Banking Research

Jul

Line bets on digibanking in Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia

Naver’s Line has been keen to leverage the strength of its messaging app and e-wallet in select markets to expand into digibanking. Yet Line Bank Japan, which was supposed to be a tie-up between Line and Mizuho Bank, quietly folded in March, 4.5 years after the venture’s first preparatory company…

Jul

Asia Banking Research

Assessing the Kakao Bank-SCBX tie-up

While it may not be a sure thing, the Kakao Bank-SCBX tie-up looks promising. Following the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) announcement earlier this year that it would allow digital banks by 2025 – no rush, it seems – some of the biggest financial groups in the kingdom have expressed their…

Jul

Asia Banking Research

Platform companies battle it out in the Indonesia digibanking market

Indonesia is the most important digital financial services market in Southeast Asia, given its overall size, unbanked population of 181 million, and island geography. With 6,000 populated islands, Indonesia is almost uniquely suited for branchless banking. It is thus no surprise that the region’s most prominent platform companies, all in…

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