05/17/2015
Technology, regulations spurring skills upgrade in the financial sector
More specialist skills must also be developed to address job supply mismatch
FinTech
05/15/2015
MetLife’s Infinity App Wins Fifth Industry Award and Ranks as Most Popular Insurance App in Hong Kong
The Infinity app utilizes a simple interface that is privately shareable, which allows people to capture and share positive messages, photos, and videos to deliver these to their loved ones at a predetermined time in the future.
05/14/2015
ClearView opts for Financial Synergy software to deliver efficiencies for members, advisers and administration
Industry leading superannuation and investment software provider, Financial Synergy announces another successful implementation of its specialist platform, Acurity
05/14/2015
Capco opens new Singapore office
Capco's Singapore team will focus on client challenges across the region
05/14/2015
Indian bank launches WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter mobile payments
The bank says that it sees its new service as part of a step towards a cashless economy in India
05/13/2015
Standard Chartered Bank Chooses Jive To Help 90,000 Employees Collaborate Globally
Jive's enterprise communication and collaboration solutions bridge multi-generational, multi-cultural workstyles to drive competitive advantage
05/13/2015
ChinaNet Online Holdings Announces Microcredit Lending Partnership With Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
ChinaNet will analyze its large data set of customers to help SPD Bank locate and market to target customers.
05/12/2015
Searching for the Next Jack Ma
Bao resorted to stealth.
05/11/2015
Westpac looks to drive down costs with cloud computing push
Westpac Banking Corporation is poised to start revamping its technology operations, including a big push into cloud computing
05/10/2015
Thais lag in digital banking
The adoption of digital banking in Thailand has remained sluggish compared with elsewhere in Asia despite efforts by major banks to promote the technology as well as a soaring mobile penetration rate, says a global management consulting firm.
05/05/2015
ANZ to repay millions of customers after $30m credit card glitch
ANZ Banking Group will reimburse millions of customers a total of $30 million after it miscalculated the interest charged for cash advances on credit cards
05/04/2015
Banks set up new wings to ride startup wave
HDFC Bank, the country's largest by market capitalization, claims to be the first to start a division to deal with e-commerce. It's a 60-member team, and HDFC says it works with 70% of the top 30 e-commerce players.
05/04/2015
Adopt robo-process to expand client base
Planners should be looking at how they can adopt robo-advice tools to attract customers and broaden their reach into new markets instead of seeing them as potential competitors.
05/04/2015
Banking on Technology in Indonesia
Indonesia is trying to tap into technology to get people to use less cash
05/04/2015
Facebook is making a move to grab users in emerging markets
Facebook Inc is launching an open platform for online content and application developers to join its Internet.org service
05/04/2015
Westpac continues technology investment drive
Westpac invested heavily in new technologies during the first half of the 2015 financial year, in the hopes of driving growth and enhancing customer experience.
05/01/2015
Infosys Finacle launches digital banking solution
Infosys has announced the launch of the Finacle Youth Banking solution, a first-of-its-kind mobile-based banking solution for young people.
05/01/2015
OLYMPIC Banking System wins two awards
ERI scores in the "Transaction Processing Solution" and “Portfolio Management” categories
04/30/2015
A new battle for banking talent takes off in China
Practically speaking, this means that certain profiles in personal banking are suddenly very popular.
04/30/2015
Numerix Signs Partnership deal with xQuant of Hangzhou China
Numerix CrossAsset Analytics Bring Powerful Pricing to xQuant’s Equity Derivatives Platform