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.
FinTech
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.
05/20/2018
The innovation wave for banks by Profile Software
Latest technology and methodologies are utilised in its digital banking offering with a number of successful implementations around the world.
05/17/2018
GovPass pilot to launch in October; digital ID project to push 2.8m transactions online
GovPass to cut Tax File Number application time from a month to minutes, acting DTA chief executive says
05/17/2018
IBM and Keio University Announce Collaborations with JSR, MUFG Bank, Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi Chemical to Accelerate Quantum Computing in Japan
The combination of IBM Q's quantum hardware, software, and scientific expertise with Keio University's 20 years of quantum computing research is why JSR, MUFG Bank, Mizuho Financial Group, and Mitsubishi Chemical joined our IBM Q Hub.
05/17/2018
PayPal, Alpha JWC Team Up To Invest In Southeast Asia FinTechs
The company is in the process of raising $100 million for a second fund that will continue to invest in FinTechs in Southeast Asia as well as consumer-facing companies in the region.
05/17/2018
Ant Financial extends dominance in Chinese online finance
Alibaba's fintech arm claims surge to 622m users and reveals scale of wealth business