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All Malaysian banks expected to offer mobile banking service by mid-2013

All Malaysian banks are expected to participate in mobile banking service by the  middle of next year, says e-payment service provider MyClear.

UBI inaugurates India's first 'talking' ATM

Union Bank of India became the first bank to make electronic banking easier for the visually impaired with its "talking" ATM.

Axis ties-up with Bharti for mobile banking services

Bharti Airtel customers will now be able to open savings account in Axis Bank through their mobiles and cash deposits, transfers and withdrawals.

Mobile banking on the move in Indonesia

An Indonesian bank will build on the success of its mobile banking program.

Maximizing the cloud in financial institutions

Virtually every industry today is considering migrating to the cloud. More so, considering the potential benefits and its impact on the way...

How to close the budget gap before it’s too late

A key role of the finance team in any commercial organisation is to co-ordinate the annual budgeting or fiscal planning process and then to provide...

Which way is the wind blowing for Asian CFOs?

Let’s face it: those developed economies, that once were the ones spinning the globe including Japan, are currently fire-fighting their daily affairs...

How algorithmic trading is accelerating the IT Infrastructure arms race

The next generation of cross-border electronic trading is gaining strong traction over the past few years in the global financial markets. Ironically...

OCBC invests S$20 M in account opening system in Singapore

OCBC Bank launched of its new S$20 million account opening system at all 56 OCBC Bank branches in Singapore.

Bank Indonesia sees need for e-money regulations

Bank Indonesia is calling for regulators to monitor purchases and banking transcations made through cellphones.

Citi appoints Sanjeev Jain as Head of Global Transaction Services for Indonesia

Jain was previously GTS’s Regional Head of Public Sector, Asia Pacific.

The wallet of the future

Mobile financial services (MFS) today encompass a variety of offerings from mobile banking, bill and credit card payments to money transfer and...

India's non banking financial firms asked to phase out use of cheques

As part of its green initiative, the Reserve Bank today asked all non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to gradually phase out use ofcheques and...

MAS lifts penalty on DBS bank for online disruption

The penalty imposed on DBS Bankby the Monetary Authority of Singapore for the disruption to its online and banking systems in July has now been...

8 out of 10 CMO’s to increase social media use in 3-5 years

And nearly 1,700 chief marketing offers believe that the digital media era is evolving the field.

Indonesia's ATM networks to be integrated by 2012

The integration of three ATM providers into a combined system should be completed by the end of 2012, a central bank official has said.