Category: Fintech

4 Fintech Trends in Asia Transforming The Banking Industry in 2018

Every bank in the world has their eyes on Asia today.  When it comes to Fintech, China is undisputably one step ahead of the rest of the world. Four of the largest Fintech unicorns are from China. In fact, the financial arm of the tech giant Alibaba, Ant Financial, is the largest unicorn in the […]

Learn From the 5 Tech & Insurtech Companies Reshaping Insurance Distribution in Asia

  Asia, excluding Japan, accounted for 76% of the increase in the global insurance business last year, with China accounting for more than two thirds of this, according to Allianz Research.   Opportunities in Asia are tremendous as there is still a very large portion of Asia’s 4.4 billion population that is underinsured. But the traditional […]

[INFOGRAPHIC] How Will the BATX's Investments Impact Your Business in 2018?

Chinese tech giants have seen a blockbuster year of growth, acquisitions and investments. Commonly referred to as the BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent & Xiaomi), the growth boom has been mainly led by Tencent and Alibaba, who have grown to US$527.5 billion and US$475.6 billion in market capitalisation respectively. Tencent had even managed to briefly overtake Facebook […]

[INTERVIEW] Change Bank wants finance to evolve and fintech aggregation is part of its plan

With the multiplication of Fintech startups, people have endless possibilities to pay, save, invest, exchange, transfer money etc. And always with greater efficiency and lower costs than traditional financial services.  But that’s precisely the multiplication of Fintech services that creates a new problem Change Bank is trying to solve. Change Bank is a cryptocurrency wallet […]

5 ways for Chief Innovation Officers to foster a culture of innovation and identify opportunities

Startups are here to stay.  With access to endless data and more funding, start-ups will survive and therefore disrupt. Hence, the emergence of an innovation race amongst corporates. Everyone – from banks, industrials and even consumer goods companies – are obsessed with innovating. Innovation Labs, accelerators, transformation teams are mushrooming, but are often disconnected with the […]

FUTURE OF CROWDFUNDING: ICO IN ASIA AND INDIEGOGO'S STRATEGIC MOVE

The Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are token sales and have great similarities with Initial Public Offerings (IPO) for listed companies, except that ICOs are not subject to the same regulations as securities everywhere on the globe. Cryptocurrency ventures will issue a certain percentage of the tokens that represent the value of the underlying assets, accepting […]

Fintech for financial inclusion: a 2 billion people market to tap in

From 13th to 17th of November, Singapore was thrown under the spotlight as the city-state hosted its second Fintech Festival. Bringing more than 7,000 people in 2016, this year’s edition has brought more than 25,000 people to the EXPO Convention Center in Singapore. Corporates, startups, experts, regulators and investors were invited to share and build […]

[Video] What Has Been The BATX's Strategic Moves This Year?

The BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi) are the Chinese companies mirroring the West’s GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple). These giants might have grown in the shadow of their Western equivalents – due to the Great Firewall. But today they are behind almost every digital innovation in China that is transforming consumer behaviours. You might hear […]

[Video] 2017's most impactful fintech transformations in Asia

2017 has been a transformative year for the financial industry in Asia. Watch our video to get a quick overview of what have been the major accomplishments in Fintech this year that will shape the industry in 2018.    Trend 1: It’s been a crypto year from payments to fundraising. Bitcoin’s price has grown by over 16x […]