AI, Technology & Data

Cybersecurity

APAC Region has World’s Worst Cyber Security, Study Finds

By Samuel Riding | 31/08/2016

Region’s surfeit of financial data one of the main causes of increase in security threats.

AI Risk & Governance

S.Korea to Launch Robo-Advice Test-bed

By Samuel Riding | 31/08/2016

Market has raised concerns over robo-adviser’s performance.

Payments & Settlements

MAS Issues Payments Consultation

By Samuel Riding | 26/08/2016

Regulator proposes activity-based regime under single regulatory framework.

KYC & CDD

Fintech Start-ups Including KYC Platform Enter Accenture’s APAC Innovation Lab

By Samuel Riding | 25/08/2016

Accenture announced that eight leading financial technology (fintech) companies including a KYC platform began a 12-week mentorship program in the […]

Structural Regulation

MAS Reviewing VC Rules to Boost Fintech

By Samuel Riding | 25/08/2016

Regulator’s managing director says Singapore lacks the capital and talent of other fintech centres.

Payments & Settlements

MAS to Simplify E-Payment Regulation

By Samuel Riding | 22/08/2016

Regulator set to unify licensing regime in bid to boost electronic payments industry.

Data Privacy

Australian Banks Reject Open Data Call

By Samuel Riding | 22/08/2016

Gap between fintech and traditional banking made clear in responses to Productivity Commission inquiry.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Singapore’s POSB Pilots Video Teller Machines

By Samuel Riding | 19/08/2016

Singapore’s POSB, a subsidiary of DBS, launched a pilot scheme for VTMs (Video Teller Machines) – the first of its […]

Cloud & Infrastructure

S.Korea to Launch Open Fintech Platform

By Samuel Riding | 17/08/2016

Mechanism including API will remove need for financial technology firms to sign individual contracts.