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Here's where online micro consumer lending in Asia flourishes

Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country looks promising for online lending.

How Singapore banks are using analytics to drive SME growth

By analysing massive data volumes, UOB is able to slash loan processing time by 60%.

BCG's Anand Chawra shares the secret to riding the open banking wave

He says incumbents have to resist jumping into copycat initiatives.

Hear from EY's Chris Lim at ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019

Ernst & Young’s advisory partner will discuss how trust will look like in the digital age.

Regulator reins in Philippine banks deemed 'too big to fail'

The central bank will adopt threshold levels and new indicators.

India's retail-focused NBFCs to outgrow banks: analyst

Large NBFCs grew at a CAGR of 20% in FY2014-2019.

Chinese banks extended $238.92b loans in September

This exceeded analysts’ expectations of $197.9b.

Hong Kong cuts banks' capital buffer as protests persist

This releases an additional $25.5b into the economy.

Singapore fintech deals hit record $735m in 9M 2019

Investment value in mature fintechs expanded to $604.97m despite the lower number of deals.

How Asean Financial Innovation Network can help banks play catch-up

The managing director will share how to speed up digitisation through the APIX platform.

Japanese regional banks assume more risk to boost bottomline

A crisis or similar shock would lead to downturns more impactful than the GFC.

Indonesian bank loans to accelerate 13% by 2020

Working capital and consumer loans are set to recover.

Thailand banks' Q3 profits to drop 14% as fee waiver bites

Earnings will take a hit from weak non-interest income.