Digitalisation and Finance in Asia

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

Digital evolution in the banking sector has seen significant positive movement over the last decade and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. As per reports, more than half of all banking transactions were within the bank’s network about 15 years ago. The number has fallen to less than 10% in 2020.

whitePaper | October 31, 2020

Property management is an industry that has seen steady yet significant growth over the past year. Obviously, the industry has been affected by the recent economic downturn, and property managers have been placed in a demanding position. Investopedia1 informs us that property managers are routinely responsible for managing real estate assets held by another entity, either a business or a person. Thus, the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people in the unfortunate position of not being able to meet their rental obligations.

whitePaper | July 19, 2022

Paul Allen, an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, had a vision to create better money. He found it confounding that he with his billions would pay less to transfer money than the poorest amongst us. Paul wanted to make money more equitable by making it more efficient and independent of any one financial institution. His team at Vulcan, along with several experts in financial technology, distributed systems, software, and financial regulations, came up with a design they called Xand, playing off Alexander Hamilton’s name, and spun out a new company, Transparent Financial Systems (Transparent) to develop it.

whitePaper | October 1, 2022

Some of the best innovations come from recognizing pain points and having the resolve to alleviate them. The scope of fintech became visible over a decade ago, when the success of mobile money brought into sharp focus the potential inherent in the combination of finance and technology – with innovation and empathy.

whitePaper | August 2, 2023

As immersive technologies evolve primarily powered by investments from big techs like Apple (Apple placing its most recent bet with Vision Pro), Meta in Metaverse, and related AR/VR technologies, the possibilities are further enhanced by the revolution in the Generative AI space by leaders like Open AI (ChatGPT) and Google (Bard).

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

Manual invoicing is a costly, inefficient process that opens up companies to unnecessary risk. With the rising call to reduce paper usage and lower costs, it’s time to explore alternatives that can help controllers and accounts payable (AP) managers do more with less.