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8 Financial Processes Poised for Digital Transformation
COVID-19 accelerated trends toward remote banking and digitalisation, forcing financial institutions to embrace new technologies and processes to keep their businesses functional despite social distancing restrictions. Now, with more and more people relying on digital solutions for interactions and transactions,
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Why B2B Payments Is The Next Big Domino in APAC’s Fintech Innovation Wave
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a 2020 McKinsey report projected that Asia’s payments sector would be well positioned to exceed US$1 trillion in annual revenue by 2022 or 2023, despite also forecasting a temporary 1-8% decline in Asia’s 2020
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At the Cusp of a BaaS Revolution, Here Are Some of the Challenges
The future of finance is open, and the rise of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) means this future is closer than ever. The BaaS industry is quickly maturing, with 88% of senior APAC executives – in industries from banking and technology to healthcare
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5 BFSI Cybersecurity Trends in APAC You Need to Know in 2022
The rise of digital banking and accelerated digital transformation have brought about new security concerns. Criminals are turning their attention to gullible online users, creating ever-so sophisticated scamming schemes to defraud them. At the enterprise level, threat actors are opportunistically
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Banks Need to Avoid Risks of a Big Bang Transition When They Digitise
The latest research by the International Data Corporation (IDC) and Thought Machine, a cloud native core banking technology firm, revealed that 40% of banks in the Asia Pacific will make significant changes to their current core banking systems in the
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The InsureTech Connect Asia 2022 Is Back for Its 3-Day Physical Event
InsureTech Connect Asia (ITC Asia) will be hosting the first 3-day in-person event since the pandemic from 7 – 9 June 2022 at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore. The insurtech event has offered unparalleled access to the largest and
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Using E-Signatures to Ensure Business Continuity in an Increasingly Digital World
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend towards digitisation. Suddenly, government agencies, organisations, and businesses of every industry have been thrust into a world of remote processes, and the need for technology that enables business continuity has never been higher. Businesses
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Why Brands, Bigtechs, Fintechs and Banks Are All Taking Notice of Banking as a Service
The Asia Pacific region is leading the way in a revolution that is changing the way consumers interact with financial services. Banking as a Service (BaaS) has been spreading rapidly over the last couple of years, enabling brands to offer
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Why We Should Eliminate Passwords as Passwordless Authentication Is the Future
The computer password has been around for more than 6 decades. The first password can be traced back to 1961 in Massachusetts when a computer at MIT was protected with a password for secure login. Incidentally, MIT’s time-sharing system was
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Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst to Accelerate Financial Inclusion
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in financial services is all over the news, with some reports estimating it to be a US$450 billion opportunity. But what’s the real story around what AI can do? Beyond just automating certain processes, AI
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