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Feature stories and market perspectives from Fintrade Securities Corporation Ltd.
A 25-cent automated fee error affected 7,309 TSB customer accounts, requiring $1.73 million in remediation and revealing serious misalignment between contracts, system settings and customer outcomes.
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The UAE is testing biometric payments using face and palm recognition, signaling a shift toward identity-based, cardless financial transactions.
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New Zealand’s open-banking framework is shifting toward real-world adoption, reshaping how banks, fintechs and customers share data and payments.
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How APIs connect banking, payments, trading and compliance, reshaping responsibility, resilience and competition across financial centres.
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How AI could reshape financial markets through innovation, institutional knowledge, trusted workflows and governance, as discussed at Global Fintech Fest 2026.
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Feature on why New Zealand is rethinking its payments rails, covering RBNZ retail payments modernisation, real-time payments, infrastructure, fintech competition and resilience.
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Feature on how financial centres are competing for next-generation investment through sustainable finance, institutional credibility, green sukuk, insurance, technology and long-term capital.
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Feature on Labuan’s role in Asia’s emerging wealth economy, linking family offices, Islamic finance, wealth management, digital finance and cross-border capital.
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Feature on sustainable finance as a new logic for global capital, linking climate risk, governance, green sukuk and long-term investment value.
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Feature on sustainable finance, green sukuk, transition finance and how financial centres compete to direct long-term capital towards resilient growth.
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Feature on how real-time payments, interoperable networks, automated compliance and digital finance are reshaping cross-border commerce.
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Feature on why trust, transparency, regulatory credibility and institutional stability are becoming Labuan's strongest competitive assets in international finance.
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Feature on digital trust as AI, cybersecurity, regulatory oversight and institutional credibility redefine competitive advantage in global finance.
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Feature on Labuan as a potential Gulf-ASEAN financial bridge through Islamic finance, fintech and cross-border capital mobility.
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Gulf and ASEAN markets are building a fintech corridor as capital, regulation and digital infrastructure reshape regional finance.
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Open banking is reshaping lending and wealth management by making authorised financial data more portable, useful and competitive.
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Islamic finance is entering a new digital phase as blockchain, tokenised assets, smart contracts and digital identity reshape Shariah-compliant finance.
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Feature on how blockchain tokenisation could widen real estate access, improve liquidity and reshape property investment across Asia and the Gulf.
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When Malaysia's digital banking framework was first unveiled, the atmosphere surrounding the sector bordered on euphoric. Policymakers spoke of financial inclusion...
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For much of its modern history, Islamic finance and financial technology occupied parallel worlds. One evolved through centuries of jurisprudential interpretation...
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Today, Malaysia finds itself at a quietly decisive point in its payments evolution, where years of domestic infrastructure-building are beginning...
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New Zealand finds itself navigating a familiar constraint with renewed urgency today. Its domestic fintech ecosystem, while technically competent and...
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In the first quarter of 2026, Malaysia’s digital banking experiment has entered a more exacting and less forgiving phase, one...
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The ambition to transform Labuan into a significant financial centre is as much about perception as it is about policy....
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Labuan’s emergence as a financial centre is unfolding under conditions that are markedly different from those that shaped earlier offshore...
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There are financial centres that announce themselves with towering skylines and grand narratives, and then there are those that assemble...
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New Zealand’s financial authorities continue exploring cross-border payment interoperability with international partners, recognising seamless transactions’ importance for trade and digital...
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New Zealand’s financial technology sector is examining transaction-level data for credit assessment as open banking’s initial pilots create potential opportunities...
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Today, New Zealand’s banking sector has moved decisively toward a new technological architecture as the country’s largest financial institutions expanded...
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New Zealand’s banking and fintech sectors continue advancing digital identity systems as a key enabler for secure financial services. While...
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The New Zealand government continues implementing consumer data rights under the Customer and Product Data Act 2025, a cornerstone of...
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Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC) is charting a new and increasingly distinctive course in the global financial...
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