01/09/2023
How Standard Chartered continues to make its mark in fintech with launch of myWealth service
Digital wealth management tool within its mobile app allows investors to build their investments in a convenient, personalised and holistic way
FinTech
01/06/2023
Thailand working on new payment system for overseas transactions
“As of September last year, 505,000 transactions worth 3.8 billion baht were made via the PromptPay-PayNow system,"
01/05/2023
Taiwan’s Next Bank Launches on Temenos
New digital bank backed by Chunghwa Telecom launches on Temenos core banking platform to bring products to market fast and scale efficiently
01/04/2023
Smartpay Capitalises on Japan’s Open Banking Ecosystem with Smartpay Bank Direct
The founding team worked in digital payments, banking, and fintech which gave the company the right talent to transform the digital consumer landscape for users seeking reliable financial products and payment solutions.
01/04/2023
Regional banks driven to step up digital services
Banks in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific are being pressured to improve their digital banking services in 2023
12/30/2022
Digital Banks Are Not Making it in Singapore
From the outset, Singapore intended to avoid any market disruption and regulators required digital banks to provide clear value propositions.
12/29/2022
Credgenics wins 'Most Effective Digitisation' and 'Most Innovative Analytics Deployment' at the IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2022
Credgenics has been at the forefront of providing future ready technology solutions for the challenges in the debt collection industry through its unique AI powered SaaS based platform. It has been working closely with banks and other non-banking lending
12/28/2022
Japanese fintech leader Smartpay first to launch the next phase of digital consumer finance through open banking
Launching Smartpay Bank Direct, Japan's first digital payment service to offer installments directly from users' bank accounts
12/27/2022
Singapore-based Family Office Whampoa Goes All-in on Digital
Called Whampoa Digital, the arm will invest - and incubate - in so-called early-stage ventures that develop blockchain infrastructure as well as Web3 applications that help the technology to become more popular and widely adopted.
12/27/2022
Singapore Firm Launches Digital En Primeur Wine-Based Tokens
Upon bottling in 2023, or at the maturity of the secured notes in 2026, investors can opt to redeem for payment from the sale of wines or physical collection of the wines.
12/23/2022
Banks open data-protection vault to other financial businesses
The idea of Sheltered Harbor came after a massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.
12/22/2022
Reserve Bank of India: «Cryptos Could Spark Next Financial Crisis»
The Reserve Bank of India is pushing to introduce its digital version of the Indian rupee.
12/21/2022
Crypto is Becoming Staple Asset Class in Asia
Crypto ownership in Asia – especially amongst the wealthy – is no longer a hot talking point as the region achieved widespread adoption in 2022.
12/20/2022
Macquarie Asset Management makes £100 million debt investment in community fibre
This funding, which forms part of a £985 million financing package, will enable Community Fibre to accelerate the roll out of its network to more than 2.4 million properties across London and its surrounding areas by the end of 2024.
12/20/2022
SS&C signs agreement with Mine Super to deliver administration services to members
Mine Super outsources administration to SS&C
12/19/2022
UBS Launches Tokenized Bonds for APAC Wealth Clients
The latest issuance is expected to serve as a foundation for further tokenization efforts in APAC where there is rising demand in the region for fixed income investments that can be transacted using blockchain.
12/16/2022
Hong Kong launches first retail crypto ETFs
CSOP has won the race to list the first exchange-traded funds that will track bitcoin and ethereum futures, saying the asset class remains too big to ignore, despite a dismal year.
12/15/2022
Value Partners Launches Asset Management App
The app intends not only to showcase the firm’s digital capabilities but also to help expand the demographics of its customer base.
12/13/2022
Two big wins at Asia Business Law Journal's Japan Law Firm Awards 2022
Our practices remain very strong even at a time of unprecedented challenges. It is encouraging to have received these awards, which are determined by client feedback.
12/12/2022
Investors Prefer Personal Advisors Over Robo or Digital Solutions In Their Wealth Management Journey
The report finds that 72% of investors prefer to retain the human touch when it comes to advisory services, consisting of advisor-led relationships (35%) and hybrid “phygital (a combination of both digital and physical)” relationships (37%).