09/09/2015
Euroclear Opens Gateway to China Domiciled Funds
The membership enables Euroclear to participate in MRF through CMU.
FinTech
09/03/2015
Online advice service kicks off
Two former NAB executives have launched an online entry level cloud based wealth advice service for consumers who do not go to financial planners or client types not targeted by advisers.
08/31/2015
Cyber risk poses increased threat in mergers and acquisitions
You have to have protocols around confidentiality.
08/31/2015
Shifu: ‘Masterful’ New Banking Trojan Is Attacking 14 Japanese Banks
Shifu currently targets 14 Japanese banks and select electronic banking platforms used across Europe
08/30/2015
Hong Kong banks turn to start-ups for tech edge
From data analysis to alternative lending and investment options, nimble smaller firms with a tech edge are vying to lure consumers.
08/29/2015
Indian Bank launches IndPay mobile app service
IndPay can be operated through smartphones compatible with Android, Windows and iOS mobile operating systems.
08/28/2015
China’s Moves Won’t Help U.S. Tech Firms
Weaker yuan will make American gadgets more expensive in China, and Chinese ones cheaper abroad
08/28/2015
Singapore can do more to promote its financial centre: panel
Members also said more could be done to promote digital distribution, advanced analytics and other innovations to drive growth in the insurance industry
08/25/2015
Stone & Chalk names resident start-ups
The Google-backed, Silicon Valley-based fintech start-up Ripple Labs is among a group of 41 start-ups that have joined Stone & Chalk
08/24/2015
Rise of the machines as ANZ brings in robot workers to do the 'boring' jobs
The bank says it is not a job reduction strategy, rather it is a move to existing operations and to refocus human workers on new areas.
08/24/2015
London wants to pinch best Aussie fintech start-ups
Ten of our most promising fintech companies will be flown to London next month by the British government, which is trying to lure start-ups to the UK as the global war for innovation talent heats up.
08/24/2015
DBS Bank to soft launch mobile banking in India
Singapore's DBS bank which has branches in major cities of India will soft launch its digital/mobile online banking in the country this week, a top official of the bank said today.
08/23/2015
Online finance jobs still a hard sell for young bankers in China
China's internet finance firms are attracting top talent from traditional lenders with high salaries, but junior-level recruitment is proving harder
08/20/2015
IRESS sees profit in wealth management
IRESS also acquired digital advice platform Innergi.
08/20/2015
A Hundred Apps Bloom in China as Millions Bank on Their Phones
Consumers are skipping straight from cash to mobile finance.
08/20/2015
Hong Leong Bank aims to digitise wholesale banking
The move excludes its treasury segment and is aimed at acquiring new customers while retaining existing ones.
08/20/2015
Singapore and HK’s fintech future called into question
Regional rivals' lighter regulatory burden could make Hong Kong and Singapore alsorans in financial technology, say industry players. The two cities need to harness native innovation to catch up.
08/20/2015
Unleash, Develop, Disrupt
The Citi Mobile Challenge is a next-generation accelerator that combines a virtual hackathon with an incubator to discover innovative solutions for the banking sector.
08/19/2015
P2P Payments App Xendit Launches In Indonesia
The company is billing itself as a more private money-transfer service that’ll beat companies like Venmo to the market in Southeast Asia.
08/19/2015
Tencent makes funds splash with launch of WeBank app
China’s first private internet bank WeBank has launched its mobile digital platform, which will distribute six activelymanaged funds from China Universal AM and Bosera Funds.