UOB China partners with major Beijing-based co-working space provider Ucommune to provide its clients with favorable rental solutions while also accessing their new Chinese client base.
High rollers from China in the Philippines are in Beijing's sights as the Chinese Embassy asks Manila to end the illegal employment of Chinese nationals in the country's gaming industry.
In anticipation of the sweeping changes in the financial sector, a local Hong Kong university will launch a doctorate degree in financial technology with a particular focus on enhancing the knowledge and skillset of future business managers.
Amid a slowing economy, with stronger headwinds amid a lengthy and intensifying trade war, Chinese businesses have turned to IOUs.
As the historically conservative financial industry in Malaysia becomes increasingly open to fintech developments, a shortage of talent is seeing firms scramble for talent in a limited pool of candidates.
Aberdeen Standard Investments strengthens its capabilities in Japan with the hire of a new head of direct real estate and successful acquisition of two licenses.
Standard Chartered has launched a Shanghai-based innovation lab to tap China’s tech market and improve its own capabilities.
In a bid to provide firms with a faster option to test innovative financial products and services in the market, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 0n Wednesday launched Sandbox Express, a pre-defined environment.
Singapore has no shortage of financial products, and local banks have improved their processes and interfaces in recent years. Shannon Aw, Head of Business and Innovation and Growth at Synpulse, shares with finews.asiahow upcoming digital banks can give the...
Trust in tech firms entering the financial sector is strong and rapidly improving to close the gap with traditional banks in Asia Pacific where 77 percent already prefer accessing their banking services via digital channels.
As part of the deal, Arcor will work with Helicap to raise $180 million in capital from accredited investors.
Private bank Lombard Odier is bolstering its expertise on sustainable investments and has hired two experts from Sweden – the home of Annika Falkengren, one of the bank’s partners.
The regulatory arm of SGX aims to set up a whistleblowing office as part of its efforts to increase its regulatory presence to strengthen investor confidence and deter wrongdoing.
The firm behind SingSaver and Money Hero said this investment would allow it to intensify its focus on delivering enhanced customer solutions.
Responding to growing interest among clients, HSBC Singapore now offers mortgages for investment residential properties in five cities across Australia.
finews.asia speaks to Natasha Madhavan at financial recruitment specialist Selby Jennings in Singapore about hiring trends in banking, as the upcoming introduction of non-traditional, non-bank players are set to shake up the sector.
Singapore's central bank has issued a set of legally binding requirements for the financial sector to raise cybersecurity standards and cyber resilience.
A commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently praised Singapore for its crypto regulation, adding that it could directly take a page out of the MAS’ book.
UOB seeks to expand its banking base in Asia’s small to medium-sized enterprises with the latest targeting of trade association in Malaysia.
The recent exit of HSBC’s CEO following a 4-percent increase in pre-tax profits demonstrates «increased ruthlessness» among the bank’s top directors, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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