03/28/2017
Apple Pay to kick off in Taiwan this week
PXmart’s Apple Pay service will only accept Taishin Bank and CTBC Bank credit cards.
FinTech
03/28/2017
KPMG: Shanghai is next Silicon Valley
Shanghai is bound to remain among the world's leading innovation hubs
03/27/2017
StanChart Says Almost `Over Hump' on Costly Compliance Upgrades
The stakes are high for the bank that operates in more than 70 countries and is under investigation by regulators from the U.S. to Hong Kong.
03/27/2017
IT specialists ask Chinese law firms to upgrade systems
China is essentially still in the middle of its first round of global expansion
03/24/2017
Sydney fintech HashChing is looking for $6 million to drive more borrowers away from the big banks
The smaller banks and non-lenders are becoming more aggressive with their home loan deals
03/23/2017
Moneytree Completes a JPY 1 Billion Funding Series B Funding Round
Moneytree LINK powers solutions from ten accounting software providers, making it the number one platform in the Japanese accounting industry.
03/23/2017
Bank software group Avaloq valued at 1 bln in Warburg Pincus deal
Avaloq, which generated 533 million Swiss francs in sales last year, aims for an initial public offering in three to four years.
03/23/2017
How transparency is driving Asian asset managers to technology
The management of their portfolios and to boost the overall efficiency of their businesses.
03/23/2017
Lufax plans online platform as part of transformation from P2P to wealth management company
The company will also target middle class Asian investors in countries such as India and Indonesia.
03/23/2017
Fintech Deals in South East Asia Hit Record Numbers in 2016
Payments have been a hot sector in the past 12 months
03/22/2017
Digital disruption: rite of passage for Asia’s banks
Mobile technology will dominate the banking industry
03/22/2017
Steve Knabl: Innovate or Face Extinction
Singapore’s independent asset management industry is thriving
03/22/2017
Australian securities regulator issues DLT information sheet
There has been intense interest in DLT from operators of financial market infrastructure
03/19/2017
Bitcoin Users at Risk in India, Reserve Bank Reluctant to Take Actions
The inability or rather the unwillingness of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to recognize Bitcoin is a major problem for Bitcoin in the country.
03/19/2017
Kokoro the smiling robot wants to sell you travel insurance
The company behind Hello Kitty is testing cloud tech at Tokyo's Narita Airport
03/19/2017
Thailand’s Largest Bank Launches International FinTech Accelerator
The 12-week program will favor applicants development technologies and solutions for payments, electronic know-your-customer (eKYC), machine learning and artificial intelligence.
03/19/2017
Meet the 12 startups selected for Yes Bank’s accelerator programme
Yes Bank received 753 Applications from 18 countries after which it shortlisted 12 startups.
03/19/2017
Maybank’s fintech headstart
The results of that brain-storming session include the launch of MaybankPay and Samsung Pay.
03/17/2017
Robo-advice portfolios boosted by themes and factors
The thematic and factor approaches to building indices have their own individual advantages for digital wealth management services.
03/17/2017
Japanese Blockchain Consortium Exceeds 100 Members, Aims to Boost Awareness in Banks
The working group launched with 34 companies as founding members to collectively place blockchain technology at the very core of the Fintech revolution.