Foreign Currency Bank Funding and Global Factors

whitePaper | February 26, 2022

During the past year, financial organizations and banks in particular, have suffered increasing rates of cyberattacks coming in from every possible threat vector. According to Check Point Research, a financial organization was attacked on average 700 times every week during 2021, a 53% increase year-over-year, and according to IBM the average cost of a successful breach was $5.85 million. From phishing to supply chain attacks, and everything in between, what we have seen is just the tip of the iceberg.

whitePaper | April 15, 2022

The global consumer finance market has rebounded at pace from the turbulence of the pandemic, led by an accelerating shift online and an accompanying wave of investment and innovation. With many people managing financial uncertainty, the segment has seen a step change in its progress, supported by new approaches to credit decisioning and the emergence of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as a major force in the payments landscape.

whitePaper | June 13, 2022

There are new global risks in the capital market that are impacting traditional investment approaches and investment managers’ decision-making capabilities. While extreme weather changes like floods and wildfires are becoming frequent, privacy, data security and regulatory pressures are accelerating new risks for investors. Investor perception towards investment has changed; they are increasingly thinking about methods to avoid investments that are harmful to the environment or contribute to societal problems; instead they are focusing on investments that are beneficial for all the members of investment stakeholder community.

whitePaper | February 19, 2020

Digital trends have impacted almost every aspect of today’s business world, from operational performance to customer service satisfaction. The payments department – the cash flow and working capital lifeline for an organization – is no exception. Yet in Singapore and Malaysia, many organizations still have limited automation of the accounts payable (AP) process, or a heavy reliance on manual paper work. This report analyses the current AP landscape in Singapore and Malaysia, through surveys and interviews of 100 organizations in each country, across various industries.

whitePaper | November 26, 2019

Financial services is the nervous system of our economy; a critical system that needs to operate efficiently and equitably for our society to function. The legacy 20th century business models in finance have become increasingly obsolete and most have not adapted to the fundamental paradigm shift—technological, institutional and societal—ushered in by our continuing transition from an Industrial Age to an emerging Information Age.

whitePaper | January 15, 2023

A decade ago, not many of us would have envisaged how fintechs would change the credit landscape through digital innovations. Although the share of fintech in the overall lending pie is still small and concentrated towards bite sized unsecured lending, the promise it holds for the future is immense. Fintech-led digital lending is the fastest-growing segment today. The disruptions created by fintech by providing a superior customer experience with a reduced cost of acquisition, a frictionless customer journey, and instant decisioning have revolutionised digital lending in India. The larger impact is in terms of addressing the credit gap and making India more credit-inclusive.