Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Banks: Ready to fight

Kotak Mahindra Bank studied the digital wallet industry carefully to understand how a traditional bank can offer what wallets cannot.

Big four banks roadblock in Apple Pay rollout

Apple released its Apple pay mobile payment system in Australia in November, but only American Express cards issued directly by American Express can use it so far.

ANZ NZ launches HCE driven mobile wallet touted as first mobile payment app built by a bank in NZ

The Semble partnership also includes Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees.

First State Super to invest in fintech start-ups

There has never been a more exciting time to be in fintech

The Real Digital Darkness At The Heart Of Banking Is A Lack Of Respect For Customers

More than sixty per cent of those surveyed said core systems – which take years to implement – are a barrier to optimising sales performance

Swiss Re brings IBM's Watson to Australian life insurance

Swiss Re became the first global reinsurer to use IBM Watson, a cognitive computer system that is built to answer questions in natural language and "learn" from large amounts of unstructured data.

SGX restructures, streamlines tech and ooperations units

Integrating sales and product teams to provide comprehensive client solutions

Are Chinese Platforms Abandoning the Peer-to-Peer Model?

Following in the footsteps of Chinese internet giants such as Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com, leading Chinese P2P platforms have begun evolving into one-stop wealth management platforms.

IT giant's stock rises on Internet banking permit

The stock surged as much as 12.8% to 131,000 won $114.47, the highest since early October, and closed at 120,600 won, up 3.9%.

Reluctant Banker Now King of $10 Billion in India Tech Deals

Its steady growth in advising the country’s emerging businesses caught the eye of U.S. private equity group KKR & Co.

ANZ digital software upgrade goes wrong

People vented their anger on social media with many criticising the bank’s decision to roll out the changes at the end of the month.

Chinese banks miss out on the party as Asian M&As pass $1 trillion mark

The Chinese banks' struggles to emerge as leading advisers on big ticket acquisitions have curtailed their fee income growth at a time when the lending business is under pressure due to a slowing domestic economy.

Mobile banking consumers in Singapore warned of malware threat

Bank customers in Singapore have been warned of a rise in malware infections on Android phones that seek to hijack online passwords and one-time security codes.

Hungarian, Chinese business partners seal deals worth nearly $2 bln

Hungarian and Chinese companies signed contracts with a combined value of almost $2 billion in Beijing yesterday

Microsoft wins two Asian Private Banker Technology Awards

It provides a highly flexible relationship management framework

Borderless banking with Maybank

While most local banks issue payment cards, most can only be used at ATMs for cash withdrawal purposes.

Q&A: J.P. Morgan Bankers on Why China Tech M&A Is Hot

Online shopping giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. agreed to buy online video provider Youku Tudou Inc. and turn it into a wholly owned unit earlier this month.

Bank to wheel out mobile branch

We expect banks, particularly note-issuing banks and large retail banks, to do more in fostering financial inclusion

Xero weaves its 'financial web'

National Australia Bank said last month its business bankers are plugging into Xero to provide more-accurate data, which is being used by NAB to accelerate determination of credit applications.

Key tips that will keep your online banking secure

Digital banking transactions are safe or unsafe as far as the consumer or the account holder makes them to be.

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