Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Big Japanese Bank Backs Out Of Ripple Money Tap App Partnership

Japan-based Bank, Resona, announced on Thursday that it will cancel its partnership with the Ripple-powered remittance payments app, Money Tap.

Technology will deliver performance, says Phil King

And he says this isn't a bubble, though he agrees tech is a sector where there is a propensity for bigger blow-ups because like other high-growth segments, it can be prone to fraud and over-valuation.

Wealthtech Platform Jitta Aims to Remove the Jitters for Wealthy Thai Investors

For Beacon and its fellow investors to have put that much faith in a start-up speaks volumes for the proposition that Trawut has devised and created.

Standard Chartered expands Straight2Bank Pay in Asian markets

Standard Chartered continues to serve the growing digital needs of clients through innovation.

FSA-Approved Bitcoin Exchange Set to Go Live in Japan

Decurret’s approval followed a long history of cryptocurrency-related thefts in Japan.

Banking: Rise of challenger banks in Asia

He describes a challenger or virtual bank as a digital-only proposition, one with no branch network.

The Case for Responsible Investing in Digital Financial Services

As data analytical capacities increase, data driven lending is emerging across the globe, and companies providing digital loans are quickly growing.

Financing the Future of Asia: Innovations in Sustainable Finance

Take a deep dive into Asia’s four largest economies — China, India, Japan, and Indonesia — to highlight how innovation in sustainable finance is helping mobilize private capital at scale to solve important social and environmental challe

Wealth management gains from AI developments

The World Economic Forum estimates that 133m new roles may emerge by 2022.

Wealth management software firm circles competitor

The $1.1 billion Bravura is more than eight times GBST's market cap.

Fintech is thriving! Global investment more than doubles in 2018

This was partly due to a small number of mega deals.

Standard Chartered gets its head in the open banking game

Open banking is about putting more choices in the hands of our clients.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Approves Virtual Bank License for WeLab Digital Limited

The HKMA reported that it making good progress in the processing of the remaining 4 shortlisted virtual bank applications indicating that Hong Kong will soon have eight digital bank options.

A Platform for FinTech Success

Across the years 2014-2017, FinTech companies based in Hong Kong raised US$940 million, compared to US$627 million and US$325 million raised in Australia and Singapore respectively.

How will IoT transform industry in Asia?

For me, one of the key elements in this report is that the maturity of the Asian markets means that the default position is no longer “R&D in US or Europe, build in Asia”.

World’s Best Investment Banks 2019: Financial Technology

Global Finance’s winners are turbocharging investment in new technologies to facilitate existing systems and products while also supporting fintech innovations.

Western Union Partners With Crypto Wallet for Cross-Border Transfers

With this partnership, Filipinos will now be able to receive international money transfers that are made from the Western Union platform directly to their Coins.ph wallets.

China could soon ban cryptocurrency mining: Report

The South China Morning Post has reported the country's economic planning body is moving to ban cryptocurrency mining facilities.

Japan’s MUFG eyes SE Asian fintech startups with $185m CVC fund

MUFG added that it views this as an opportunity for innovation, and for startups to add value creatively in that space.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Anti-Money Laundering Solution Takes Prestigious Asia Award Second Year Running

LexisNexis Bridger Insight XG Awarded 'Best AML Solution' in 2018 at Asian Private Banker's Technology Awards