As we head into the year 2020, there is much excitement about how the next decade will unfold as we usher in a digital-first era of hyperconnectivity. The future of retail is a particularly intriguing one as consumer expectations are surging and the world becomes their oyster in their search for relevance, authenticity, connection, meaning, […]
Much of our everyday life is transactional in nature – and that is perhaps why payment players have taken our world by storm. For the longest time, traditional banks have acted as an effective custodian of one of our two primary albeit scarce resources – time and money – and it was enough for them […]
It should come as no surprise to tech visionaries and keen observers that blockchain is now looked upon not as a solution seeking a problem but as a core building block to the future of many industries, with the financial services space being a key beneficiary. In the payments space alone, there are many reasons […]
The cashless movement has sparked an ongoing intense debate by lawmakers, fintech players and consumers situated across opposing realms of reality. At the forefront, the Swedish is leading the vanguard on all things cashless with legislation kicking in that enable shops to refuse cash payments for the digitally uninitiated[1]. On the other end of the […]
In Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s Budget speech, he envisioned Singapore as an “Asia 101” for global MNCs looking to expand into Asia’s growing markets, and as a “Global 101” for Asian companies ready to go global. Asian businesses looking to expand overseas generally face significant upfront costs, but also navigate different operating landscapes across […]
The introduction of a risk-tiered approach to payment providers is important as it can help to put consumers at ease and accelerate the adoption of e-payments. Under the new Payment Services Bill, there has been a shift towards a dual-track regulatory framework for payment providers – a major payment institution license and a standard payment institution […]
