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FATF Greylisting Pushes Southeast Asia Towards Crypto Solutions

01/10/2024 No Comments

In response to FTAF greylisting, many Southeast Asian countries are turning to cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) to make up for lost opportunities in the traditional financial system.

Why Are Chinese Banks Focusing On ESG Investments?

25/09/2024 No Comments

China’s top 100 banks are showing that sustainability is not just a buzzword—it’s a critical strategy for surviving in uncertain times.

Why Are Indian Equities At Record Highs?

24/09/2024 No Comments

Indian stock markets reached record highs yesterday as the US Federal Reserve’s major rate cut boosted risk appetite and encouraged capital to flow into emerging ...

How Have Protests In Bangladesh Impacted Remittances?

13/09/2024 No Comments

Protests and political instability in Bangladesh have caused remittances, critical for the Bangladeshi economy, to shift to unofficial channels.

Why is Japan an attractive place for crypto companies to invest in?

February 23, 2022

What might growth crypto growth in the East Asia region look like in the months and years ahead? DisruptionBanking spoke to Amber Group’s CEO, Michael Wu.

Asia Blockchain Digital Assets News

North Korea’s Secret Crypto Empire: How The Regime Is Building Wealth In The Digital Age

February 14, 2022

According to a forthcoming UN report, North Korea has engaged in dozens of cyberattacks and stolen millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.

Asia Blockchain Digital Assets News

Myanmar military government bans crypto in crackdown on human rights

February 4, 2022

The military government in Myanmar has announced heavy criminal sanctions for citizens found to be using crypto or virtual private networks (VPNs).

Asia News

Indonesia: Future FinTech giant?

February 3, 2022

Indonesia has already embraced new, innovative technologies related to FinTech and digital assets and is spearheading the digitalisation push in South-East Asia. Yet, at the same time, millions of adults in the country are not formally banked and have little access to lending. In many ways, it is a highly advanced economy that nonetheless has many of the characteristics of a third-world country.

Asia

South Korea: The solution to this year’s emerging market problems?

January 12, 2022

Given all the problems emerging market traders are facing this year, it would hardly be surprising if many saw "the South Korea cheat" as the solution.

Asia Digital Assets

Why is Binance banned in Singapore?

December 30, 2021

Earlier in December we heard the news that Binance had withdrawn its application to obtain a cryptoexchange licence in Singapore. This followed frequent clashes with the regulator in Singapore, which in September prompted Binance to ban its users in the country from trading on its global platform.

Asia Business

Tokyo: A Global Financial City

November 17, 2021

Tokyo is often forgotten about as one of the world’s major economic hubs. This is something the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is looking to fix.

Asia

Party cadres, and socialism with Chinese characteristics

November 2, 2021

This idea – of party appointees planted throughout China’s businesses and private sector – has its roots in the Opium Wars and colonial domination. Looking back at the Century of Humiliation, political theorists and Chinese leaders tried to work out how best to ensure this could never happen again.

Asia Sustainability ESG Technology

Guangzhou: The Beating Heart of China’s Electric Vehicles Push

October 20, 2021

The development of electric vehicles can almost be read as a case-study in the success of the Chinese economy since the late seventies: an example of the long-term economic planning, and shrewd government investment, that has allowed the private sector to flourish – albeit under the iron fist of the state.

Asia Banking

Empowering Finance with the Agricultural Bank of China

October 15, 2021

China’s ‘Big Four’ banks include the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, the Bank of China and the Agricultural Bank of China. Together they have a reported combined asset value of $17.321 trillion.

Asia Banking

Customers, Regulation and China with Standard Chartered

October 14, 2021

Standard Chartered or StanChart is not a bank that is shy about it’s aspirations when it comes to China. Many of the speakers at this year’s Sibos have talked about China as well. Apart from CBDCs, digital transformation and the generous plethora of leaders involved in this years’ event, the Regulator and the Customer were also talking points.

Asia

The Unpredictability of Beijing

October 14, 2021

The opening months of MSCI’s new China indexes should serve as a warning. The CCP works in unpredictable ways, and sometimes in a manner that is deliberately economically damaging. For this reason, returns in China can never be taken for granted.

Asia Fintech

Two Currencies One Nation with Invest Hong Kong

October 13, 2021

“There’s a very strong regulatory framework, one that is attracting businesses from around the world to do listings or secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.” Andrew shares.

Asia Capital Markets

Evergrande – Too Big To Ignore?

September 27, 2021

he Real Estate industry accounts for more than 15% of China’s economy. 62-year old Hui Ka-yan owns 76 percent of Evergrande, China’s second largest property developer by sales. However, with the South China Morning Post reporting liabilities of more than $305 billion, Hui’s investment might be too big to ignore.

Asia

Taliban takeover means Afghanistan risks becoming cradle for global terrorism

September 16, 2021

Lack of technocratic expertise, with most educated people having fled, will make it hard to ensure the economy runs well enough to allow the Taliban to cement support in the regions. Billions of dollars of funding have been lost from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the US, and the European Union, and the central bank reserves held in the US have been frozen.

Asia Sustainability ESG

What is changing the Japanese approach to ESG?

August 4, 2021

Economic stagnancy has also reduced the ability (or desire) of companies to invest in green alternatives. Japanese companies have long been wary of investing and prefer to sit on piles of cash, reducing both innovation and the amount of investment that is pumped into green transformation.

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