Interviews May 23 Simon Loong charts WeLab’s journey from fintech disruptor to profitable digital bank Simon Loong, founder and Group CEO of WeLab Group, shares how the company reached profitability ahead of global digital bank benchmarks, scaled digita... 1101
Conference Mar 03 Thai banks ponder a future defined by speed, collaboration and customer experience in the AI era How banks in Thailand can harness emerging technologies, reinvent collaboration and create a seamless, boundary-less customer experience.... 1530
Feature Aug 22 Convergence of CeFi and DeFi set to revolutionise finance The fusion of centralised and decentralised finance offers unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, innovation, and inclusivity... 3680
Feature May 20 Rise of digital assets and tokenisation Now a formidable force in the finance sector, digital assets and tokenisation offer unprecedented opportunities through innovative technologies that e... 10521
Research Note Nov 01 Hong Kong’s roadmap to promote fintech adoption HKMA’s Fintech Promotion Roadmap developed with industry stakeholders aims to drive fintech adoption and spark discussions among banks and fintech c... 14927
Sibos Round Up Oct 19 Collaboration and innovation shape financial landscape A roundup of key insights from Sibos 2023, Swift’s annual conference held in September in Toronto, Canada, that brought together industry leaders to... 5038
Sibos Round Up Oct 10 Top 10 takeaways from SWIFT at SIBOS 2023 Key takeaways from Sibos 2023: highlighting the importance of collaboration in addressing cross-border payment challenges, reducing transaction fricti... 3155
Sibos Round Up Oct 04 ANZ's Janakiraman: "The future of payment infrastructure would be driven by tokenisation" ... 2504
Sibos Round Up Feb 01 ANZ's Janakiraman: “Our three focus areas are emerging payment technologies, digital assets and currencies, and data” Hari Janakiraman, head of industry and innovation, transaction banking at ANZ talked about three distinct but interlinked areas that are needed to f... 2771
Sibos Round Up Nov 22 Digital innovation underpins industry’s resilience amid current turbulence and success in the future In the first in-person SIBOS since the outbreak of COVID, SWIFT members gathered in Amsterdam to discuss digital innovation and progressive finance in... 3744
Datafiles Jan 28 Public Bank CEO Tay Ah Lek overtakes DBS CEO Piyush Gupta as the Asia Pacific’s highest-paid bank chief executive Tay Ah Lek saw a 6.5% rise in total remuneration to $9.2 million in 2020 despite the pandemic, which was 250 times the average pay Public Bank’s emp... 18382
interviews Jul 06 Mojaloop’s Hunter: “Our mission and vision on financial inclusion are aligned” Paula Hunter, executive director of Mojaloop Foundation explained how it will work with its new sponsor member, MAS, to explore technology advancement... 9568
Current Account Apr 15 73 fund managers join the net zero initiative which represents $32 trillion of global assets The amount of assets has tripled under the net zero asset managers initiative which now has 73 global signatories. It accounts for one third of the gl... 7783
Research Note Sep 14 UOB Singapore’s retail business yields strong performance as it expands digital customer engagement United Overseas Bank (UOB) increased retail banking income contribution by 15% as the financial industry grapples with digital advancement. The bank l... 15974
Research Note Sep 14 UOB Singapore’s retail business yields strong performance as it expands digital customer engagement United Overseas Bank (UOB) increased retail banking income contribution by 15% as the financial industry grapples with digital advancement. The bank l... 21664
interviews Sep 02 ANZ’s Michael Lim in working with disruptors: An opportunity to cover all bases Michael Lim and Mark Evans, ANZ Institutional executives, discuss the opportunities made available in collaborating with fintechs and how these can be... 9776
Research Note Nov 21 Patterns of disruption are forcing banks to rapidly adopt new technology enabled models Driven by competition and rapid disruption, banks increasingly spend on technology enabled models targeted to improve customer experience and service ... 8702
The Asian Banker 500 Nov 20 APAC regulators move to clean up asset quality and conduct issues ... 6083
Interviews Aug 21 Koda Capital’s Heath: “The organisational DNA that makes a very successful commercial bank is often very counterproductive in a wealth context” ... 4250
Opinion Oct 08 CEOs of Singapore’s three largest local banks topped bank CEO remuneration ranking Top ten highest-paid bank chief executives in 2017 included five bank CEOs from Australia, three from Singapore, one from Malaysia and one from Hong K... 8720
