The results of a global survey published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) confirm that Asia remains the leading growth region for mobile payments....

We are living in Industrial Revolution 4.0 where data have emerged as the new ‘growth fuel’, powering everything from productivity and...

Asia is not only the largest single market in terms of consumer payment value but is also home to the largest share of the world’s unbanked...

Capital market participants and market infrastructure providers around the world are working to assess and apply emerging technologies.

For private banks and wealth managers, investment suitability is a hot regulatory topic and should be at the heart of front-office digitisation...

Security measures and user protection From a systems perspective, open APIs mean that a new communications path is being...

The bank branch as we know it, with tellers behind windows and bankers huddled in cubicles with desktop computers, needs reinvention.

Urbanisation, together with population growth, is expected to add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas around the world by 2050, according to...

With HKMA and major Hong Kong banks increased their base lending rate on September 27, Hong Kong has finally embraced higher rates after twelve...

The global financial services industry including Asia is being plagued with the pervasive nature of financial crime and the ever-changing typology...

Increased competition and rising costs are forcing private banks globally and in Asia to focus more on profitability and less on volume growth....

Against very clear headwinds due to the trade war and decelerating investment, China's State Council has unveiled plans to take a more...

Artificial intelligence has been a topic of conversation and a part of business for years, from rogue robots in movies to neural networks that...

It might seem as though vertical division of labor and horizontal disintegration have already proliferated enough.

Banking executives today not only have to deal with running the bank, but also transforming it to grow in a sustainable manner.

This is now an inflection point for foreign asset managers as China vows to allow foreign players to take controlling stakes and operate...

Chinese banks seem to have made meaningful progress in the resolution of problem loans.

In just decades, digital advancement has enabled technology to shift from being a business enabler to being THE business.

Banks need to narrow the distance with customers, to offer them an array of contact points, and to better understand their behavior and needs.