Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Australian Finsure brokers gain access to open banking data

In a 'trusted adviser' capacity.

Endowus Inks Private Markets Tie-Up

The tie-up will allow Endowus’ private wealth clients to leverage iCapital's technology and solutions to gain institutional-quality access to private market initiatives across equity, debt and real assets.

Bank of Thailand to open virtual banking applications

The central bank will then write to the finance ministry recommending a maximum of three candidates to set up virtual banks, it said.

Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group

Ma's ceding of control comes as Ant is nearing the completion of its two-year regulatory-driven restructuring, with Chinese authorities poised to impose a fine of more than $1 billion on the firm.

How Standard Chartered continues to make its mark in fintech with launch of myWealth service

Digital wealth management tool within its mobile app allows investors to build their investments in a convenient, personalised and holistic way

Thailand working on new payment system for overseas transactions

“As of September last year, 505,000 transactions worth 3.8 billion baht were made via the PromptPay-PayNow system,"

Taiwan’s Next Bank Launches on Temenos

New digital bank backed by Chunghwa Telecom launches on Temenos core banking platform to bring products to market fast and scale efficiently

Smartpay Capitalises on Japan’s Open Banking Ecosystem with Smartpay Bank Direct

The founding team worked in digital payments, banking, and fintech which gave the company the right talent to transform the digital consumer landscape for users seeking reliable financial products and payment solutions.

Regional banks driven to step up digital services

Banks in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific are being pressured to improve their digital banking services in 2023

Digital Banks Are Not Making it in Singapore

From the outset, Singapore intended to avoid any market disruption and regulators required digital banks to provide clear value propositions.

Credgenics wins 'Most Effective Digitisation' and 'Most Innovative Analytics Deployment' at the IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2022

Credgenics has been at the forefront of providing future ready technology solutions for the challenges in the debt collection industry through its unique AI powered SaaS based platform. It has been working closely with banks and other non-banking lending

Japanese fintech leader Smartpay first to launch the next phase of digital consumer finance through open banking

Launching Smartpay Bank Direct, Japan's first digital payment service to offer installments directly from users' bank accounts

Singapore-based Family Office Whampoa Goes All-in on Digital

Called Whampoa Digital, the arm will invest - and incubate - in so-called early-stage ventures that develop blockchain infrastructure as well as Web3 applications that help the technology to become more popular and widely adopted.

Singapore Firm Launches Digital En Primeur Wine-Based Tokens

Upon bottling in 2023, or at the maturity of the secured notes in 2026, investors can opt to redeem for payment from the sale of wines or physical collection of the wines.

Banks open data-protection vault to other financial businesses

The idea of Sheltered Harbor came after a massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.

Reserve Bank of India: «Cryptos Could Spark Next Financial Crisis»

The Reserve Bank of India is pushing to introduce its digital version of the Indian rupee.

Crypto is Becoming Staple Asset Class in Asia

Crypto ownership in Asia – especially amongst the wealthy – is no longer a hot talking point as the region achieved widespread adoption in 2022.

Macquarie Asset Management makes £100 million debt investment in community fibre

This funding, which forms part of a £985 million financing package, will enable Community Fibre to accelerate the roll out of its network to more than 2.4 million properties across London and its surrounding areas by the end of 2024.

SS&C signs agreement with Mine Super to deliver administration services to members

Mine Super outsources administration to SS&C

UBS Launches Tokenized Bonds for APAC Wealth Clients

The latest issuance is expected to serve as a foundation for further tokenization efforts in APAC where there is rising demand in the region for fixed income investments that can be transacted using blockchain.