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China's Mybank: Creating Shared Value, Heli Wang, Lipika Bhattacharya Jul 2023

China's Mybank: Creating Shared Value, Heli Wang, Lipika Bhattacharya

Asian Management Insights

Online banking has delivered financial inclusivity and profits, but has it also created shared value?


Robowealth: Boosting Financial Inclusion In Thailand, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, David K. Ding, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich, Chi Wei Chan Mar 2023

Robowealth: Boosting Financial Inclusion In Thailand, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, David K. Ding, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich, Chi Wei Chan

Asian Management Insights

Advanced fintech lowers barriers to investing.


Steering Steadily In The Post-Pandemic World, Chartsiri Sophopanich, Chin Tiong Tan Mar 2023

Steering Steadily In The Post-Pandemic World, Chartsiri Sophopanich, Chin Tiong Tan

Asian Management Insights

Chartsiri Sophonpanich, President of Bangkok Bank, speaks with Tan Chin Tiong about the future of banking in Thailand and the region as the world slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.


Pivoting To Robo-Advisor Services In Wealth Management, Guan Liu Lee May 2022

Pivoting To Robo-Advisor Services In Wealth Management, Guan Liu Lee

Asian Management Insights

A white space for digital banks.


External Asset Managers In Singapore, T. Mandy Tham, Esther Kong, Juliana Koh May 2022

External Asset Managers In Singapore, T. Mandy Tham, Esther Kong, Juliana Koh

Asian Management Insights

Opportunities and challenges for the sector.


Asia Embraces Digital Currency And Cryptocurrency, David Kuo Chen Lee Nov 2021

Asia Embraces Digital Currency And Cryptocurrency, David Kuo Chen Lee

Asian Management Insights

A decade ago, everyone was sceptical about cryptocurrency. Today, Asian governments are harnessing its technology to raise payment efficiency and improve financial inclusion. Initially, the technology was advocated and harnessed by ‘cypherpunks’, that is, individuals who advocate the use of cryptography and other strong encryption technologies to promote social and political change. At that time, being a cypherpunk meant standing on the opposite side of the government; today, I see cypherpunks, otherwise more appropriately known as cryptopunks, working closely with governments.


A Matter Of Life In Debt, Deepika Deshpande Nov 2020

A Matter Of Life In Debt, Deepika Deshpande

Asian Management Insights

Moving away from using debt to tackle economic downturns.


The Dorian Gray Phenomenon In Financial Markets, Ajay Makhija Nov 2020

The Dorian Gray Phenomenon In Financial Markets, Ajay Makhija

Asian Management Insights

Looking at the current state of the global economy and the extent of financial market hedonism through the lens of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.


The Hedge Fund Evolution, Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin Nov 2020

The Hedge Fund Evolution, Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin

Asian Management Insights

Hedge funds offer numerous possible outcomes for investors and fund managers, but there is just no way the future can be predicted consistently during these uncertain times.


Corporate Governance: Of Misses, Awareness And Improvements, Havovi Heerjee Joshi Jun 2020

Corporate Governance: Of Misses, Awareness And Improvements, Havovi Heerjee Joshi

Asian Management Insights

Have a more robust and effective corporate governance framework that includes a focus on environmental sustainability and social impact.


From Bitcoin To Blockchain, And Back Again, Danielle Szetho, Rene Michau Nov 2019

From Bitcoin To Blockchain, And Back Again, Danielle Szetho, Rene Michau

Asian Management Insights

In the context of the current FinTech revolution, it remains to be seen how the wealth of knowledge on new technologies and business models in the area of finance can effectively and efficiently drive change and seize the new opportunities being created in the vast and fast-paced world of digital and crypto-assets.


Irrational Exuberance: Panic Rooms And Flutters In Financial Markets, Vijay Fafat Nov 2019

Irrational Exuberance: Panic Rooms And Flutters In Financial Markets, Vijay Fafat

Asian Management Insights

As the memory of the 2008 financial crash fades, there are cautionary thoughts on why we tend to overshoot in our optimism, and why even genius comes to grief in the face of capricious, mercurial capital markets.


Surecash: Promoting Financial Inclusion In Bangladesh, Aurobindo Ghosh, Lipika Bhattacharya May 2019

Surecash: Promoting Financial Inclusion In Bangladesh, Aurobindo Ghosh, Lipika Bhattacharya

Asian Management Insights

The street scene of honking cycle rickshaws, jaywalking pedestrians and precariously tilting buses in crowded Dhaka was an easy distraction. It was December 2017 when Matteo Chiampo, an advisor to the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP),1 was writing an advisory report on the future growth strategy for SureCash, a mobile financial services (MFS) company in Bangladesh. Brainstorming for questions, and not answers, was something he had not tried before. Nevertheless, Chiampo tried to focus on the questions he had on his mind—questions that he believed would give novel and transformative insights on the way forward.


How Fintech Startups Succeed In Financial Inclusion To Bank The Unbanked, Miguel Soriano May 2018

How Fintech Startups Succeed In Financial Inclusion To Bank The Unbanked, Miguel Soriano

Asian Management Insights

In the drive to bank the unbanked, digital technology may succeed where others could only dream.


The Chicago Plan: How Sustainable Is Debt Being Funded?, Deepika Deshpande Nov 2017

The Chicago Plan: How Sustainable Is Debt Being Funded?, Deepika Deshpande

Asian Management Insights

The World Debt Clock is ticking away. The real problem is not how the debt is funded but whether it is sustainable.


A Bankable Future, Jonathan Henry Chang Nov 2016

A Bankable Future, Jonathan Henry Chang

Asian Management Insights

Efforts to promote financialinclusion in Cambodia arepaying dividends economically,and unlocking opportunity.


Singapore Exchange: Managing Investment Risk In Times Of Volatility, Geoff Howie Nov 2014

Singapore Exchange: Managing Investment Risk In Times Of Volatility, Geoff Howie

Asian Management Insights

Growing Asian stock exchanges, such as the Singapore Exchange, create economic value for businesses and investors, while helping to reduce volatility by offering a diversified basket of investment choices and equity derivative products.


Mind The Liquidity Gap: Building A Better Capital Market For You, Kaushik Rudra Nov 2014

Mind The Liquidity Gap: Building A Better Capital Market For You, Kaushik Rudra

Asian Management Insights

Asian banks in most jurisdictions are currently more than adequately capitalised with respect to Basel III. However, as they are called upon to support the region’s economic growth over the next decade, they are likely to run up against capital constraints.