Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Netcore Ready to Target South-East Asia Market

Expands Global Presence with Offices in Indonesia & Malaysia

Blockchain founding father joins Aussie investment firm First Digital Capital

The investment management firm – which counts the co-founder of aerospace and defence manufacturing company Quickstep Deryck Graham as its chairman – will have offices in Australia, New York, Geneva, London and Hong Kong.

ICBC's First Blockchain Patent Is Now Public

After it's approved, the data will be encrypted and moved onto a blockchain which will update the distributed ledger held by different entities that could potential require this certificate.

Lender taps digital banking for 'borderless' growth

He said with digital banking, "everything is borderless."

World’s first bank where robots manage everything

The bank says the new set up will be able to handle 90 percent of the cash and non-cash demands of traditional banking outlets.

Kina expands IRESS relationship

Members will be able to conduct basic administration of their super fund such as viewing statements and accessing balance and transaction history.

Vietnamese investors hit in ICO ‘scam’, but sentiment strong

Officials are probing an alleged $660-million crypto startup fraud, but investor sentiment remains strong; the govt needs to catch up, an academic says

Philippines Welcomes Crypto Economic Zone

Such zones offer advantageous tax regimes in the hope of creating more employment for Filipinos. Early this year, the country legalized such zones for crypto, which appears to be more welcoming to digital assets than other countries in the region.

Crypto Corner: Philippines to Allow Crypto Trading in Economic Zone, #Binance Records Higher Profits than Germany’s Biggest Bank and Chile Reopens Crypto Exchange Accounts

"They can go into cryptocurrency mining, initial coin offerings, or they can go into exchange," Lambino said."

Bank of China HK Uses Blockchain for 85% of Real Estate Valuations

Bank of China Hong Kong is relying heavily on blockchain technology, using it for the bulk of its real estate valuations, according to a company official.

Robo-advice platform powers financial advice firm Collins House

Where a MDA service is deemed appropriate, each user would receive a recommended investment program, documented within a statement of advice.

SKT to provide blockchain-based asset management service

“The service will allow users to manage all bank accounts, credit cards, mileage points and other non-financial assets, including cryptocurrencies, in one basket, and enable transactions of the assets based on trust,”

Is NZ an innovation hub, or a wild west for new technology?

In Stuff's seven-part podcast, Superfad, we've explored the weird and wonderful world of trends; products, ideas and habits that surge into our collective conscience — and frequently burn out just as fast.

Reserve Bank of India and other Banking Institutions Ban Crypto Purchases Using Their Cards

This only means that this coming July 2018, India’s lenders and bank associations will no longer transact, deal or facilitate any transactions with individuals as well as companies locally and internationally which trade in virtual currencies or pop

Forget China: Hong Kong, Singapore are New Kids on the Blockchain

Beijing’s crackdown on digital currencies is sending investors into the arms of the perennial competitors

StanChart ramps up its Hong Kong digital strategy with ‘eXellerator’ lab

Lender opened its first such lab in Singapore two years ago, and claims to have so far generated 500 fintech ideas, 27 proof of concepts, and conceived five major client solutions

Taviq signs product distribution deal with Singapore's New Wealth

“TAVIQ SaaS solution is the result of a collaboration with distinguished academics in psychology research and practicing wealth managers and it took us more than a full calendar year to perfect the underlying scoring system mechanism."

Ping An Good Doctor Starts Preparing $1.1 Billion Hong Kong IPO

Ping An Insurance’s technology units, including the OneConnect financial management portal, have been raising capital ahead of planned listings this year.

Swift Launches Blockchain Strike

The company is talking to 13 Asian and Australian banks, including several of the largest lenders in China, where digital payments like WePay and Alipay are pervasive.

Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

Avoka commissioned a research team to trawl through each banking product listed on the websites of the 50 banks.

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