05/21/2015
Transfast launches instant bank deposits to Pakistan
Customers Can Send to 99% of Bank Accounts in Pakistan
FinTech
05/21/2015
Acorns Grow app launches in Australia turning loose change into share portfolios
Managing director of Instreet Investments and chief executive of the newly formed Acorns Grow Australia, George Lucas, said the app worked because it was a natural way to invest.
05/20/2015
Misys targets Islamic banking segment
With an annual growth of 17 per cent, Islamic banking is a key area where banks can stay ahead of their competition and gain market share.
05/20/2015
Thomson Reuters Launches eLearning Suite to Address Increasing Training Requirements for Financial Professionals
Thomson Reuters signs agreement with Present Value Training to expand its eLearning solutions for financial professionals facing increasing training requirements, starting in Asia
05/20/2015
GlobeOne Announces LOI with Eximbank to Bring New Mobile Banking Network to Vietnam
Low-cost mobile access to financial services will include international money transfers between Vietnam, U.S., and Mexico
05/19/2015
DBS bets big on Joey Yung and Louis Koo
DBS has given a boost to its Eminent Card with an ad campaign focused around two towering figures in Hong Kong entertainment business
05/19/2015
GPS Wealth launches tailored platform
HUB24 and independent licensee GPS Wealth have launched a new white label managed accounts platform.
05/19/2015
Philippines-based interbank network selects Gemalto
Gemalto`s Ezio Authentication Server and Mobile token will allow BancNet customers to pay their bills, check account balance, and transfer funds from their accounts with any member bank, using their computers and mobile devices to perform dynamic, multi-l
05/18/2015
A Sharia Compliant Bitcoin Platform Blossoms in Indonesia
The Blossom platform connects investors to micro-lending institutions in Indonesia and the beneficiaries receive the loan in fiat currency.
05/18/2015
Growth of Crime-as-a-Service among banks in Asia
The organization’s 2014 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment suggests that crime-as-a-service allows cybercriminals to develop sophisticated malicious products and services before selling them on to anyone in interested, including people and
05/17/2015
Technology, regulations spurring skills upgrade in the financial sector
More specialist skills must also be developed to address job supply mismatch
05/15/2015
MetLife’s Infinity App Wins Fifth Industry Award and Ranks as Most Popular Insurance App in Hong Kong
The Infinity app utilizes a simple interface that is privately shareable, which allows people to capture and share positive messages, photos, and videos to deliver these to their loved ones at a predetermined time in the future.
05/14/2015
ClearView opts for Financial Synergy software to deliver efficiencies for members, advisers and administration
Industry leading superannuation and investment software provider, Financial Synergy announces another successful implementation of its specialist platform, Acurity
05/14/2015
Capco opens new Singapore office
Capco's Singapore team will focus on client challenges across the region
05/14/2015
Indian bank launches WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter mobile payments
The bank says that it sees its new service as part of a step towards a cashless economy in India
05/13/2015
Standard Chartered Bank Chooses Jive To Help 90,000 Employees Collaborate Globally
Jive's enterprise communication and collaboration solutions bridge multi-generational, multi-cultural workstyles to drive competitive advantage
05/13/2015
ChinaNet Online Holdings Announces Microcredit Lending Partnership With Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
ChinaNet will analyze its large data set of customers to help SPD Bank locate and market to target customers.
05/12/2015
Searching for the Next Jack Ma
Bao resorted to stealth.
05/11/2015
Westpac looks to drive down costs with cloud computing push
Westpac Banking Corporation is poised to start revamping its technology operations, including a big push into cloud computing
05/10/2015
Thais lag in digital banking
The adoption of digital banking in Thailand has remained sluggish compared with elsewhere in Asia despite efforts by major banks to promote the technology as well as a soaring mobile penetration rate, says a global management consulting firm.