Singapore – As Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba expands beyond online retail, it is shaking up staid state banks—and drawing regulators’ attentions—after…
Singapore – With a population of over 600 million people, the ASEAN region is considered an expansion opportunity for fintech companies, given the large potential customer base that fintechs…
Hong Kong – The venture capital market in Asia is breaking all previous records: Unprecedented sums of capital have been raised in the past few years, there is a record…
Singapore – This piece is part of a weeklong series examining the challenges facing infrastructure…
London – This piece is part of a weeklong series examining the challenges facing infrastructure around the world. Jon Phillips of the Global Infrastructure…
Singapore – Singapore’s asset management industry witnessed strong growth in 2017, growing 19 percent on a year-on-year basis, according…
Singapore – Peer-to-peer (P2P) business loans have fast risen to complement more traditional financial institutions, helping small and medium enterprises grow. Asia…
Singapore – The emergence of fintech brings to market new solutions to increase efficiency and financial inclusiveness in the areas of payments, lending, broking…
China – The fintech sector in China has seen a surge in investments over the past five years, with $18 billion invested in the sector in the first half of 2018 alone…
Jakarta – In late 2015, when I first presented my business plan to a group of financial professionals in Indonesia, it was met with strong skepticism…
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Bankers' Corner: new sharing feature in ABA website
The ABA introduces the “Bankers’ Corner”, a new feature of the ABA website designed to provide a platform for members to post information or materials that you may wish to share with other members of the Association or anyone who may be interested in them. We encourage members to take advantage of this platform and send your materials to the ABA Secretariat through aba@aba.org.tw.