Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Rising Asian Fintech Investor AMTD Goes Global

As China’s online finance market grows, the Hong Kong firm is pursuing investment and partnerships at home and overseas.

DIFC launches FinTech Hive at DIFC’, the region’s first fintech accelerator

FinTech Hive at DIFC aims to empower entrepreneurs to innovate and meet specific market needs.

UBS and the Robo-Girl JiaJia

The technology will generate some 50 million jobs over the next decade

Postal Savings Bank of China Teams with IBM to Build Blockchain-Based Asset Custody System

Blockchain technology has the potential to eliminate the trust frictions in financial business activities

Hong Kong consumers open to robots in retail financial services, says survey

77 per cent of Hong Kong respondents welcome robo-advice about opening a bank account

Philippines: Fintech startups Acudeen, First Circle join hands to target SMEs

First Circle CEO Patrick Lynch said the partnership with Acudeen expands opportunities for thousands of Philippine SMEs to expand their business.

S. Korea to foster blockchain financial services

A government-civilian consortium on blockchain was created last month.

K-Bank leads South Korea’s entry into the Internet only banking race

Kakao Bank is the other Internet-only bank to have received preliminary approval in November 2015.

China Rapid Finance Partners with Tencent Licaitong on New Investment Products

By facilitating small consumption loans for EMMAs, CRF helps its users to build credit histories.

Chinese Search Engine Gains Online Banking License

Baixin Bank has not given a definitive timeline for when its full suite of services will be available to consumers in China.

HDFC Bank unveils its first Humanoid Banking Assistant

The bank said that depending on customer reaction they would install more such robots across its branches in the country.

China to Restrict Bitcoin Marketing, But Blockchain Firms Unaffected

Bitcoin companies in China, have previously backed out of public conferences due to regulatory pressure

Miss Kaya Launches Robo-advisor for Women in Asia and Plans Comprehensive Financial Services

Miss Kaya strives to simplify and demystify money management

ME partners with Capgemini for digital expansion

All of the infrastructure and data and ownership of assets will remain with ME, and they will provide a managed service for that infrastructure.

Samba Bank live with new core banking system, Temenos’ T24

The IBM project was carried out by another Pakistan-based system integrator and IT consultancy firm, Infotech.

Japanese company replaces office workers with artificial intelligence

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is making 34 employees redundant and replacing them with IBM’s Watson Explorer AI

What's in store for Asia's fintech in 2017?

As a result, they are spending less time servicing their clients, who in turn look to external asset managers or in some cases, fintech platforms, to manage and grow their wealth.

O-Bank focusing on digital retail banking services

O-Bank yesterday said that it would be the nation’s first digitally focused retail bank and offer a full array of online services.

Korea Investment Partners to invest in British internet bank

With the Monese app, customers from all over Europe can open a U.K. current account within minutes without having to worry about the usual credit and residency checks.

St George Bank live with new core banking system, Celeriti

The system is no longer developed or sold and continues to exist in maintenance mode.