Indonesia's central bank is working on a trial run for a digital rupiah. The move comes after it issued a ban on the transaction of bitcoin and other virtual currencies earlier this month.
The Swiss private bank snapped up a $5 billion Brazilian wealth manager to bolster its standing with rich Latin American clients, as it reported a 14 percent rise in full-year profit.
Reputational issues continue to pile up for one of Australia's largest banking groups.
Swiss Re Asia today launched its new regional headquarters in Singapore and announced the composition of the board of directors in the region.
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC got on board the Blackstone-led acquisition of the financial and risk business of Thomson Reuters, a further investments in the field of financial data providers.
Singapore and Hong Kong named in the top ten financial secrecy jurisdictions by an activist think tank.
After more than four years leading the financial services Asean practice of EY, Liew Nam Soon is being tasked with a wider leadership role, finews.asia has learned.
A Swiss bank is bolstering its investment banking arm in Asia by poaching a high-profile banker from a hometown rival.
Citi in 2017 grew its retail banking business in the Asia Pacific region from one quarter to the next. The U.S. company is working hard to make its services more digital and accessible for Asian consumers.
Tech giants and fintechs are snapping up the brightest of the digital workforce luring them away from banking careers. Is there a staffing crisis ahead for banks?
Hong Kong's and Australia's fintechs are teaming up to boost investment and partnerships between companies. It follows an agreement sealed last year between regulators of the two financial hubs.
Artificial intelligence and regtech dominate the latest tranche of fintechs to join the Standard Chartered and SuperCharger innovation program.
Saxo Bank chose Singapore as its launchpad in Asia for clients to access a new account offering. The city-state is the first market for the new product in the region.
Could the fight for control at Tezos be nearing an end? The embattled head of the cryptocurrency's Swiss foundation says he will step down – under certain circumstances.
UBS' private banking mega-merger boosts the influence of one private banker enormously: Joe Stadler. The Swiss bank's head of ultra-wealthy clients fought long and hard for the promotion, finews.asia can reveal. A profile.
Japan's financial market regulator took action against virtual currency exchange operator Coincheck with a business improvement order.
UBS’ Asia Pacific wealth management unit logged record financial results for full-year 2017.
Wealth management will be a key battleground as China and Southeast Asia witness another wave of financial technology offerings this year.
Under fire Commonwealth Bank of Australia named its retail banking head as new chief executive.
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck left stupefied after a hack resulted in the theft of $532 million digital tokens.
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