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Asia forges ahead with artificial intelligence

By CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, JR. China’s three-point plan for achieving domination of the projected $150 billion global artificial intelligence (AI) market shows a long-term vision to embrace opportunities created by new technologies. The focused marshaling of large-scale resources and public and...

Banking’s Open Door Policy

By Evan Sparks “Open banking”—is it an aspirational slogan, a discrete business model or a regulatory regime? For ABA VP Rob Morgan, who works on fintech policy, “it is what you want it to be.” The...

BANK OF AMERICA: ‘BLOCKCHAIN COULD BE A $7 BILLION MARKET’

By GEORGI GEORGIEV BLOCKCHAIN IS A ‘MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY’ According to a research analyst from Bank of America, Kash Rangan, the global blockchain market will eventually hit $7 billion, CNBC reports. The expert also outlined that major companies such as...

cleverbridge Announces Revenue Retention Enhancements

(Cologne, Germany – October 2, 2018) – cleverbridge, a provider of ecommerce and subscription billing solutions for monetizing digital goods, online services and SaaS, announces significant enhancements to its Revenue Retention Tools. The new...

What Has Bitcoin Done for Banking?

It was October 31 2008, when a mysterious document titled «Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System» by an unknown author named Satoshi Nakamoto began circulating on the internet. The coin's official birth was the following January, when Satoshi...

What’s all the commotion about crypto cash?

By Doug Ferguson Could something “as light and borderless as air” eventually become part of Canada’s national currency? During a speech to MBA and School of Public Policy students Monday at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School...

India’s Central Bank Did Not Establish Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Unit: Report

  The Reserve Bank of India has denied the creation of a new internal unit dedicated to cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) research. In late August, India’s most-popular financial daily, the Economic Times, reported that...

Remodelling Singapore’s wealth management industry

By JULIA LEONG and KENNETH CHIA PRIVATE wealth in Asia is growing and will continue to grow. Over the next twenty years, Asia will also see inter- generational wealth transfers taking place on unprecedented magnitudes. With the increasing digitalisation...

Two Practical Questions To Ask Before Diving Into AI

By  Andrew Birmingham When it comes to implementing new technology often a good starting point is to look at whether it can be used to address a pain point in the business that hasn’t been solved...
KPMG India

Fintech in India – Powering a digital economy: Nasscom, KPMG release report

By KPMG With extensive changes being introduced by fintech startups, there exists a big opportunity for them to have an impact that extends beyond the confines of the traditional financial services industry, finds the 'Fintech...