Singapore-based investment group, Whampoa, announced it will be opening up a digital bank in Bahrain, the Middle East.

The findings are from Experian's latest business and consumer insight report, developed in partnership with Forrester, exploring open Banking and data privacy.

Affin Bank, one of the leading banks in Malaysia, has partnered with Aspire Systems to lead its digital transformation journey.

The new capability significantly increases transparency in post-trade processing while preventing costly settlement fails; it will be widely available in 2023.

Unique light curing module for Entrust Sigma instant issuance systems brings new financial card durability and personalization to card issuers.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the latest APAC edition of the True Cost of Fraud Study, which surveyed 387 risk and fraud executives.

With the transformation of banking and payments is accelerating, the industry has caught disruption from many angles due to web trends and the global pandemic.

According to Tonik founder and CEO Greg Krasnov, the company needed to drive its value proposition not just through cost, but also consumer trust.

A new report shows fast-paced fintech innovation in Asia Pacific has a measurable, positive impact on access to financial services in the region.

Mambu, the modern SaaS banking platform, has announced it has raised $235 million in an EQT Growth-led Series E funding round, the largest financing round to date for a banking software platform.

Banks should keep a finger on the pulse of the growing demand for cryptocurrency services, according to a global study by Visa.

After a successful test rollout at the end of 2020, the bank is now offering voice-based biometric protection to all customers. 

Adapting to change used to be a bank’s biggest liability. Now it can be its biggest asset.

Mambu is a SaaS banking platform, providing technology to banks and others to power lending, deposit and other banking products.

With the bar to success set so much higher amid lockdowns, innovation is almost essential, and one of the clearest paths to innovating a business model is through AI.

Modern fintech services reportedly better serve micro, small to medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when compared to traditional banking solutions.

“With accelerating customer adoption of digital and regulated open banking, the future landscape presents significant opportunities for banks with the capabilities to adapt, offering holistic financial solutions and personalising at scale.”

Since the Royal Commission into banking in Australia shone a spotlight on the industry, banks and other financial institutions have been under more pressure than ever before to know exactly where their data is.

Banks must change their business models to avoid massive shortfall in the next five years.

A new report found that competition is increasing between established retail banks and the technology and eCommerce disruptors that are offering new payment solutions.

Sydney-based fintech firm Waddle has successfully completed a six-month pilot partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS Group).

Along with greater speed comes new fronts in the fight against fraud. Here are three trends to watch as financial institutions balance speed and security.

Xero is hinting at new changes to its bank feeds system that could eliminate all paper application forms, manual checks and accuracy checking.

Is this for real? More often than not these days it can be hard to tell, and it’s okay to be a bit suspicious, especially when it comes to fraud.