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Covering all aspects of financial services in Asia from banking in China to algo trading in Japan.
When contemplating FinTech in China, Alibaba and Tencent – among the world’s largest FinTech disruptors – will most likely be at the forefront of discussions. With market capitalizations of around hal...
The neutral status quo The current situation in South Korea is what you might call “meh” for FinTech start-ups. It is not the worst place to set up when looking to offer financial services to a more t...
“I’m sorry, we are just not that innovative here”, said bartender in Ritz-Carlton hotel in Singapore. “Please, I need your card, enter PIN, and now sign here too”. Yep, Singapore is no Iceland, or Ch...
Recently I was suggested to move to Myanmar. To my shame, I knew pretty much nothing about Myanmar, apart from it being Burma before. Ok, and except the fact that Myanmar is a Chinese gambling heaven....
Trips to China are routine to me, but this hot August of 2018 was something special. Never before did I have such a feeling of hopelessness and despair, as when I found myself without money, transport...
Are you happy with digital marketing agency? I mean sure, they are great for creating “awareness” but how often do they result in conversions or even a solid lead? Unless you are marketing FMCG goods...
The first Malaysian FinTech expo wrapped up recently, in the first week of March, 2018. If crowd size and the number of exhibitors are anything to go by, then one can safely assume that competition ...
Since January, crypto currencies are seeing their market cap shrink severely. All regulation issues aside, one of the biggest criticism is that people fail to see the proper application of the technol...
According to Gartner, by the end of 2020, 20% of citizens in developed nations will use AI for everyday operational tasks and a whopping 85% of CIOs (Chief Information Officers) will be piloting AI pr...
There is always a trade-off If you ask a cyber security expert to secure your enterprise environment, they may not allow anyone to login or even access email remotely and would request that you use pa...
When Prime Minister Modi announced his demonetization policy on November 8, 2016, suddenly eliminating 86% of the currency in circulation, it was a sudden shock to the Indian economy, a country where ...
Hong Kong is only one country where regulators are focusing more and more on TBML as can be read in this article http://www.gtreview.com/news/asia/hk-banks-warned-over-trade-based-money-launderin