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AI for Impact: Delivering Value in the Near Term
AI is not new, and most agree it will shape the insurance industry well into the future – but how can you maximise the value from it today? In the latest InsurTech Rising Bytes podcast series this expert panel explore
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Alipay Launches World’s First Paperless Tax Refund Service in South Korea
Alipay operated by Ant Financial Services Group, announced that it has partnered with Global Tax Free (“GTF”), a tax refund agency, to launch the world’s first paperless mobile tax refund function in South Korea. Alipay has consistently been at the
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ZhongAn International To Receive Strategic Investment From SoftBank Vision Fund
ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance the first internet-based insurer in China, announced that its subsidiary ZhongAn International and SoftBank Vision Fund have entered into a Shareholder Agreement to boost ZhongAn’s technology solutions businesses outside China. The partnership will help ZhongAn expand
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AGDelta Pulls In JPMorgan Chase Exec To Work On Their Digital Wealth Platform
AGDelta is an online ecosystem that aims to facilitate the flow of information between financial products to buyers through big data and automation. Now, they welcome David Roy into their Hong Kong office as Managing Director for Product Management. David will be
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Bank & FinTech Collaboration Models – How Big Banks Plan Fight the Big Tech Challenge
Sometime around the tail-end of 2010 the banks started realising that something called a FinTech could be a threat to their business. This is a time when some senior executives in the bigger banks were asking the digital leaders if
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China’s Academia to Form New Blockchain Research Center with the Industry
A new blockchain research center will be formed to develop a series of entreprise level blockchain applications. According to the parties involved, these solutions will be developed to address the challenges and needs that corporations are facing in China today.
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AXA Hong Kong will Invest $200M into Fintech and Launched Design Centre
In response to customer needs across insurance products, AXA Hong Kong has announced that it will invest approximately HK$200M in FinTech development this year, tripling its 2017 commitment. The new AXA Design & Experience Centre in One Island East in Quarry Bay, developed in
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Asia Pacific Ahead of Europe in Customer Experience Tech Adoption
A deep focus on enhancing the customer experience has taken root in many emerging markets – most notably Asia Pacific, which is well ahead of its more developed market counterparts in Europe and North America in terms of adoption of
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8 Startups Selected for Accenture’s 2018 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific
Eight fintech companies have been selected for the fifth annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, a 12-week mentorship program created by Accenture in Hong Kong. The 2018 program received a record number of applications, from more than 160 companies, and comes at
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Citi Adds Three New API Partners in Hong Kong
Citi Hong Kong announced the addition of three new API (Application Programming Interface) partners as the bank continues its effort to promote the benefits of API usage and cross-industry collaboration with the aim of bringing banking and credit card services
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