Financial Services news in Asia

An overview of news, trends and research in the Financial Services industry in Asia:

How AI and data are reshaping insurance in China and Southeast Asia Artificial intelligence (AI) and data are reshaping the global insurance landscape, with Asia no exception to the trend.
06 October 2025
ERM supports Nippon Life with development of Nature Finance Approach Japanese corporate Nippon Life – locally known as Nissay – has introduced the ‘Nippon Life Nature Finance Approach’, a set of measures designed to evaluate the effect of corporate activities on natur
20 August 2025
China and Hong Kong account for one third of IPO proceeds in first half 2025 The global IPO market demonstrated resilience in the first half of 2025, with Greater China playing a notably large role in listing activity. In H1 2025, a total of 539 listings raising $61.
11 August 2025
Bank of Bhutan working with MTI Consulting on six-year strategic plan The Bank of Bhutan, the largest commercial bank in the country, has appointed MTI Consulting as its partner for the development of its next strategic plan.
02 July 2025
UOB partners with Accenture for company-wide adoption of advanced technologies Singapore-headquartered United Overseas Bank (UOB) has signed a partnership agreement with Accenture.
31 May 2025
Japanese insurer Meiji Yasuda taps Accenture for company-wide AI roll out Meiji Yasuda, one of Japan’s oldest insurance companies, has selected Accenture to help support the design and delivery of a major company-wide AI program.
19 January 2025
Accenture buys digital twin tech platform for banks from Asian fintech Accenture has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company specialized in banking technology transformation.
08 January 2025
Digital and cloud a top priority for financial institutions in APAC Most financial institutions in Asia Pacific see improvements in digital customer experience as a top priority.
27 April 2024
Building financial empowerment in Pakistan through fintech In less than a decade, financial technology has permanently transformed the financial services sector.
11 May 2022
Ushering in the next era of banking: 5 things to do A continued rise in the adoption of digital services across Southeast Asia is re-shaping the financial services industry.
18 January 2022
Siam Commercial Bank and Publicis Sapient launch SCB Tech X As part of Siam Commercial Bank’s evolution toward becoming a financial technology powerhouse, the bank has joined with digital consultancy Publicis Sapient to launch a new entity, SCB Tech X.
22 December 2021
How Synpulse helps optimise discretionary portfolio management In the rapidly evolving and highly competitive discretionary portfolio management market, staying ahead of the competition and trends in the market is the need of the hour.
08 September 2021
Banks should ramp up technology expertise in their boardroom The banking sector has in recent years been forced to significantly boost investments in technology, and in its slipstream improve technology expertise in the boardroom.
07 September 2021
Nomura calls in McKinsey to learn from Archegos failings Tokyo-headquartered multibillion dollar holding firm Nomura has tapped McKinsey & Company to bolster its risk management framework – having lost nearly $3 billion to a recent collapse of family offic
15 June 2021
11,000 bank branches in Southeast Asia to shut over next decade The shift to digital banking is putting physical outlets out of favour in Southeast Asia – with a fifth of the region’s brick & mortar branches expected to close over the next decade.
31 May 2021
For CIOs in banking: Four steps to build a digital and IT strategy With banks facing technology-led disruption from all corners of their industry, and IT becoming a key enabler of business models, operations and innovation, developing a digital strategy has become m
27 May 2021
Bain brings its banking customer experience offering to Asia Bain & Company has launched its proprietary cloud-based insights offering NPS Prism in Southeast Asia.
27 April 2021
Standard Chartered wins award for AI-driven client insights A combined effort between Synechron, Squirro and Standard Chartered to improve customer experience in financial services through technology has been recognised with a Big Innovation AI Excellence Awa
19 April 2021
Hong Kong's banking sector worth over HKD 370 billion Hong Kong’s banking sector is worth an estimated HKD 370 billion (~US$50 billion), according to a strategic market assessment by Quinlan & Associates.
06 April 2021
PwC's Henri Arslanian on why Bitcoin is breaking records As Bitcoin rallies to record highs, many are looking to make sense of the sudden price boom. PwC’s Global Crypto Leader Henri Arslanian has some answers.
16 March 2021
Synpulse and Simon-Kucher win Asian Private Banker Tech awards Asian Private Banker has announced the winners of its annual Technology Awards, with three trophies picked up by consulting firms.
22 February 2021
Southeast Asia banks in better position than peers, says McKinsey Despite challenges, banks in Southeast Asia are poised to recover from the Covid-19 crisis faster than their counterparts around the world.
12 January 2021
PwC named Asia's top consultancy for risk & compliance services For the second year running, PwC has been named Asia's top consultancy for risk & compliance services in the financial services sector by a leading industry publication.
04 January 2021
Ten startups that can disrupt the financial services industry Accenture has announced the ten FinTechs which have been selected for the firm’s Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab.
08 October 2020
According to EY, most people in Hong Kong trust their banks According to a new study by EY, over half of people in Hong Kong trust their bank, mostly owing to the sector’s steady business performance, commitment to promises and transparency.
22 September 2020
Deloitte: The state of anti-money laundering (AML) in South Asia While more than 80% believe themselves to be compliant with anti-money laundering (AML) standards, most banks and financial institutions in South Asia find the growing complexity of the compliance la
07 September 2020
Report charts the way forward for sustainable investments in Asia Government-backed sovereign wealth and pension funds should take the wheel to drive sustainable investments in Asia, according to new analysis from KPMG.
27 August 2020
Synpulse helps bank with Temenos DataSource implementation Management consultancy Synpulse has successfully helped a leading bank in Asia to leverage a centralised financial instrument master, as a means of managing a growing quantity of financial data.
03 August 2020
Asian banks playing catch-up with mobile banking apps In a new report by Sia Partners, the firm’s consultants have shed light on the state of the international mobile banking space, pinpointing the need for Asian banks to ramp up their game.
30 June 2020
Synpulse and Orbium are Asia's top wealth consultancy firms Consulting firms Orbium and Synpulse have been named Asia’s top consultants to the wealth management industry.
08 June 2020
Synpulse on Asia Pacific's evolving digital banking landscape Asia’s digital banking scene has seen rapid growth in recent years and is set to continue its growth in the months to come.
30 March 2020
Former BCG country head Douglas Jackson recruited to Standard Chartered Standard Chartered has recruited former BCG Vietnam head Douglas Jackson as its new managing director for group strategy – marking the latest in a string of consultant signings.
10 February 2020

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