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Fintech for good
Business, Tarin Thaniyavarn, Published on 30/09/2019
» Ten years ago, one could hardly imagine surviving a day with just a phone in Thailand. Fast forward to the present: you can book a ride to work, order meals or groceries to be delivered to your doorstep and pay for all these services using the Grab app on your phone in six Asean countries. The advancement in technology has played a big part in this new reality.
Fintech grows up
Business, Published on 11/12/2019
» Financial services providers and technology, media and telecom (TMT) businesses are increasingly using financial technology (fintech) to sharpen operational efficiency, lower costs, improve the customer experience and heighten the appeal of their products and services. They're also carving out new commercial possibilities.
India's fintech revolution
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 05/11/2018
» The financial sector in India has been transformed as the national digital infrastructure evolves, leading to the rapid rise of financial technology (fintech) businesses.
TBMA joins fintech push
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 28/07/2018
» The Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA) will incorporate financial technology (fintech) through the registrar service platform using blockchain technology this year, aiming to facilitate and promote growth of the secondary market's liquidity.
Fintech: Friend or foe?
Business, Published on 07/11/2019
» Fintech -- businesses providing financial products and services by way of technological applications -- has been rapidly transforming the financial industry in recent years. These firms are categorised into four groups according to the products and services provided: capital market and banking services such as payment and lending; investment management; insurance products such as peer-to-peer (P2P) and personal insurance; and property-related services such as housing mortgages.
Fintech and universal inclusion
Oped, Carl Manlan & Adanna Chukwuma, Published on 14/01/2025
» The world has made remarkable progress in advancing financial inclusion in recent years. In the decade beginning in 2011, the share of adults with access to financial services rose a whopping 50%, to more than three-quarters. But we still have a long way to go in creating a truly inclusive financial system. Beyond expanding access to financial products and services, we must ensure that these products and services work for all people, including the 1.2 billion people worldwide with disabilities.
Grab waits on fintech licence
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 09/05/2018
» Grab Thailand aims for its single mobile app to handle transport, on-demand food delivery, logistics, cashless payment and financial service.
Five key elements in fintech
Business, Somkrit Krishnamra and Narain Chutijirawong, Published on 10/01/2019
» Traditional financial institutions have been confronted with many questions in the face of disruption by financial technology. How will fintech affect my organisation? What do we need and and how do we prepare for this change? The effects of fintech are also being felt by other stakeholders from consumers to businesses and regulators.
Trends shaping fintech in 2021
Business, Suripong Tantiyanon, Published on 28/01/2021
» Whether you realise it, fintech innovation is probably playing a role in your daily life. In fact, 73% of Americans say using a financial technology application to manage money is part of their new normal as the Covid pandemic has accelerated the move to digital banking and payments.
Thailand's fintech comes of age
Oped, Piyachart Ratanaprasartporn, Published on 28/07/2021
» While the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely disrupted many industries globally, it has positively disrupted the finance sector -- especially in accelerating the evolution of FinTech solutions.