Asia Pacific

The joint venture will provide cloud-based and AI technological services to regional banks in Japan. China-based fintech company OneConnect, a subsidiary of insurance group Ping An Insurance and Japanese financial service group SBI Holdings have announced the launch of...

Wipro to provide a suite of services to ICICI Bank for seven years through a business transfer agreement with Vara lnfotech IT company Wipro has bagged a seven-year contract worth $300m (£245.3m) to provide a comprehensive suite of services to...

Microsoft is collaborating on a digital overhaul of a United Arab Emirates-based trade finance bank, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank The technology giant is collaborating with enterprise IT consulting firm Publicis Sapient to develop end-to-end solutions for Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank in an...

Zurich Insurance Group has wrapped up its previously announced A$2.85bn (£1.57bn) acquisition of OnePath Life, the former Australian life insurance business of ANZ. OnePath Life provides a variety of wealth and insurance products through financial advisers or directly to customers....

PNB MetLife, one of the top 10 private life insurance companies in India (Fiscal 2018), launched “khUshi”, a customer service app, powered with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The app is available on android phones and is designed to facilitate seamless customized...

The Global Investment in Aviation Summit, an initiative of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, will be held on 27-29 January 2019 at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City with the participation of at least 30 countries. Participating countries include Saudi...

In a move to target small and medium-sized businesses and hospitality companies, HP has announced it has teamed up with PayPal to release what it calls an “all-in-one” point of sale (POS) unit, with PayPal handling the payment processing...