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New regulation to drive innovation in payments
Date: Jan 29, 2017 |
Author: Shahrokh Moinian | Opinion
On 13th January 2018, the new European Directive on Payment Services “(EU) 2015/2366” comes into application. With just under a year to go, financial services providers are gearing up for change. What will be ‘PSD2’‘s immediate effect and longer-term impact on the payments market?
Robo-advisors poised to take off
Date: Jan 23, 2017 |
Author: Richard Hartung | Research Note
Customised financial advice had, for many years, been available almost exclusively to private banking clients or to the mass affluent. However, robo-advisors are offering the same advice to many more consumers. Customers in Asia, from the man on the street to the ultra-wealthy, seem ready to embrace these new robo-advisors.
Vietnam’s retail banking is playing a risky game
Date: Jan 11, 2017 |
Author: Research | Research Note
Economies of scale, profitability, and developing a comprehensive service proposition remain major challenges in Vietnam's growing retail banking industry. A long-term sustainable future will depend on how banks execute a right risk-reward balance.
Is there still room for Alibaba’s 12.12 in the e-commerce market?
Date: Dec 13, 2016 |
Author: Janine Marie Crisanto | News Updates
Following the success of the Singles' Day, Alibaba has ventured on another e-commerce event dubbed as 12.12, first introduced in 2013. The company has taken advantage of these shopping festivals to push its online presence amidst a strong competition within the e-commerce market.
Relooking the transaction banking value proposition
Date: Nov 30, 2016 |
Author: Foo Boon Ping | News Analysis
The combination of slowing global economic growth, record low interest rates, increasing costs of regulatory compliance, and pace of financial disruption that demands greater investments is making many transaction banks relook their business propositions and operating models.
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Advisory Board
One Big Question
The Asian Banker One Big Question is a debate held as part of our effort to solve practical problem that bankers across the region are facing.
- Current debate:
Have you achieved your desired level of integration between the risk and finance function?
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- For insightful views, International Centre for Financial Regulation, BankStocks.com, Australian Regulatory Compliance Review, Basel III updates, Calculated Risk, Dodd Frank Watch, Dragonbeat (banking analysis from China), Eye on Asia, Financial Art, Financial Regulatory Forum, Latest Documents from the Bank for International Settlements, Nouriel Roubini, The Baseline Scenario, Martin Davies, RiskBusiness OpRisk Discussion Forum, RiskCenter's RiskAlert .
- For the interesting and irreverent, visit The Epicurean Dealmaker
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