Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

3 Western Governments Partnering With Asian FinTech Intitatives

The OCC feels it is high time to create a regulatory framework for FinTech banking institutions as the number of FinTech companies in the U.S. has soared.

Additiv Asia and iKonsultan Inovatama strengthen ties to provide Indonesian FSIs with innovative Digital Wealth Management solutions

The local presence of IKON’s consultants in Jakarta and their knowledge of local specificities of the Indonesian financial sector combined with Additiv’s successful track record in delivering digital investment solutions for both end-investors

Hong Kong, Singapore rivalry hobbling Asia in $100 bln fintech race - lobby group

Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia have launched a range of special programmes to attract and foster fintech ventures, from incubators and grants, to temporary license waiver schemes

Billionaire VC Draper shifts attention from China to Indonesia

Indonesia has the second-highest dependency on cash in the world after India, according to the World Bank

Singapore Trials its Digital Dollar via an Ethereum Blockchain

The banks would swap the digital currency to cash.

HSBC launches a social network for bank customers

It’s a multilingual platform that, like LinkedIn, lets companies post organizational profiles and post content on a “what’s new” page.

Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank launches $30M ‘Beacon’ fund for fintech

The investment thesis is “to learn from startups and improve our go-to market strategy,” Na Ranong said in an interview, adding that the bank would not put shackles on its portfolio companies.

BDO Unibank Renews and Expands Fiserv Relationship to Increase Business Flexibility and Speed to Market

Signature provides a robust, multicurrency, multichannel banking solution.

Consultancy titan EY to offshore hundreds of jobs to India

Fresh wave of outsourcing could slash UK IT team from 600 to less than 100

CreditEase Wealth Management Expanded in Singapore

The new office opening was hosted by CreditEase Founder and CEO Ning Tang, CreditEase senior executives, distinguished guests from Blackstone, KKR and Tishman Speyers and other strategic partners.

Myanmar’s AYA Bank selects Misys to accelerate customer acquisition

The bank will also use the platform to consolidate and streamline its workflow, as well as digitalise manual and non-digital processes to better service its customers across retail and corporate banking.

Link Group acquires Adviser Network

Adviser Network’s digital solutions products are designed to be seamlessly integrated into the current digital strategies of superannuation funds.

Link Group acquires robo-advice business

We are confident that the sale of Adviser Network to Link Group will provide clients with a seamless transition of services.

HSBC to use artificial intelligence for AML efforts

These traditionally require many individual man-hours, yet often do not result in any issues to be followed up.

Firm wraps up Australia’s largest fintech debt-market deal

The bank provided $200m in senior funding.

NAB private banking in alliance with Israel's OurCrowd

The deal was announced during an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce's women leaders delegation in Israel, that was attended by NAB Private executive general manager Christine Yates.

International Regtech Association is launched

The executive board consists of regtech specialists from across a number of sectors, including lawyers, consultants and software/solutions providers.

UBS: Juerg Zeltner Is Set to Complete IT Project

IT was the biggest cost factor apart from the bank’s staff. The integration of the basic infrastructure generated an enormous advantage in terms of costs, Zeltner said.

The rush to digital banking has failed to impress some clients

The paper highlights the banking industry’s rush to digitisation, which has left some clients feeling overwhelmed by features and banks undertaking digital projects ‘in the dark’ with no concrete strategy.

AYA Bank to overhaul core banking system with Misys

AYA Bank has always been at the forefront in providing modern retail banking services and products