https://www.scmp.com/rss/293212/feed Albert Chan leads Accenture’s financial services business in China en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com These days, banks are understandably focused on processes, regulations and organisational structure but they need to also pay attention to the changing needs of customers. Competitors are providing simplified mobile-friendly interfaces that aggregate services from banks or third parties and help the bank’s customers to visualise their finances in rich, engaging ways. In China, for example, payment options ranging from AliPay to Fenqile, a micro-loan site that literally means “happy instalments”,... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2005999/bank-management-make-it-easy-your-customers-or-risk-losing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2005999/bank-management-make-it-easy-your-customers-or-risk-losing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2016 02:48:47 +0000 The renminbi is reordering the global trade environment, presenting new opportunities for those businesses bold enough to grasp them. Hong Kong's trade with the mainland has grown exponentially over the past few years, boosted by the twin locomotives of extraordinary mainland growth and increasingly transnational industrial assembly lines. Today, Hong Kong's trade flows are dominated by its bilateral relationship with the mainland, which took over 50 per cent of Hong Kong's total exports and 47... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1211622/doors-will-open-hong-kong-businesses-switching-renminbi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1211622/doors-will-open-hong-kong-businesses-switching-renminbi?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Entrepreneurs face what initially appears to be a dilemma. They can maintain the status quo, striving to build their business in the traditional markets that they know and trust, or they can venture into new territory, tackling the host of logistical, financial and cultural challenges that entails. Stop to think for a moment and you'll realise that there's no dilemma here at all. The time to be brave is now. The shape of global demand is undergoing a profound transformation. Manufacturers used... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134540/asia-grows-smes-must-venture-out-or-miss-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134540/asia-grows-smes-must-venture-out-or-miss-out?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000