Former digital transformation strategist, Masakazu Osawa, takes on responsibility for the institution’s corporate and commercial banking business in Asia Pacific.
A collaboration between Vemanti, Finastra and Lendscape will expand the financing solutions on offer to Southeast Asia’s community of SMEs. The launch of a new digital bank is set to follow.
The payments player has proven interoperability between legacy and emerging infrastructure to enable cross-border use of CBDCs, but questions around financial intermediation and credit provision remain.