Banking
Hendra Lembong Replaces Olivier Crespin as CIMB’s Chief Fintech Officer
CIMB has appointed Hendra Lembong as Chief Fintech Officer with effect from 1 June 2018. Hendra will be replacing Olivier Crespin who hired in 2017 to head the newly set up fintech dedicated unit, CIMB Fintech.CIMB FinTech was launched in
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UOB Inks Deal With Funding Societies To Provide Startups Access to Funding
UOB Malaysia today announced it will partner with Funding Societies, a regional peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Through the partnership, start-ups and UOB Malaysia’s small business customers can access Funding Societies’ global investor network to raise additional working capital. UOB Malaysia’s
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CIMB Launches 1 Minute Instant Approval for Auto Financing
CIMB Group today unveiled the CIMB 1-Minute Auto Financing InstaApproval™, a digital platform that approves auto financing within one minute upon full submission of information and documents. This marks the latest addition to CIMB’s InstaApproval™ series, which also features the
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Digital, Data, Disruption: CIMB Pledges RM 75 Million to Its 3D Academy
36,000 workforce to be trained A combined total of estimated 2 million staff learning hours Aims to equip staff with digital competencies like UI/UX design, data science, and entrepreneurial thinking CIMB Group has pledged RM 75 million over the next
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UOB Partners With WORQ & Common Ground to Lower Price Barriers for Startups
United Overseas Bank (UOB) recently announced that they have signed a MOU with WORQ and Common Ground to offer up to 20% off the rental of the co-working spaces. Startups and SME’s who are customers of UOB will be able
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Behind The Scenes: How Hong Leong Bank is Digitising Their Workforce
Digital transformation is something that should be happening across the organisation, not just the consumer facing fronts. However, when scanning the news, one might be tempted to think that much of the industry’s digitisation focus is limited to the latter.
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State of Open Banking in ASEAN
Behind the futuristic glass walls of the Marina Sand Bay convention center, Money2020 celebrated its first Asian edition in Singapore. The acclaimed fintech conference series welcomed over 4000 participants who gathered to hear news about the latest fintech innovation in
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Hong Leong Introduces AI Powered Chatbot, But This Time It’s for Their Employees
Hong Leong Bank introduces an AI enabled virtual assistant named HALI, which it claims will help it to improve operations efficiency by 60% over the course of the year. HALI, is powered by Hyperlab which specialises in artificial intelligence (A.
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CIMB partners with Philippines’ Leading Fintech Player FINTQ and Bayad
CIMB Bank Berhad, through its branch that is being set up in the Philippines, CIMB Bank Philippines Inc., recently entered into partnership agreements with FINTQ and Bayad Center Inc both affiliates of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (“PLDT”) group
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CIMB Bank Works with 2 Singaporean Fintech Firms To Enhance Their AI App
CIMB Bank Berhad has added new features to its mobile application, the CIMB Enhanced Virtual Assistant (EVA), to bring further personalised, convenience and improved experience to its customers. Launched in December 2016, CIMB EVA has delivered in enabling account overviews
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