Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

Banks Need to Be More Agile to Remain Competitive

By Salomon Wettstein | 10/05/2019

Banks have not invested sufficiently in modernising their core internal systems due to a stronger focus on customer-facing applications, says Synpulse partner Salomon Wettstein.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Grants Four More Virtual Bank Licences

By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2019

Ant Financial, Tencent, ICBC Asia, HKEX, Xiaomi and Ping An are among the backers of the four licence recipients, bringing the total number of virtual banks in Hong Kong to eight.

Fintech / Regtech

Japan FSA Seeks AI Expertise to Examine Securities Reports

By Editors | 09/05/2019

The FSA is looking to conduct an experiment to explore the use of AI to read and analyse the data in annual securities reports published by listed companies.

Fintech / Regtech

Open Banking Security Risks May Open Pandora’s Box

By Peter Lancos | 09/05/2019

The open banking initiative could be put in jeopardy if data is not sufficiently secured, say Peter Lancos, Jonathan Naismith and Suraj Nittoor at Exate Technology.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS Considers the Value of Allowing Virtual Banks in Singapore

By Editors | 08/05/2019

The regulator says it is engaging relevant stakeholders to ascertain the unique value that such virtual bank entrants could bring to Singapore’s banking landscape.

Fintech / Regtech

Malaysia to Use Blockchain in Securities Borrowing and Lending

By Editors | 07/05/2019

Working with bank stakeholders, Bursa Malaysia is developing Southeast Asia’s first blockchain proof-of-concept for securities borrowing and lending.

Big Picture

Technology Driven Changes Afoot in the Australian Banking Sector

By Garima Chitkara | 07/05/2019

Open banking, digital banking, cloud-based infrastructure and RegTech are the key drivers of technology-led change in the Australian banking sector, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Urges ‘Data Ethics’ in FinTech Development

By Manesh Samtani | 06/05/2019

The HKMA encourages authorised institutions to adopt the PCPD’s Ethical Accountability Framework in the development of fintech products and services.

Fintech / Regtech

FIs Need to Automate to Meet Tax Reporting Obligations – Report

By Editors | 06/05/2019

As tax reporting requirements grow increasingly complex, automation is making compliance cheaper, quicker and more efficient, says a new report from Regulation Asia and BearingPoint.