12/28/2017
KB Asset Management Singapore Picks Eze Software
New Offshore Fund Taps Eze Portfolio Management & Accounting For Support
FinTech
12/28/2017
Company in focus: China's Ping An puts the 'tech' in fintech
Huge investments in AI, big data and more are bearing fruit for the insurer
12/27/2017
The role of AI in the delivery of legal and private wealth advisory services
"But where I don't see artificial intelligence making a significant in road is when it comes to high net worth individuals,"
12/27/2017
Japanese Bank to Offer Bitcoin Insurance
This insurance scheme could have a profound impact on cryptocurrencies in a country that reportedly accounts for 40 percent of the global market.
12/26/2017
Malaysia to launch world’s first digital framework for Islamic economy in 2018
The framework is designed to attract investors and venture capital to fund halal businesses and to conduct their transactions and investments in compliance with Shariah laws and regulations
12/26/2017
Hong Kong Prepares Real-Time Retail Payment System
Hong Kong is preparing to launch a real-time retail payment service in September, the head of the city’s de facto central bank said
12/22/2017
Wealthy Bitcoin Buyers Targeted By Indian Tax Agency
Indian officials cited a surge in the popularity of cryptocurrencies as a prompt for the investigatory actions of the department
12/21/2017
Industry names team up for cryptocurrency fund
The aim of the fund is to marry a traditional, recognised fund structure and long-term global markets experience with the new, emerging asset class of blockchain-based technologies, according to Hatfield.
12/21/2017
Bitcoin finds unlikely ally in Asian watchdogs
Japan and South Korea now make up some half of global trading in the $300bln market
12/21/2017
Bambu Makes Robos To Invest For Asia's Wealthy
In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018
12/19/2017
The Australian IT start-up that beat the odds and is now worth $1.6 b
It’s a classic tale of a start up, with the founders nutting out the idea over a game a squash, leaving their secure jobs to take a big gamble.
12/19/2017
China Finance Online, CISC partner to develop new technology for wealth managers
The two companies will also conduct co-branded events and co-developed training programmes for CISC’s wealth advisers.
12/19/2017
FinTech Indonesia signs collaboration agreement with FinTech Australia
The agreement provides a platform to facilitate cross-border exchanges of talent, technology and capital and fintech company market entries into both countries.
12/15/2017
Enriching the digital platform offering
Bettridge notes there are two specific ways Factset assists the wealth management industry.
12/14/2017
India's Tax Department Collects User Data at Multiple Bitcoin Exchanges
The survey teams were reportedly armed with an assortment of software tools to capture exchange data
12/14/2017
Japan's GMO Internet Group Will Pay Thousands of Workers in Bitcoin
The move is partly motivated by the desire to promote the adoption of Bitcoin, which is a strategic priority for GMO.
12/14/2017
Schroders launches asset management chatbot in Singapore
Available in English, but able to understand Singlish, the bot also allows users to track and get the latest information on their preferred funds with a ‘Watchlist’ function.
12/13/2017
Fundnel Teams Up With Thirdrock To Accelerate Asian Growth Companies
The collaboration marks the birth of a cross-referral program that brings the deal pipeline of both entities together into a data-driven funnel that quantitatively assesses applicant companies to determine the viability of each funding opportunity.
12/13/2017
Philippines reviewing 12 applications for bitcoin exchanges
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is seeking to regulate the industry, which it says is open to misuse.
12/13/2017
PR Savings Bank in Apac signs with Temenos
This signing demonstrates that our vision for banking and technology is resonating with banks.