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Banking Consumers Want Financial Empowerment, Not Just Apps
Consumers don’t just want shiny apps and digital banking, they want to feel that their bank is a partner who can help them reach financial empowerment. That is the finding of a new ethnographic study by Finastra, which has gone
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Building a Bank in 100 Days
COVID-19 has accelerated a trend which had already begun in many parts of APAC – the closure of branches. At the same time though, we are seeing an increasing number of new names in retail banking in the form of
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Why Consumers Should Not Rely Blindly on Financial Consultants for Their Financial Planning
The layman customer is extremely reliant on the financial consultant. The recent proliferation of simplified consumer-facing tools has helped many understand their financial gaps to a fair degree. However, when it comes down to creating a plan to close those
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The Future of Finance: How to Cope With Open Banking In Emerging Asia
For more than a decade, Asia has been the largest regional banking market and as the continent’s massive middle class continues to grow, McKinsey expects personal financial assets in the region to reach US$69 trillion by 2025, or 75% of
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From Relationships to Platforms – the Shift in Corporate Banking
Banking has undergone a major shift in recent years thanks to the advent and advancement of digital banking technology. This shift has also been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with lending, trade finance and cash management functions all under pressure
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Platform: The Strongest Foundation for Faster Digital Transformation in Banking
The last year has brought many changes, including the large and rapid shift towards digital which has also seen banks accelerate their transition to the cloud. This shift has been a good thing, as the cloud has many benefits –
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Can BIN Attacks be Consigned to the Trash?
Recently, Mastercard noted a “sharp increase” in Bank Identification Number (BIN) attacks and they’re not alone. Previously published data indicates that as many as 300 card issuers around the globe are impacted by automated fraud attacks every month and with
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APAC Leads the Way on Central Bank Digital Currencies
The global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly pushed many businesses into a digital world. Central banks are now also adapting the architecture of money to this new digital business reality, but some countries are more forward-thinking than
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Bring Colour Back to the South East Asian Payments Landscape
For the global banking and finance industry, Southeast Asia (SEA) has established itself as a key region in terms of innovation and growth opportunities in real-time payments. Underlying this is the fact that SEA’s internet economy is projected to triple
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