12/21/2016
Hong Kong launches Fintech Career Accelerator Scheme
FCAS provides practical internship for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in developing their careers in the fintech industry
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12/21/2016
Fintech grows through adviser platform
There are advisers are still using manual trading systems
12/19/2016
Google called in as NAB sends 60,000 customer account details to wrong email
The technology giant has stringent guidelines around allowing third parties
12/19/2016
Dark data: The elusive black swan and financial fraud, part 1 by Michael Maxwell, IBM
Not that long ago, payment operations teams thought black swans were so rare they likely didn't exist.
12/15/2016
FSC applauds opening of fintech sandbox
ASIC has created an environment for innovative companies to bring their ideas to life
12/15/2016
APAC multi-asset strategies receive tick
The benefit of spreading exposures across multiple asset classes and products is a well-accepted mantra in investment circles
12/15/2016
Computop and AsiaPay Partner to Enable Retailers to Safely and Effectively Conduct E-Commerce in Asia-Pacific
Asia Pacific will remain the world’s largest retail e-commerce market
12/14/2016
Standard Chartered opens first Asia-Pacific digital branch in Taipei
The bank said it plans to invest US$1.5 billion in Taiwan over three years to develop its global digital banking services by applying innovative financial technology to better serve its customers.
12/14/2016
UOB allows customers to use phones as security token
UOB is working on ways to make banking faster, simpler and secure for customers
12/13/2016
Robo-Advisory Services Grow Rapidly in China
Investment advice for the country’s digitally savvy has been slow to take off, but that’s changing
12/12/2016
Mobile banking will be central to CIMB’s Vietnam strategy
Vietnam’s young demographics is the reason for this strategy.
12/12/2016
White Paper - The future of digitisation in Asian private banking
White Paper was published to identify how current digitisation trends and priorities will shape the future of the industry
12/12/2016
Malaysia-Bahrain Should Lead World's Islamic Fintech
"If these two countries could collaborate, I think it will be really powerful."
12/11/2016
India Gold Tax & Confiscation; Bitcoin as Wealth Protection
India is the world’s largest consumer of gold jewellery
12/09/2016
HKMA and UKs FCA enter cooperation agreement to foster fintech
The FCA and the HKMA have entered into a Co-operation Agreement to foster collaboration in promoting financial innovation.
12/08/2016
Stellar Partners ICICI Bank, Enables Blockchain Money Transfers in India, Africa and Philippines
The new partnerships could have a telling and timely impact, particularly in India, a country still trying to find its feet following an unprecedented cash-freeze due to its government’s recent demonetization drive.
12/08/2016
European Central Bank & Japan’s Central Bank Partner for Blockchain Research
European Central Bank & Japan’s Central Bank agreed to launch a joint research project which studies the possible use of DLT for market infrastructure
12/05/2016
Mumbai and Tel Aviv are the rising financial centres as power shifts from the West, says Barclays chief
India, Singapore or Israel could be the financial technology capital of the future
12/01/2016
ANZ has little time for robo-advice
We have looked into robo-advice, and I do think there is a role for it now and in the future.
11/30/2016
MyState Bank launches enhanced Internet banking and mobile banking apps
The launch was another major step in MyState’s ongoing digital transformation