Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Singapore Fintech Association Strengthens Ties With China

As the FinTech landscape grows regionally, more of such partnerships will enable and spur innovation and contribute to the collective FinTech landscape.

Korean blockchain startup Terra bags undisclosed funding from LuneX Ventures

The startup is planning to open an office and launch its payment product in the city-state within this year.

BOCHK’s virtual bank is a new paradigm that transcends old business models

Livi VB to initially rely on interbank lending, but will later also fund its loans using customer deposits

Gao Teng and Futu Securities launch HK internet cash management product

The two firms join forces to offer Money Plus, an app that can transfer cash to a WeInvest money market fund.

Do You Want Digital Bankers? No Thanks, Say the Rich

The future rich of this world expect what is perhaps better termed «traditional qualities» of their relationship managers, a study compiled by Credit Suisse and the Young Investors Organization showed.

Calastone launches markets insights tool in Asia

The industry is now more competitive than ever and managers must optimise their sales teams, together with the distribution chain, to ensure their funds are visible to investors and capture inflows.

EU and Singapore: accelerating digital transformation and delivering value

Digital transformation is about people and technology.

JP Morgan throws weight behind Indian business payments fintech

Its cloud-based platform – Freepay – facilitates the electronic sharing of invoices, handling of payments and comprehensive management of transaction information between B2B buyers and sellers.

NAB raises the white flag on IT outsourcing

The bank disclosed as part of its first half results this month that it had suffered the worst rate of critical incidents to its service or payment channels in three years, with eight in the quarter.

Singapore and China ink major fintech collaboration agreement

AFF executive president Du Yan added that the emerging fintech era requires more international communication

Sampath Bank wins 3 awards at Infosys Finacle Client Innovation Awards 2019

The Bank’s iGift mobile app which set up a new gifting trend was declared the Gold winner of the ‘Emerging Technology led Innovation’ category.

Financial Sector Cyber Resilience Relies on Global Cooperation – FSB

To facilitate effective communication between authorities and with the private sector, the FSB also published a cyber lexicon, which comprises a set of about 50 core terms related to financial sector cyber security and cyber resilience.

Surveys suggest 68% of high net-worth investors will own cryptos by 2022

The first of several surveys came from the Dubai-based deVere Group, an independent financial advisory organization.

Telenor CEO vows to 'control' Asia tie-up with Axiata

Singtel and Viettel are also bent on Southeast Asian domination

Intelligence Brief: Can Asian MNOs play in mobile pay?

From a mobile payments perspective, China is very much the poster-child.

Bank Of Thailand Building Blockchain Solution For Crypto Project

They built the prototype as part of the central bank’s digital currency project, called Inthanon.

Australian SME challenger bank goes live with Temenos

Judo Bank selects cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos T24 Transact to transform the SME experience

Hong Kong’s internet banking pioneer says it will stay above the fray in city’s rush to embrace virtual banking

The eight new licences are the largest number of new comers in a single year, and increase the local incorporate banks by one-third

Chinese AI start-up Megvii raises $750 million ahead of planned HK IPO: Reuters

Reuters reported in December that Megvii was targeting raising $500 million in a new funding round.

Singapore Fintech Firm Heading into Indonesia

P2P lending platforms have gained popularity and have grown rapidly in Indonesia.