11/19/2015
Private banks 'must adapt' to servicing IAMs
Technology and service improvements are key if private banks are to strengthen their coverage of independent asset managers, said panelists at an AsianInvestor forum.
FinTech
11/18/2015
Bank of Foxconn: iPhone Maker Is Latest to Push Into China Financial Services
Apple’s largest contract manufacturer joins Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent as it quietly ventures into lending
11/18/2015
China launches the country's first cash machines using facial recognition technology
They allow users to access their bank accounts by scanning their faces, effectively making bank cards redundant.
11/16/2015
Wynyard signs $900,000 contract with Saudi Bank
No term was given for the duration of the contract.
11/16/2015
Vigilance needed on mobile banking scams
The theme of this year’s Fraud Awareness week is small business and small businesses need to be particularly vigilant when migrating to mobile solutions.
11/13/2015
AAC Technologies: Don’t Fight Against Apple; Merrill, UBS Caught In Short
Sales at AAC jumped 54% from a year ago to 3.18 billion yuan, well ahead of street estimate of 2.69 billion yuan.
11/13/2015
Tech Mahindra Takes Grameen Koota Live with Temenos T24
Modern core banking solution paves the way for Grameen Koota to accelerate business performance and expand client base in India, helping to boost delivery of Financial Services to low-income households
11/12/2015
Citi Mobile Challenge Holds Demo Day in Hong Kong
These concepts, together with the 58 solutions presented at the three demo days held earlier, will be evaluated by a panel of industry experts and financial technology leaders.
11/12/2015
Swipe Right for RoboBanker, Your Wealth Manager and Dinner Date
Robo advisors offer a cheaper alternative to traditional wealth managers such as private banks, which many investors can’t afford.
11/10/2015
Emirates NBD partners with State Bank of India for 60-second remittances
The tie-up with SBI will help strengthen Emirates NBD’s DirectRemit platform which is set to benefit a large additional customer base in the UAE.
11/10/2015
SS&C's Geneva and Advent Portfolio Exchange Honored at the 2015 Buy-Side Technology Awards
The awards were presented on Friday, November 6, 2015, during the Buy-Side Technology Awards luncheon at Le Meridien Piccadilly in London.
11/09/2015
Banks urged to embrace new technology to move forward
Expounding upon South Korea's remarkable economic growth that pushed its status from a poor post-war country to one of the Asian Tigers now serves as a cliché; the rags to riches story of the country has been one recounted too often.
11/06/2015
Fintech group ayondo launches first product in Singapore
Ayondo partners with KGI Fraser Securities to launch KGI Contrax. Introduces social trading concept to Asia.
11/06/2015
DBS accelerator picks make their pitches to investors
The founders of 10 FinTech startups from Hong Kong and around the world met hundreds of potential investors at the inaugural DBS Accelerator Demo Day
11/06/2015
ASIC sets up special robo-advice taskforce
ASIC is very supportive of the automated provision of advice
11/03/2015
China Film and TV Capital and Wild Bunch create joint fund
Pioneering entity will develop and finance Chinese-European co-productions.
10/29/2015
Leading Japanese Investment Firm Selects FrontInvest to Manage its Growing PE Business
The firm's users will benefit from the tight integration among the FrontInvest modules
10/27/2015
Singapore's economy to 'expand at modest pace' for 2015, 2016: MAS
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said the external environment is likely to remain challenging and investment into the digital revolution, such as ICT hardware, software, and R&D, is expected to be the key driver of economic activity in the future.
10/22/2015
Bravura Solutions appoints ex-IFDS Platform CIO
He brings with him a wealth of experience within both software and financial services firms, and is a proven delivery and implementation leader.
10/22/2015
Ageas Insurance selects Verizon cloud for wealth management
i-Invest was developed by Ageas to enable the company to offer its customers, agents and partners diversified investment instruments, such as mutual funds and bonds.