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Binance Labs Announces Strategic Investment in NFKings, NFT Creatives and Production Company
Binance Labs Announces Strategic Investment in NFKings, NFT Creatives and Production Company
Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and incubator of Binance, today announced its strategic investment in NFKings, a leading NFT creatives and production company with over 100 intellectual properties (IPs), to contribute to building a sustainable digital creativity space.
Get to know the winners of the Asian Banking & Finance Wholesale and Retail Banking Awards 2021
Over 140 banks were awarded in this year’s programme.
Open banking in APAC: leveraging data, API for better solutions
Banks have to remain consistent and continuous in testing best practices.
John Dovaston joins panel of judges in this year’s Asian Banking & Finance Awards
For PwC’s Asia Pacific Financial Services leader, the lines between business, digital, and technology are blurring.
Citi Commercial Bank enables digital account opening in Hong Kong, Singapore
About 750 new accounts have been opened in four APAC markets through the new portal.
Banks must leverage APIs to stay ahead amidst the open revolution: Deloitte
It opens up new revenue models and lowers the cost-to-serve.
ASEAN regulators ramp up blockchain adoption as tech expands beyond crypto: analysts
More banks and institutions are exploring its use for payments and cross-border transfers.
Bangladesh’s City Bank clinches $30m trade finance loan with UK’s CDC
It will be used to extend foreign currency trade to local banks and businesses.
1 in 4 in APAC plans to switch banks over the next year: study
48% are also interested in using digital-only banks to meet their needs.
The bank of the future: How to embrace AI and analytics
Banks must invest in transforming capabilities across all four layers of the integrated capability stack, says McKinsey & Co.
Four ways to increase share of wallet in the financial services industry
Harish Agarwal, Head of Customer Experience Strategy for SEA, India and Hong Kong, Qualtrics.
SEA named world’s fastest-growing mobile wallet region
The number of active mobile wallets is expected to reach 439.7 million by 2025.
Citi APAC pilots program to help young social entreps scale up their operations
They studied ways to expand to new markets, and refined marketing and growth strategies, amongst others.
Liew Nam Soon joins panel of judges at Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2021
For EY's Asean Regional Managing Partner, digital transformation is not an option today, but a necessity that has been accelerated by the pandemic.
Real-time payment ties cash as preferred payment method in SEA markets
Three in five consumers from four markets name it as their favoured way of paying.
Citi APAC raises record $25b in sustainable funds for clients in H1 2021
Amongst the transactions is Alibaba Group’s $5b four-part offering in February.
What does ‘gold standard’ mean for Asia’s payments and e-commerce scene?
The market’s diverse challenges open the door for solutions that tackle country or region-specific issues.
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Singapore aced its FATF evaluation — now comes the hard part
Are Asia’s digital banks prepared for the stablecoin era?
Why APAC is building home-currency stablecoins
Why Southeast Asian wealth managers must design the business before buying the technology
Why trust in Asian banking increasingly gets built off the record
Hong Kong cleared stablecoins for take-off. Getting them to work across Asia is the hard part
The financing challenge behind Asia’s wealth transfer