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The Best Banks in Asia 2024, Ranked by Forbes

Fintech News

Confronted by shifting factors such as tech advancements, generative AI, high interest rates, increased institutional oversight, and evolving customer expectations — the best banks must adapt their business and operating models in 2024, including in Asia. CHINA #1 China Merchants Bank China Merchants Bank Co.,

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Finovate Global Mexico: Banorte’s Digital Bank, Amazon’s BNPL Partnership with Kueski Pay

Finovate

First up is news that Grupo Financiero Banorte has launched Mexico’s first fully digital bank, bineo. The new digital bank also offers financing products for bineo account holders. The bank also pledges competitive rates and instant access to funds once loans are approved. The company noted that it hopes to add 2.8

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Who Are The Top Funded Fintechs in Southeast Asia Beyond Singapore?

Fintech News

Netbank – US$344 million (Series A, Philippines) Filipino banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Netbank secured the largest funding round in Southeast Asia (excluding Singapore) last year, raising in May 2023 a US$344 million Series A funding round, data from KPMG and Pitchbook show. Soft Space – US$31.5

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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Who Were The Top Funding Fintech Rounds in 2023 in Southeast Asia Beyond Singapore?

Fintech News

Netbank – US$344 million (Series A, Philippines) Filipino banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Netbank secured the largest funding round in Southeast Asia (excluding Singapore) last year, raising in May 2023 a US$344 million Series A funding round, data from KPMG and Pitchbook show. Soft Space – US$31.5

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WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones

PYMNTS

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. Ant Financial’s Alipay — WeChat Pay’s rival — launched a comparative feature in 2012 that lets users send and receive funds using a mobile number or email addresses. .

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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

With more consumers moving to mobile transactions over visits to branches, some banks are considering closing brick-and-mortar locations to reduce operational costs. The price of real estate is prompting even the largest players in the banking world to scale back their branch operations. Can banks have it both ways?