mobile banking

Mobile payments: local business for local people

MoMo’s chairman explains why Vietnam’s first national champion could be a fintech player as countries wake up to the implications of letting foreign companies take strategic stakes in their leading e-payment providers.

May 06, 2019

Q&A: GrabPay on the road for expansion across Asean

Grab wants to build a cashless economy across 10 Asean countries. Reuben Lai, the head of financial services at the ride-hailing firm, lays out his roadmap for FinanceAsia readers.

January 02, 2019

ANZ’s Elliott foresees demise of universal banking

Banks should do a few things well and partner with others to round out service offering. Complacency is not an option says the Australian bank’s CEO.

October 22, 2018

Breaking the code: Behind Alipay's & WeChat's overseas push

China's fintech leaders are expanding across Asia into payments based on QR code technology. This push poses a threat to users' privacy across the region and represents a risk for investors.

May 20, 2018

Innovate, use data smartly or die, ANZ's CEO tells banks

Shayne Elliott says banks that can’t work with Big Tech will ultimately fail. Not using data in creepy ways helps too.

March 23, 2018

Why AirAsia’s embryonic bank faces headwinds

Challenges include developing risk-management skills as well as rising consumer awareness of data privacy. Overcoming these might take more than a zero mark-up on FX transactions.

March 19, 2018

Grab’s financial services expansion shows power of data

The ride-hailing app says its low default rate is a result of the credit profiles it has built on its drivers. No wonder it is expanding in lending and insurance.

March 13, 2018

Smarter than a smartphone?

Mobile telephone capabilities may have come a long way since the days of the brick-size device, but how much can they really change banking?

November 28, 2011

Mandates and payments roundup, September 6

Fiserv introduces a new mobile banking suite, while Fis wins a mandate from India's Dhanlaxmi Bank.

September 05, 2011

Mobile banking gains acceptance among CFOs, survey shows

The findings suggest Standard Chartered's two new iPhone applications, one of which is said to be first to enable both cash and trade authorisation, are coming at the right time.

October 28, 2010