Banking Technology
Mizuho Bank to invest $61m in Philippine digital bank operator Tonik Financial
Mizuho Bank to invest $61m in Philippine digital bank operator Tonik Financial
The bank hopes to cash in on the Philippines growing digital finance sector.
MAS slaps S$930m additional capital requirements for DBS
This comes after the bank’s digital services went offline in November.
Maybank SG new banking app enables online SME current account opening
The new Maybank2u SG (Lite) app offers e-angbao gifting and other money management features.
Mizuho submits business improvement plan following tech failures
Mizuho most recently saw disruptions to its corporate online bank services on 11 January.
Standard Chartered appoints Roel Louwhoff as chief of tech, operations, and transformation
He replaces current COO David Whiteing, who is moving back to Australia.
Curbing Financial Crime Using Data Analytics
Over the past few years, the use of data has grown exponentially as businesses adopt a digital-first approach.
Why Siam Commercial Bank is transforming itself into a fintech group
With its reorganisation, the group plans to expand to a customer base of 200 million.
Mizuho Asia & Oceania appoints new co-head of global transaction banking
Ashutosh Kumar joins from Standard Chartered Bank.
Mizuho reports disruption in corporate online banking services
This comes almost a year after Mizuho suffered system failure in early 2021.
Taipei Fubon Bank to build new wealth management platform
The new platform will be launched in Hong Kong and Singapore before its Taiwan roll-out.
Banks will lean further on tech to tackle 2022 security challenges
Covid-19 has driven large-scale growth in online banking, dramatically increasing the volume of sensitive customer data that’s available to steal.
Five ways technology will reshape the banking landscape in Asia in 2022
While the impact of Covid has been hard felt by the financial services industry both in Asia and globally, the resulting challenges have provided the...
China’s new foreign-friendly financial market brimming with opportunities, but limits still abound
If authorities remove the “execution-only” restriction in WM Connect, money flows in the channel could grow ten times bigger than the $22.5b quota...
Goldman Sachs, Amazon launch suite of cloud-based data and analytics solutions
Institutional clients may accelerate time-to-market financial applications.
How Hong Kong’s livi bank aims to make banking more rewarding
They are amongst the first bank in the city to roll-out buy now, pay later services.
Sacombank delivers seamless service through top-notch eBanking technology
With its pioneering investments in technology and cybersecurity, Sacombank provides unmatched convenience and security for its clients.
Citi hiring 100 roles to boost blockchain, digital assets expertise
The bank has also unveiled three new senior roles.
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