07/13/2017
Bank Commits to Decade of Fintech Investment
The bank will also provide funding and other support to firms planning to expand to Japan.
Innovation & Startups
07/12/2017
Asia: InsurTech Asia Association to be launched this month
Asia Insurance Review, as the voice of the insurance industry of Asia, will be the official media partner of the new body.
07/12/2017
Singapore, UK, New Zealand, and UAE among world’s stand out digital economies
With momentum and innovation on their side, these ‘stand out’ markets exemplify the sweet spot of advancement and future growth.
07/11/2017
AppDynamics Fuels Innovation at ABN AMRO
Leading Dutch bank frees IT team to grow business
07/11/2017
World Bank, Alibaba fund invest in Hong Kong-based fintech startup
The International Finance Corp, as the World Bank unit is called, said it had agreed to invest $15 million in the firm.
07/10/2017
ING Direct prepares to unleash banking chatbots on social media
The bots will be able to tell them their account balance, or arrange a simple transaction such as moving money between a customer's accounts.
07/07/2017
Goldman Sachs is working on an iPhone app for the masses
A company spokesman wouldn't say whether a new consumer app was was under construction.
07/07/2017
Singapore’s fintech startup enables banks to converse with their customers using AI
Active Ai, a Singapore based fintech startup is leveraging its own IP led AI platform to help banks converse with their customers and aims to have a 100 million end-user customers in next few years
07/06/2017
Boon Investments Brings Robo- Advisory Services to the World
DriveWealth believes that dollar-based investing will enable individuals to invest their monthly savings at an affordable rate which they control.
07/06/2017
BlackRock Opens Tel Aviv Office to Tap Israel's Technology Edge
The world’s largest asset manager hired seven employees, among them engineers.
07/06/2017
Ireland is well placed to ride the fintech wave
Ireland is now a thriving centre for fintech research and innovation
07/05/2017
Thomson Reuters Launches Startup Incubator
The Incubator is the next horizon of the company's significant investment in the Thomson Reuters Labs network.
07/04/2017
Reliance Capital arm invests $1 million in lending startup
Billionloans, led by ex-Infosys CFO V Balakrishnan, is a technology-enabled financial services company focused on providing flexible and affordable options to individuals and small businesses that have so far found it difficult to access loans from the tr
07/04/2017
KPMG urges FinTechs to attract foreign investments
He noted that venture capitalists have earmarked millions of dollars to invest in the most credible firms.
07/02/2017
Arab world nurturing start-ups as bedrock for future economy
Compared to a decade ago there are more than a dozen venture capital funds that are targeting start-ups in the region
07/02/2017
6 Robo Advisory Firms Trying Hard to Innovate
New York startup WiseBanyan has taken in an undisclosed amount of funding to invest people’s money and not charge them any fees to do so.
06/30/2017
SimCorp acquires Italian software company APL Italiana S.p.A.
The solution will be renamed SimCorp Sofia.
06/30/2017
Lawtech start-ups collect £16m in backing
According to the report, 45% of the lawtech start-ups were founded by former lawyers
06/30/2017
Jack Ma's shadow looms large for southeast Asia's banks
Southeast Asia's banks have long been spared the competitive onslaught that saw their peers in China cede that nation's giant payments market to Ant Financial and Tencent Holdings.
06/29/2017
Nova joins the robot revolution at Nordea
Ultimately, it is expected that Nova will will be able to guide customers to a secure environment with log-in, enabling them to perform tasks and/or obtain advice there.