Tag: HSBC
Corporates Are Spoiled for Choice When It Comes to Cash Pooling
Cash pools are arrangements mostly used by multinational groups to optimise cash and liquidity management and reduce reliance on external funding and associated funding costs. There are [more…]
HSBC experiments with platforms versus products
Banks are now in the third historical wave of distribution, says Aman Narain, HSBC’s global head of platforms and embedded banking, based in Singapore. Branch banking has [more…]
Singapore Passes MAS’ Bill on ‘COSMIC’ to Gather Info on “Red Flag” Customers
The Singapore parliament has passed the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) bill to establish the COSMIC platform. COSMIC is a secure digital platform for financial institutions to [more…]
HSBC goes digital to extend secured-lending product
HSBC has turned to technology to make a specialized lending product that has been the preserve of the rich into something it is now marketing to its [more…]
Embracing the Age Of Hyperpersonalisation in Banking
Over the past few years banks are waking up to the importance of hyperpersonalisation by investing heavily in data analytics and cloud technologies to deliver tailored products [more…]
HSBC is looking for a top executive to work with asset tokenization
The British multinational bank HSBC, which controls the greatest amount of assets in Europe, has increased its focus on digital currencies in recent years. The financial institution [more…]
HSBC Insurance Completes Merger With AXA Singapore
The integration between HSBC Insurance Singapore and AXA Insurance is now complete and has begun operating as a combined entity – HSBC Life Singapore. The merger and rebranding [more…]
Alibaba becomes Top 10 Global Bank
A few years ago, I wrote about the inexorable rise of Google and Amazon in finance. The conclusion from the piece was “if you prefer fast action and [more…]
Why SME Banking is a huge untapped market
When I started The Disruptive Group last year, one of my first tasks – like any entrepreneur – was to open a bank account. Being a fervent [more…]
Why Finance is becoming Hyperscalable
My thesis has long been that technology would have a huge impact in finance, but that it wouldn’t be a linear process. Let’s summarise where we are [more…]