Should Google and Facebook be venturing into banking?
A never-ending quest for more data and control over customers is forcing Google and Facebook to make a banking play – what could go wrong?...
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Credit scoring: Keeping customer privacy at the forefront
A unique opportunity comes in the form of smartphone metadata as a means of developing credit scores for individuals and small business owners...
Lifetime financial planning: What is the better trade off?
Singapore fintech startup BetterTradeOff’s solution solve the loss of human touch and contextualisation in financial planning for individuals...
UAE, Saudi banks expect increase in loan demand in 2020
Dubai Expo 2020, banks’ regional expansion and slowdown in property market are contributing factors to rising credit...
Goldman’s workforce expansion in China is part of five-year strategy plan
The headcount will increase by 600 employees in Goldman Sach’s mainland operations...
Open banking unleashes business lending race
The UK’s open banking directive is starting to propel SME growth and is having a cascading effect on European banking...
UK: Open banking unleashes business lending race
The UK’s open banking directive is starting to propel SME growth and is having a cascading effect on European banking...
Why Kenya needs fewer banks
Around 80 percent of the profits made by the Kenyan banking sector go to the top five to six banks...
Al Wateen: A unique digital factory in the Kuwait Islamic banking sector
Kuwait’s Warba Bank is pioneering digital banking innovation in the Gulf countries with an in-house centre to develop exclusive digital products and services...
Cashless society: epayments catch fire in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia achieved 36% epayments out of all payments in 2019 against a target of 28% for 2020. Is this growth sustainable?...