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Internal Auditors, Cost Accountants and Relationship Managers are among the candidates in hottest demand this quarter across Asia, according to the Hays Quarterly Hotspots.

Earlier this year, Standard Chartered Bank launched a novel display card solution in Singapore. While the card looks and functions like a regular payment card – debit, credit and ATM - the Display Card has touch-sensitive buttons and an embedded LCD screen, combining features such as EMV payment, One-time Password (OTP) generation and transaction signing for e-banking.

Even though the principles of financial services consumer protection have been around in Asia for a number of years, there seems to be little desire to embrace the concepts of fair treatment as a strategic tool to reduce the risk of poor customer outcomes.

In a statement, Citi announced the appointment of Dylan Halterlein as Managing Director and Asia Pacific Head of its Delta One product. He will report regionally to James Boyle, Asia Pacific Head of Equity Trading, and Joseph Chang, Asia Pacific Head of Prime Finance, and globally to Mike Pringle, Global Head of Equity Trading.

According to a release, Standard Chartered has appointed Alvaro Patron as Head, Global Corporate Sales, Financial Markets. Alvaro will be based in Singapore, reporting to Christian Wait, Global Head of Sales, Financial Markets.

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He joined the bank on April 8.

It was developed by Citi Innovatin Lab in Singapore.

In a statement, Standard Chartered announced the appointments of Chris Allington as Global Head, FX, and Neh Thaker as Global Head, Options & Platforms. Chris was most recently Head of FX, West and FX Options, and Regional Head, FXRC, Europe & Americas. He joined Standard Chartered in 2010 and was based in London. In his new capacity, Chris will take an increased leadership role with responsibilities across all FX products, and with teams across the Bank to deepen client relationships and accelerate the growth of our FX business. Chris continues to report to Nitin Gulabani, Global Head, FX, Rates & Credit, and will be based in Singapore. This appointment takes effect immediately. Neh joins the Bank as Global Head, Options & Platforms. In this newly created role, Neh will be responsible for overseeing the risks and driving the growth and product development of the Bank’s options business across the Financial Markets business. He joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he has worked his entire career and most recently in a similar global role for structured products. Neh is also based in Singapore and reports to Nitin. Commenting on the appointments, Nitin Gulabani, said, “I am very pleased to have Chris take up a bigger role, and at the same time welcome Neh to the Bank. Chris’ experience and knowledge of the Bank will allow him to add even more to the FX business, while Neh’s skills will greatly complement the development of the business going forward.”

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It will also manage its trustee business.

When it comes to Asia, digitalisation is crucial for businesses to succeed. No matter what the industry, sector or location, companies must be both online and mobile to deliver the experience their customers expect.

Many commentators have pointed out the circle of money that is quantitative easing and which has been responsible, ultimately, for the record highs observed this year of the Dow Jones and FTSE equity indices. Central banks print money, which is used to buy government bonds.

Mobile wallets will be the next battleground among businesses from various sectors – including financial institutions (FIs) in the fight for ownership of the consumer relationship. 2012 witnessed the introduction of myriad mobile wallet trials, and the mobile wallet wars will only continue to grow in 2013 and beyond.

Sales increased 160% to $268 million in 2012.