hien, chief technology and digital officer of Vietnam’s PVcomBank, and Ramki Ramakrishnan, managing director for Asia Pacific at Temenos,... 2598
Current Account Apr 23 MAS launches digital platform to fight money laundering and terrorism financing Singapore’s central bank has launched a platform that allows financial institutions to exchange customer information and flag suspicious activities ... 4603
Interviews Feb 06 UNO Digital Bank aims to simplify and elevate banking in the Philippines Senior executives of the bank discussed their advancements in the Philippines in line with their goal of providing a comprehensive financial services ... 2852
Excerpt Jan 25 GXS to leverage its ecosystem for sustainable profit Charles Wong, CEO of GXS Bank, leads the charge in Singapore's digital banking landscape, targeting underserved segments with innovative solutions. Ba... 1847
Interviews Jan 17 Thunes’ Winter: “We want to make global payments as easy as sending a WhatsApp message” James Winter, senior vice president, Europe for global payments provider Thunes, talks about the company’s partnership with banks through a cloud-ba... 1220
Interviews Nov 29 HashKey Group to strengthen Web3 ecosystem, ramp up offerings At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, Anna Liu, general manager of tokenisation at HashKey Group, and Leo Li, CEO of the subsidiary HashQuark, talked about ... 1277
Excerpts Oct 03 Security Bank elevated retail banking through digitalisation and fintech collaboration Rahul Rasal, head of retail banking at Security Bank, is driving the bank's growth in retail banking and its transition to a digital, open-banking fut... 4834
Panel discussion Aug 24 Cloud migration— Pandora’s box of data, culture and core replacement The cloud was the main topic of discussion at a tech roundtable, with leaders in digital innovation describing their experiences in core migration, ch... 4398
Panel discussion Aug 23 Digital money changes everything Financial industry leaders and decision-makers assess the banking and financial regulatory landscape over the course of digitalisation, fintech innova... 5080
Speech Jul 24 Emmanuel Daniel: “We are coming to the end of the platform era” At Seamless Middle East 2023 Dubai, Emmanuel Daniel, founder of TAB Global, presented his book and discussed the ongoing transformation on the financi... 2563
Excerpts Apr 28 CMB Wealth records $515 billion in assets under management CMB Wealth, the asset management subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, has become China’s largest in just three years, generating over four million tr... 2336
interviews Apr 12 CRDB Bank expands economic growth in Tanzania for underserved businesses and communities Customers in rural Tanzania can now access financial services afforded by CRDB Bank’s network and new digital capabilities, opening a door for unde... 4316
Sibos Round Up Feb 04 Digital Assets' Schneider: “We provide the building blocks to speed up platform and development” Georg Schneider, head of financial engineering at Digital Asset, spoke about the difficulties in creating and digitising assets into tokens, and how D... 10477
Co-published Jan 25 Ping An’s cloud-native technology accelerates digital transformation and Smart Bank implementation By the end of 2021, 28% of Ping An Bank’s applications, some 1,700, had been built based on a new cloud- native platform... 6716
interviews Dec 22 TPBank's Tran: “One million of our new customers are from third-party platforms” James Tran, digital bank centre head, TPBank, highlighted that the bank's digital transformation is made possible by shifting to a digital-focused bus... 7902
Opinion Oct 03 “Financial inclusion is a lie” Financial inclusion goes beyond just having a bank account, said Emmanuel Daniel, founder and chairman of Wealth and Society, to Robert Rubinstein, ch... 9566
Interviews Aug 19 Kilde’s Radek Jezbera: “BNPLs are misunderstood, the unit economics works” Radek Jezbera, co-CEO of alternative investment platform Kilde discussed the performance of private debt instruments against publicly traded assets an... 5511
interviews Feb 11 GCEX’s Holst wants to replicate Saxo model for crypto brokers Lars Holst, founder and CEO of GCEX, and Dusan Stojanovic, founding partner of TGV, discussed with Emmanuel Daniel the business model of the UK based ... 21842
interviews Dec 23 BSP's deputy governor Tangonan on financial inclusion, digital transformation, CDBCS and new payments infrastructures Mamerto Tangonan, deputy governor of BSP, discussed the latest developments in the Philippine’s journey to digitalising its financial ecosystem. He ... 19092
interviews Dec 15 Ex-TMRW head Dennis Khoo on driving digital transformation Dennis Khoo, author and former UOB TMRW head, in this wide-ranging interview discussed the lessons from setting up one of the first digital banks in ... 26480
Current Account Nov 12 Alibaba and JD.com posted record Double 11 sales of $139 billion despite tech crackdown Alibaba and JD.com continue to set new sales records during the Double 11 shopping event, although growth decelerated amid China’s slowing economy a... 7221
Speeches and Presentations Oct 26 Creating a roadmap for future digital banking strategies This is a workshop presentation by Emmanuel Daniel at the MPC Digital Commerce Event 2021 on 18 August 2021.... 11518
Speeches and Presentations Sep 27 “How climate change will transform finance” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed what financial services industry and institutions will hav... 8226
Research Note Aug 27 A comparison of licensing frameworks for digital banks in the Middle East The global financial industry has evolved as a result of the widespread digital transformation of traditional banks and the entrance of new digital ba... 15618
Co-published May 14 "Digital transformation is mixed up with optimisation" At the Finance Vietnam Leadership Dialogue 2021, heads of retail banking, products and businesses, including Le Xuan Vu, MB Bank;... 1082
Co-published Apr 14 Microsoft’s Yates: “Cloud adoption accelerated to build stronger digital foundation” Greater need to drive innovation, business value and efficiency increased the momentum to cloud adoption and digital transformation among financial in... 16089
Research Note Mar 02 Raast set to revolutionise digital payments in Pakistan Market development, operational challenges, and payment preferences are going to shape consumer engagement with the new instant payment platform... 19292
interviews Jan 11 Pine Labs’ Rau: “We are expanding the buy now, pay later service in Southeast Asia” Pine Labs, the erstwhile India focused merchant and payment platform company, is now shifting its attention to Southeast Asia. Amrish Rau, CEO at Pine... 8643
Current Account Jan 07 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Tokopedia and Gojek are reportedly in a tie-up ahead of a planned public listing in Indonesia and the United States... 5479
Research Note Dec 29 StanChart Kenya is Most Recommended Retail Bank in Africa; Nedbank, Capitec Bank, CalBank, and Guaranty Trust Bank lead multiple consumer rankings Customers decide which banks in the Africa region stood out from the rest and were most helpful during COVID-19 following the result of the BankQualit... 8806
Research Note Dec 11 Banque Saudi Fransi, Commercial International Bank and Emirates NBD lead consumer rankings in the Middle East The inaugural BankQuality™ Consumer Survey and Rankings in the Middle East interviewed 3,000 customers in three key markets in the region on their e... 7190
Co-published Dec 07 Bank BRI advances its retail banking business in a digital economy The bank captured growth opportunities in Indonesia by focusing on improving customer experience and creating innovative digital services... 5048
Research Note Nov 03 China Merchants Bank is best retail bank amid strong competition from UAE, India and Singapore New performance benchmarks shaped by COVID-19 and digital transformation reshuffle best retail banks ranking in 2020... 8630
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 Standard Chartered's Sugirin: “With the pandemic, corporates are moving much more into near shoring” Michael Sugirin, global head for Open Account Trade, Ecosystem & Trade Implementation at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses trends of nimbler and more... 5976
interviews Aug 06 Ping An Global Voyager’s Lacey: “We are driven by the inexorable convergence of technology and traditional finance” Donald Lacey, managing director and chief operating officer of Ping An Global Voyager Fund discusses the investment philosophy of the company, the the... 8612
interviews Sep 26 Ping An Group's Larsen: “We’re constantly looking at new businesses that can create value” Veteran banker Jonathan Larsen, who ran Citibank’s global retail bank and mortgages, came out of retirement to head Ping An Group’s chief innovati... 13049
interviews Sep 07 Deutsche Bank’s Scott-Gray: “We’re removing all complexities to create a more efficient platform” Jennifer Scott-Gray, head of corporate bank, Australia at Deutsche Bank, speaks about building out a cash management branch in Australia and expanding... 8693
interviews Sep 05 Westpac’s Correa: “A strong, effective payment system will allow innovation to occur” Michael Correa, general manager of Westpac for Asia Pacific, talks about the payment developments in Asia and the role Australia played in achieving t... 8394
Trendwatch Jun 27 The race to build super-apps, platforms and communities As fintechs and big technology players are increasingly developing their platforms and apps, the financial services industry is in serious need of dev... 5797
Research Note Jun 03 Renewed impetus helps accelerate industry-wide trade digitalisation efforts but interoperability remains key hurdle Pressure on margins from increased competition and compliance requirements is forcing the industry to recalibrate its trade finance offerings. ... 11846
interviews May 22 CXA Group's Koo: We are the tech company that enables banks to change Rosaline Chow Koo, discussed the next phase of growth for the online flexible benefits and healthcare platform. She will be speaking at the Future of... 4970
interviews May 22 CXA Group's Koo: We are the tech company that enables banks to change Rosaline Chow Koo, discussed the next phase of growth for the online flexible benefits and healthcare platform. She will be speaking at the Future of... 12305
Research Note Apr 01 Platforms can thrive outside China - A look at what’s next While the growth of Alibaba and Alipay as well as Tencent and WeChat pay in China is well known, there have been questions about whether a similar mod... 9454
Speeches and Presentations Nov 29 Artificial Intelligence shines as key enabling technology among fintechs in Beijing Financial Innovation Showcase and Competition Eight fintech finalists were selected for the competition. Each fintech made a seven minute presentation pitch followed by three minutes of questions ... 12582
Interviews Oct 31 ANZ’s Vasic and Huse: “Corporates who historically may have used one of the ‘globals’, now also need a strong local bank for support” ANZ’s Vasic and Huse speak about the greater transactional business needs of Australian clients expanding into Asia and also discuss the shake up th... 10221
