05/30/2018
Ant Financial signs third Chinese bank technology deal
The partnership will also leverage Ant’s financial-grade technologies in AI, supply chain finance, biometric identification and risk management.
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05/30/2018
Singapore-based AI startup scoops Australian RegTech award
The event aimed to showcase innovative solutions where regulatory technology (RegTech) could be used to address regulatory challenges and problems.
05/29/2018
Hashgard Secures Millions From Over 50 Leading Investment Funds Including Fenbushi Capital and BKFUND
Hashgard is the first blockchain project initiated and managed by Fenbushi Capital.
05/29/2018
Big banks’ mobile payment joint venture bears first fruit
‘Beem It’ mobile payment app backed by CBA, NAB and Westpac
05/29/2018
Bitcoin Cash and EOS added to deVere Crypto as 35% of HNWIs embrace cryptocurrencies
The news comes as deVere release the findings of a new international poll in which it is revealed that 35 per cent of high net worth individuals are now already invested in or will make investments in cryptocurrencies before the end of 2018.
05/29/2018
DMM FX joins list of brokerages offering AI-based chatbot
The AI technology behind the new service is based on IBM Watson.
05/28/2018
Mathias Helleu: «The Average Age of Our Customers Is Under 30»
8 Securities and Nomura Asset Management will launch new digital wealth management services
05/28/2018
New Wealth Seeks Partnerships With Established Institutions
Besides these products, New Wealth is seeking partnership via its Experience Lab with robo-advisor startups and established financial institutions to jointly create new digital wealth solutions.
05/27/2018
One of the Largest Banks in the Philippines is Implementing Ethereum With ConsenSys
The vast majority of individuals and even businesses rely on local remittance networks and outlets such as M Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier, Palawan, and LBO to send and receive payments both domestically and internationally.
05/25/2018
Australia’s First Retail Crypto Asset Hedge Fund Will Launch This Year
There is a lack of competition among exchanges, although the recently launched CoinJar Exchange might make positive things happen in the near future.
05/24/2018
Bangkok Bank joins R3's Marco Polo consortium
Through effective use of technology, we can simplify complex processes and support faster and more secure transactions which in turn will help to encourage the use of digital channels.
05/24/2018
Julius Baer goes live with Temenos WealthSuite in Asia
The bank focuses on providing high-end services and in-depth advice to clients around the world.
05/24/2018
Asia’s Tech Sector A New Magnet For Investors
Moves like this demonstrate just how big investors think the prize is.
05/23/2018
Japanese Bank To Be First In Major Cryptocurrency Rollout
Some reports are also suggesting that the roll out of the MUFG coin will be followed by the production of cash machines, that will also work with a mobile phone app, designed to streamline the exchange system.
05/23/2018
Japan’s Tokyo-based Bank Mitsubishi UJF Testing an In-House Digital Currency ‘MUJF Coin’
MUFG Coins is an inevitability would “overcome issues of [existing] virtual currencies” like volatility “[to] create a highly useful currency” said bank president Nobuyuki Hirano.
05/23/2018
Singapore to adopt European e-invoicing standard
The city-state is the first country outside Europe to embrace the Peppol e-invoicing standard to speed up business transactions and lower operating costs for SMEs
05/23/2018
Major Banks Pilot Successful Thailand-Singapore Blockchain Remittance
The endeavor involved major Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Corporation, independent group company and Japan’s largest bank MUFG – which operates independently, and Singapore-based banking giant Standard Chartered.
05/23/2018
China Finance Online Reports 2018 First Quarter Unaudited Financial Results
Mr. Zhiwei Zhao, Chairman and CEO of China Finance Online, commented, “As we continued to ramp up our cloud-based software sales, our bottom line losses narrowed. After four quarters of streamlining our business units, our efficiency reached a new r
05/22/2018
Singapore's Largest ICO Advisory Centre Launches Most Ambitious ICO Consortium in the WorldS
The oversubscribed event drew investors from around the region, many of whom already hold substantial traditional investment portfolios
05/21/2018
Artificial intelligence to become commonplace at instos
The findings come from surveys conducted at Northern Trust client events in the first quarter of 2018.