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China’s FinTech industry is incomparable to the rest of the world. It is home to eight of the world’s leading FinTech unicorns, with an average value of $26.8BN – eight times greater than the average...
Introduction As per a report from Forbes1, from 1980 to 2010, the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean banking industries' assets expanded 20, 15 and 13 fold respectively. And, as per One Road research2...
Introduction Access to customer data has been a topic of conversation for many governments around the world in recent years, with many regimes around the world slowly moving towards legislation requir...
Many wealth managers are losing money because they do not understand client onboarding. Unfortunately, onboarding done wrong will drive clients away; because the onboarding process begins the moment, ...
How Asian family firms need to behave to survive? How Wealth Managers can profit from this environment? Disruptive technology is the greatest threat and biggest opportunity for Asian family busines
Overseas employment is a significant contributor to Asian economies and the well-being of workers’ families, who often depend on remittances to meet their basic needs. In 2017, Asia and Europe were th...
People often say valuation is more an "art" than a science. Are start-ups' true valuations in line with media quotations, or what owners believe to be their value? It's high time to increase...
In stark comparison to how technologically advanced South Korea is (say for instance, introducing the world’s first 5G internet for smartphones) and being recognized as the most innovative country in...
When contemplating FinTech in China, Alibaba and Tencent – among the world’s largest FinTech disruptors – will most likely be at the forefront of discussions. With market capitalizations of around hal...
The neutral status quo The current situation in South Korea is what you might call “meh” for FinTech start-ups. It is not the worst place to set up when looking to offer financial services to a more t...
“I’m sorry, we are just not that innovative here”, said bartender in Ritz-Carlton hotel in Singapore. “Please, I need your card, enter PIN, and now sign here too”. Yep, Singapore is no Iceland, or Ch...
Recently I was suggested to move to Myanmar. To my shame, I knew pretty much nothing about Myanmar, apart from it being Burma before. Ok, and except the fact that Myanmar is a Chinese gambling heaven....