01/05/2020
When getting to the nearest bank branch can be a perilous journey, and where more people have smartphones than bank accounts, digital banking is clearly the solution.
01/05/2020
UOB Asset Management, UOB Venture Management and UOB Global Capital affirm their commitment to pursue responsible investments
01/05/2020
The banking industry was the biggest investor in AI-related applications, accounting for 70 percent of all market purchases.
01/05/2020
In their desire to reduce risk to their finances in retirement, many older Japanese have inadvertently created a new risk.
01/05/2020
One reason that companies do not want to have such a long cycle is that it makes them more vulnerable to debt.
01/03/2020
The study is based on a survey of 180 companies worldwide, half of them fintechs and the others being incubators and accelerators, consultancies, financial institutions and investors, with respondent being based in the UK, Middle East, other Europe, South
01/02/2020
Indeed, Environmental Social and Governance considerations now sit at the heart of that process.
01/01/2020
It declares short selling to be “inconsistent with the fulfillment of the stewardship responsibilities of a long-term investor”.
12/31/2019
The Awards are intended to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace and to showcase the work of Hong Kong-based photographers.
12/31/2019
Recall that over the last decade, several banks, including RHB Bank Bhd, Affin Bank Bhd and Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, were intent on acquiring Indonesian banks.
12/30/2019
Although market players had been expecting the transaction as discussions on the acquisition had been ongoing since late 2017, they did not expect the sum of money the Japanese financial heavyweights poured in to acquire Danamon and BNP.
12/30/2019
China is at a stage where regulators and the government are comfortable that local business can handle the threat of foreign competition
12/30/2019
Little is known about the digital yuan except that it’s been in the works for five years and Beijing is nearly ready to roll.
12/30/2019
To keep up the momentum and excitement, the central bank of Malaysia has issued a draft licensing framework on creating digital banks in the country.
12/30/2019
Serving Women As Financial Services Customers: Women In Financial Services 2020
12/30/2019
The IMF notes that Hong Kong is well placed to address both cyclical and structural challenges given its significant buffers, despite weakened economic activity and mounting headwinds on the growth outlook.
12/29/2019
The investment inflow into the country in 2019 was almost 10 times the amount invested by domestic companies
12/29/2019
“Based on the situation of these few months, it is inevitable that negative growth will continue,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in a blog post.
12/29/2019
Why did the UAE emerge unscathed from the Arab spring? The country has a tax and welfare system that prioritises citizens.
12/29/2019
Floating-rate loans, excluding individual housing loans tied to state provident funds, that have been signed before 2020 will be priced in line with the LPR, the central bank said.