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How can banks use AI and digital rails to cut trade finance inefficiencies?
How can banks use AI and digital rails to cut trade finance inefficiencies?
It can reduce compliance burdens, but only if they are designed to be simple, trusted, and interoperable.
Crédit Agricole CIB and Indosuez inaugurate new Singapore office
They will share the 43,420 square feet workspace at IOI Central Boulevard Towers.
How banks boost risk controls as tokenisation, AI reshape capital markets
Real-time handling and monitoring is the way to go.
Why banks still don’t start with your name
An ABF Summit keynote challenged how banks begin customer interactions.
How Citi Wealth uses AI for insights to support, not replace advisors
Research shows that 70% of wealth managers believe AI enhances.
DBS expands FX and commodities products as clients seek higher returns
DBS' 300,000 wealth clients are increasingly embracing FX and precious metals, said Rohit Meena.
Why banks see AI as a shift from product selling to service
There has been a notable 80% reduction in contact centre handling times.
HSBC sets up Singapore centre to explore quantum tech in finance
Initial priorities include PQC, QKD, and long-term infrastructure resilience.
Wealth customers turn to private markets for higher returns
US tech firms are helping drive interest, said digital wealth firm StashAway.
HSBC rolls out cross-border tokenised deposit service
TDS has completed its first USD cross-border transaction between Hong Kong and Singapore.
DBS’s multi-family office VCC hits S$1b assets under management
They are aiming to hit S$2b in AUM by end-2026.
High loan growth and weaker profitability weighs on Vietnam’s TPBank
Planned injection in a securities company affiliate will also weaken overall capitalization.
Australian regulator’s private credit scrutiny supports market stability: analyst
Better transparency, reporting, and oversight will strengthen the market.
Bank Mandiri's net profit growth to slow in 2025 due to opex adjustment
It is expected to be non-recurring.
Social pressures drive financial misreporting in Singapore
The highest misreporting rates are in the Philippines (47%) and Indonesia (45%).
New Zealand opens ESAS application process to all interested entities
In general, applications will be assessed in the order they were received.
Alipay+ enables overseas tap-to-pay service for Kakao Pay users
Kakao Pay users can now make NFC payments at Mastercard merchants worldwide.
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