Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

‘Stay focused’ on China’s new tech ETFs even if you can’t invest yet, money manager says

These ETFs could be some of the first to access the highly anticipated Ant Group IPO

Tokyo stock trading halted for day by computer glitch

The glitch hit the country's top Nikkei 225 and Topix indexes as well as exchanges in Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka that operate through Tokyo's system.

RegTech Asia 2020: Trade Surveillance and Monitoring

Manesh Samtani, Editor at Regulation Asia, spoke to NICE Actimize’s Jerome Lambert and Synpulse’s Parsa Khoshdel to find how Covid-19 has impacted markets and trading, and what the increased use of new client communication modalities has meant

Judo Bank partners with GBST to drive online engagement

Judo Bank is the first financial provider in the term deposit market to offer a calculator that compares other institution’s interest rates and calculates the difference in interest earned.

Southeast Asia as a Leader for Instant Cross-Border Payments

These transactions are for people or organizations who look for funds across territories.

Fintech firms look at smaller super funds

Kendall explained that many financial planners were using their own software to make decisions with regards to switching from investment A to investment B, a process that traditionally required additional paperwork.

Virtual banking takes shape in Hong Kong

New digital financial services in the city highlight the need for reliable operations

Two More Virtual Banks Launch in Hong Kong

Ping An OneConnect Bank also provides lending service ‘Trade-Connect Loan’ exclusively to SME customers from Tradelink Electronic Commerce.

ZA Bank: User Count Tops 180,000

Every month since ZA Bank’s launch half a year ago, its user base has grown double-digits and its deposit base crossed HK$2.4 billion ($310 million) in less than 100 days.

DBS: Digital Banking Not Singapore's Biggest Industry Disruptor

In contrast, digital banks are expected to turn a profit slowly even if they do manage to grab a 1-5 percent market share of the unsecured retail and SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) loan market in the initial years.

China Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Monthly Update – Sep 2020 Issue

Two draft standards were released in August on protection of critical information infrastructure.

OneConnect wins IFTA FinTech Achievement Award for Digital Banking

The awarded OneConnect Bank Solution demonstrates OneConnect's core technologies and advantages.

Six Park, Rollit Wealth announce partnership

Aranwela believes the new integration "makes sense" for both employers and employees alike.

What did we learn from CREALOGIX Open Innovation Day 2020?

The sense of urgency came across loud and clear – consumers’ tastes and expectations are changing rapidly; they are setting the pace and financial institutions must race to keep up.

ConsenSys wins Hong Kong central bank digital currency project

The aim is to ‘build a proof-of-concept (PoC) where a THB-HKD cross-border corridor network is set up as a bridge between the Inthanon and the LionRock networks”.

DBS teams up with AntChain for trade finance platform

Tan Su Shan, Group Head of Institutional Banking, DBS Bank, said that DBS’ partnership with AntChain underscores its commitment to SMEs in providing optimal and timely working capital support which is key to their survival in this period of prolonge

DBS, StanChart offer Google Pay option for transfers to PayNow users

Google Pay users can also pay merchants by scanning QR codes (SGQR or PayNow QR) or by entering a unique entity number.

Singapore digital wealth manager raises $18.6m

This latest capital injection will allow Syfe to accelerate its journey toward reshaping the future of investing and saving in Asia.

We’ve officially launched a new virtual bank Mox in Hong Kong

It also underscores Standard Chartered’s continued momentum in digitising its Retail Banking business and building strong strategic collaborations in response to the changing digital habits of clients across its markets.

Singapore banks juice up data drive to customise personal finance

More customers also made the switch to transact online.