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The transformation of Europe's retail payments landscape -

The transformation of Europe’s retail payments landscape –

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Turmoil in Belarus takes toll on banks

Turmoil in Belarus takes toll on banks

It has been almost six months since Belarus’s autocratic president Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in a rigged presidential election in August last year, which led to widespread protests across the country involving hundreds of thousands people. The protests have continued to take place even during the freezing Belarusian winter, and the unrest represents … Read more

Fubon Life is fulfilling the responsibility of being the people’s brand

Fubon Life is fulfilling the responsibility of being the people’s brand

Sky lantern festival, New Taipei City, Taiwan &nbsp Despite the turbulent global environment and continuing uncertainty, Fubon Life has maintained outstanding performance with the advantages of financial stability, comprehensive distribution channels, and a diversified product portfolio in 2020. The cumulative net profit after tax for the first eight months last year reached NT$43.058 billion, equalling … Read more

Fintech drives Indian financial services investment

Fintech drives Indian financial services investment

Financial services investment into India has soared over the past five years, with foreign investors particularly attracted to fintech opportunities in the country despite a slowdown in projects in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of financial services foreign direct investment (FDI) projects reached 36 last year (January to November data) from 14 … Read more

Sustainability and responsible investment drives growth in Thailand’s asset management sector

Sustainability and responsible investment drives growth in Thailand’s asset management sector

&nbsp Author: Khetkhan Neesanant, Director, Head of Institutional & HNWIs Business Department, Business Development Division, UOB Asset Management (Thailand) January 22, 2021 Thailand’s asset management industry, particularly private funds or segregated mandates, has grown by as much as 15.03 percent (CAGR) due to interest from insurers over the past 10 years, compared to 10.37 percent … Read more

Firm-specific risk-neutral distributions with options and CDS

BIS international banking statistics at end-September 2020

Global cross-border claims changed little in aggregate in Q3 2020 after large fluctuations in Q1 and Q2. Cross-border claims on emerging market and developing economies continued to fall, driven again by claims on Latin America and the Caribbean. Since the start of the pandemic, the size of banks’ balance sheets has increased sharply with the … Read more

How the payments industry is coming together to quash financial crime

How the payments industry is coming together to quash financial crime

The world over has seen a marked increase in fraud and money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic. At a recent roundtable, industry experts discussed how the financial industry is coming together to collaborate and deploy innovative, network-level solutions to trace and prevent financial crime across the digital economy. Panellists: Mark Courtney, chief product officer, Cifas … Read more