financing

Retail Asia21/11/2016

Just like real estate is about location, location and location, private banking is about scale, scale and scale – it is what’s needed to cope with the high cost of the business, say industry players. Monday’s surprise move by DBS Bank to snap up most of ANZ’s wealth and retail business in Asia for a […]

Retail Asia01/11/2016

Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”, or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading digital financial services providers, today announced its global blueprint for promoting digital financial inclusion, and a strategic agreement with Ascend Money, the leading fintech company in Thailand. Under the agreement Ant Financial will invest in Ascend Money, which aims to accelerate […]

Retail Asia22/08/2016

The Indonesian government has launched a national master plan to develop its Islamic finance industry, the latest effort aimed at awakening what is still a niche sector in the world’s most populous Muslim country, Reuters news service reported. Islamic finance was introduced in Southeast Asia’s largest economy more than two decades ago but it has […]

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Private banks lacking scale exit Singapore

Ant Financial announces global blueprint for digital financial inclusion

Indonesia launches master plan to breathe new life into Islamic finance sector