Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

A WhatsApp Moment for Asia's Banks

A small part of that may be from the direct loss of market share to fintech startups.

Postal Savings Bank Of China Seeks To Become A Player In Digital Finance

According to the report, PSBC "plans to 'actively explore' the setting up of a mobile payment system and speed up the development of mobile phone-based services

ANZ rules out upgrading core IT systems

The comments from ANZ's CIO come despite its competitors, NAB and Commonwealth Bank, heavily investing in improving their technology systems over the past few years.

Education struggles to provide millennials with right tech skills

Millennials in emerging markets face steep learning curve

In race to be Asia’s ‘fintech’ hub, Singapore leads Hong Kong

Fintech firms are shaking up the traditional banking and financial services industry.

Singapore banks eye Facebook IDs for transfers

Service could also use Twitter usernames for payments

Robo-advice start-ups go beyond disruption to new clients

Robo-advice delivers investors a low-cost investment management portfolio based on algorithms and technology.

In race to be Asia's fintech hub, Singapore leads Hong Kong

State funding, light-touch regulation and a recent move to allow start-ups to test financial products in a controlled environment have put Singapore ahead of rival Hong Kong to be Asia's fintech hotspot.

JBWere announces new reporting software

NAB's private wealth management firm, JBWere, has partnered with Praemium to implement new client reporting software to support its wealth and investment advice.

Temenos’ WealthSuite selected as global wealth management platform by a leading international bank

WealthSuite to be deployed across wealth management operations in over 30 countries

Banks collaborating with fintech firms

The proportion of fintech investment in this region has risen to 19 per cent of the global total from 6 per cent in the past five years.

OpenMarket Adds New Countries To Two-Way Mobile SMS Service

OpenMarket now offers a two-way mobile messaging service in 37 additional countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, allowing companies to engage interactively with a total of 6.1 billion mobile subscribers worldwide via mobile.

Panin Bank Launches Innovative Multi-Channel Digital Banking Experience With Fiserv

Panin Bank has extended the capabilities of its mobile and online channels to deliver the experience their customers want at the speed they expect.

KPMG Will Soon Be Using Artificial Intelligence For Audits in Australia

The artificial intelligence deal with IBM includes a focus on audit and assurance services.

Indian Bank ICICI Establishes Digital Division to Harness Blockchain Technology

The TDG group will help make the organization develop its digital capabilities for its commercial, retail and wholesale banking, its treasury business, and its small and medium enterprises business.

Axis Bank Launches 'Thought Factory', an Innovation Lab to Drive FinTech Innovation

Additionally, Axis Bank has also launched ‘Hack for Hire’ programme for identifying talent from across the country through Hackathons for the in-house innovation team at Thought Factory.

Brett King raises private equity concerns for Australian fintechs

Australia tends to only have two asset classes; stock and property. There’s a real dearth of private equity venture capital.

India's YES BANK enhances digital access

This is a further effort to create a digitised bank, it said in a statement.

DBS adopts cloud-based productivity technology

The cloud-based technology allows staff to work together anywhere, across PCs, tablets and smartphones, using Microsoft products.

StanChart to invest over RM100mil in global tech hub in Malaysia

Since the company’s inception in 2001, he said, it had demonstrated an impressive growth from a headcount of 150 to over 5,000 at present, out of which 86% are Malaysians.