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.
FinTech
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.
03/17/2017
Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion
Sequential joins our worldwide partner ecosystem of strategic alliances partners, and technical and application partners.
03/17/2017
Bangkok Bank launches fintech accelerator
The programme will conclude in a Demo Day in September 2017, when the selected startups will pitch their business ideas to members of the wider investment community in a bid to secure funding and partnerships.
03/16/2017
Technological innovations driving cards business
The shift in customer behaviour to digital platforms and evolving technology are making banks rethink their strategies.
03/16/2017
Flynt: False Assurances
Flynt has enough capital to get a banking license.
03/16/2017
Japanese banks teaming up on blockchain tests
Bankers' association to coordinate industrywide efforts
03/15/2017
More SE Asian second-generation wealthy millennials venturing into startups
It is no wonder why.
03/15/2017
Avaloq maps out Asian growth path
Peter Scott of Avaloq explains some of the firm's priorities in 2017 for growing the business in Asia, especially in terms of business process outsourcing (BPO).
03/15/2017
HUB24 wants to help stockbrokers become wealth managers
It's part of the market that hasn't been embraced by platform providers, and they need slightly different things because of their heritage and where they come from.