Banking
Insights from China’s Next generation payment technologies
Payment technologies in China have exploded recently: they enable many types of payments including P2P (peer to peer), functioning online, offline, short and long range.
Payment technologies in China have exploded recently: they enable many types of payments including P2P (peer to peer), functioning online, offline, short and long range.
Today’s mobile payments combine various detection and identification technologies, such as Near Field Communication (NFC), and biotechnologies, for example fingerprint identification.
SUCCESS STORIES: ALIPAY AND TENPAY
According to Big Data Research, in 2015 Alipay and Tenpay were the two biggest players in China in the third party mobile payment sector, respectively holding some 79.8% and 12.9% of market share, in terms of user service consumption volumes. (See chart below.)
These two market leaders are well-known for their digital payment platforms – Alipay and WeChat Pay. These can be fully integrated with traditional banks’ deposit accounts to enable real-time transfers between accounts.
These two market leaders are well-known for their digital payment platforms – Alipay and WeChat Pay
The key is to grasp and exploit opportunity as soon as possible, by identifying relevant and applicable ideas to satisfy users’ real needs.
Source: Next generation payment technologies: Insights from China
Asean
12 Things to Know about the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF)
The ACGF is an ASEAN Infrastructure Fund initiative managed by ADB’s Southeast Asia Department Innovation Hub. It helps Southeast Asian governments prepare and finance infrastructure projects promoting environmental sustainability and contributing to climate change goals.
Southeast Asia faces an infrastructure investment shortfall of more than $100 billion a year, which may have worsened amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Banking
Thai cabinet approves 350 billion baht Aid for COVID-hit Businesses
Thailand unveiled new measures to help small and medium COVID-hit businesses in the tourism industry hit by a liquidity crunch.
The Thai cabinet has approved assistance worth 350 billion baht($11 Billion) to help businesses affected by COVID-19 with soft loans and asset warehousing.
Banking
APAC Banks to Face Portfolio Valuation Losses As Yields Rise
The latest data suggest that Fitch-rated banks in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan have the largest AFS securities portfolios, and display particular sensitivity to changes in yields.
Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong/Singapore-21 March 2021: A rise in yields for long-dated sovereign bonds will result in near-term losses for Asia-Pacific (APAC) banks as they recognise valuation changes on their available-for-sale (AFS) bond portfolios, but the capital impact should be manageable for most rated banks, says Fitch Ratings.
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