fintech

The veteran entrepreneur and investor joins in the firm's second major appointment in less than a month.

It has set up a joint venture with CICC to develop fintech for wealth management and invested in a UK-based blockchain company.

Financial institutions need to embrace AI enthusiastically – not only to know their clients better but also to be competitive among their peers.

Former Credit Suisse boss Brady Dougan, Two Sigma's Kenny Lam, WorldQuant's Mike DeAddio, Finastra's Akber Jaffer and Almoayed Technologies' Abdulla Almoayed explain how fintech will reshape investment banking, trading and retail banking.

The Hong Kong-based gaming hardware company plans a global expansion of its payments arm. Lim, who has held executive positions at GIC, MAS and within the Singaporean civil service, could prove a useful ally.

Forge the right partnerships and cut unit economics to the minimum says CEO Jason Thompson at Lippo- and Grab-backed payments app Ovo.

The Lippo and Grab-backed startup, last valued at about $2.9 billion, is riding Indonesia’s cashless payments wave to bring merchants and financial institutions timely consumer insights. Ovo’s CEO Jason Thompson sees a fresh fundraising drive next year to support growth.

Former gaming entrepreneur Vincent Iswara explains how he holds the attention of his youthful user base and leans on the support of his tech-savvy shareholder Ant Financial.

Dana CEO Vincent Iswara aims to prove ‘first-mover’ theory wrong. With backing from the Alibaba affiliate plus plans to raise more capital, his company represents a credible threat to existing players.