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iPay you now: Singapore's millennials demanding mobile wallets

Millennials demand faster and easier ways to pay.

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iPay you now: Singapore's millennials demanding mobile wallets

Millennials demand faster and easier ways to pay.

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Australia's four major banks warned of flailing operating profits in the next 12 months

Their combined pre-tax profit dropped to AUD41b for the first time in 8 years.

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APAC banks' IT spending to hit US$19.1b in 2017

It's a 4.7% increase from 2016.

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Will more Asian banks move their tech-focussed teams into funkier offices?

HSBC moved its digital innovation team away from its traditional office in Hong Kong.

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Banks find relief with 'regtech' firms as risk and compliance account for up to 20% of operating costs

And the cost to implement regulatory requirements is predicted to grow over the next ﬁve years.

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Why Myanmar's banking sector is still a long way off from liberalisation

Foreign banks have to deal with a regulator that is still 'learning on the job'.

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How will the retail bank of the future look like?

Will bank branches totally become a thing of the past?

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Physical bank branches to die out soon in Singapore as banks step up digitisation: analysts

Branches only occupy 750,000 sqft of space in Singapore.

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Are banks' voice biometric authentication technologies secure enough against data breaches?

Some experts say fingerprints and voice patterns should not be relied upon.

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Thai banks' new NPL formation falls for the first time in five years

It slipped 4% to ~USD1.2bn in 2Q16.

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Singapore banks will suffer prolonged agony from O&G exposure for another two quarters

Bad loan ratio is likely to hit 20%-50%.

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Rising risk for Chinese banks: Asset growth buoyed by wholesale funds, not deposits

Banks are now more sensitive to potential counterparty failure.

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Are more Asian banks daring to embrace cloud migrations?

DBS plans to migrate half of its workload by 2018 - will other banks follow suit?

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Thai banks' bad assets soar in 1H16 as more SMEs use houses as collateral

KrungThai Bank's non-performing assets could reach as much as US$1bn in 2H16.

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Here’s why Singapore banks face plummeting asset quality amidst Swiber fiasco

DBS’ earnings are expected to take a 3.1% hit.

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Will Thai banks' capital buffers withstand a cyclical downtrend?

NPLs had risen to 3.6% in 1H16.

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Which robo-advice platforms will pull ahead in Asia?

It's the incumbent banks vs direct-to-consumer platforms.

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