Posts From Rebecca Oi
Reuben Lai Is the Latest in a Series of High Profile Exits for Grab’s Fintech Business
GXS Bank (GXS)’s executive director and Head of Regional Office, Reuben Lai, has decided to leave the Bank at the end of 2022. Along with his resignation as an executive director, Reuben will be stepping down from his appointment as
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How Well Are Insurtechs Plugging Vietnam’s Coverage Protection Gaps?
The insurance market in Vietnam has grown along with the country’s surge to economic prominence in recent years. During the 1990s, only general insurance was offered by the state-owned insurance group Bao Viet. It was only in 1995 that life
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Insurtech Invigorates Thailand’s US$ 36 Billion Insurance Industry
Insurtech plays a significant role as Thailand turns to technology to boost its insurance industry and make it inclusive. It is embedded in the country’s Fourth Insurance Development Plan (IDP 4) for 2021 to 2025 to ensure that the industry
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E-Commerce Boom Propelling Digital Payments Adoption in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia (SEA) is experiencing exponential growth in digital payments encouraged by a booming e-commerce scene. The region is now home to some of the world’s largest online marketplaces in some of the fastest-growing economies like Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and
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Top 5 Fintech Whitepapers to Keep You Future-Ready
The digital payments market in Asia-Pacific is expected to more than triple to US$67.42 billion by 2028, according to a recent estimate. That’s a healthy growth of 21.1 percent CAGR from US$17.85 billion in 2021, fuelled by customers’ familiarity with doing
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South East Asia Leaps Beyond Open Banking
The core tenets of open banking are users’ financial data stored in banks are shared with third-party applications with the users’ consent. This gives users more options and the power to make their money work more. Instead of traditionally going
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Could Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Redefine Banking in South East Asia?
Decentralized finance – often called “DeFi” – is a hot topic in the cryptocurrency world, with billions of dollars’ worth of value locked into various protocols and platforms. At its core, the decentralized finance movement aims to upend the decades-old
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