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Professor AnalysisMay 11, 2020

Digital Asset Management: The Road to Market Integration

ArticleNovember 13, 2025

Over the past decade, the digitization of assets has evolved from a niche experiment into a structural force in global finance. As tokenization, decentralized finance (DeFi) and artificial intelligence converge, the boundaries between traditional and digital markets are beginning to blur. With institutional participation growing and regulators racing to keep pace, digital assets are no […]

Launching Ceremony and Forum of CKGSB Alumni Association Korea Chapter

NewsAugust 15, 2018

The inaugural ceremony and forum of CKGSB Alumni Association Korea Chapter will be held in Seoul on August 27th with the theme of "The New Global Order: the Role of Confucian Economic Bloc".

China Roundup: Is the Chinese Economy Rebalancing?

ArticleJanuary 8, 2015

Tencent launched China’s first private bank, local governments vowed to crack down on ride-hailing apps, and with China set to miss its growth targets, it is being speculated that the much needed economic rebalancing has finally kicked in.

China Roundup: China’s manufacturing activity falls; Alibaba launches crowdfunding platform; and KFC’s makeover

ArticleMarch 28, 2014

The week that was: China’s manufacturing activity continues on its downward trend; Tencent acquires a 28% stake in South Korean gaming giant CJ Games; Alibaba launches crowdfunding product for the entertainment sector; and Hong Kong banks worried about China exposure. China’s manufacturng activity hits eight-month low China’s manufacturing activity continues to contract—and has hit an […]

Expanding the reach of Chinese innovations in the RCEP region

Professor AnalysisJuly 18, 2022

Dr. Edward Tse, Founder & CEO, Gao Feng Advisory Company; Professor of Managerial Practice of Strategy, CKGSB With the implementation of RCEP, more companies in the region will view Chinese innovations as a source of inspiration and knowledge and shall use them not only for producing and selling new products and services but also for […]

Should China’s central bank be concerned about the capital outflow and will the depreciation of the RMB accelerate?

VideoDecember 26, 2019

Should China’s central bank be concerned about the capital outflow and will the depreciation of the RMB accelerate?

VideoDecember 26, 2019

Online Banking in China: The People’s Banking

ArticleJuly 4, 2016

The upsurge in mobile transaction services used through smartphones is at the heart of a sudden expansion of the online financial services industry in China. This is a diverse and dynamic marketplace with investment, small-lending companies, peer to peer (P2P) lending, and most recently the emergence of the first batch of online-only banks: MYbank, 30% owned by Ant Financial (founded by Alibaba), and WeBank, which is 30% owned by Tencent. These new services provide a much-needed expansion of financial access for Chinese consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), that have long been underserved by the state-dominated banking system. What lies ahead for China’s online banks?

The Future of Foreign Banks in China

ArticleOctober 22, 2013

How foreign banks in China are planning for the future in the light of a complex regulatory environment. Many of the world’s largest manufacturers have set up storage units and factories in the Waigaiqiao Free Trade Zone about 20 kilometers from the bustling center of Shanghai, mostly to reap tax benefits. The quiet streets and […]

Banking’s Uber Moment: Enter the Blockchain Gang

ArticleMarch 1, 2016

Ten years from now, business historians will offer a number of reasons financial services had changed so radically since 2016, from general advances in technology to the regulatory reaction to the crash of 2008. But one factor appears likely to stand out above all the others: the blockchain, a distributed database that serves as the backend of the virtual currency Bitcoin. Today, financial services are investing billions in blockchain technology. Many believe it will lead to a radical simplification of banking and payment systems everywhere—a world where money and other assets take nanoseconds to transfer, cannot be lost or stolen, and require no intermediaries to process.

The Banking Industry’s Uber Moment: Reinventing Retail Banking

ArticleFebruary 16, 2016

For consumers in mature markets, the financial technology boom doesn’t seem very exciting. What they’ve seen so far is technology that shaves a few minutes off an efficient process, such as being able to deposit a check by taking a picture of it instead of going to the ATM. But for parts of the world where people still buy and sell things with banknotes, the FinTech boom is likely to be a major event with important economic consequences.

Game On: Black Myth: Wukong boosts China’s already thriving video game market

ArticleJanuary 3, 2025

Chinese tech companies own stakes in a large number of international game publishers and developers Just 83 hours after the August release of Black Myth: Wukong, the game sold its 10 millionth copy, becoming one of the fastest-selling debuts in video game history. The game, produced by Tencent-backed Game Science, also broke records for peak […]

Banking’s Uber Moment: The Future of Investment Banks

ArticleFebruary 29, 2016

Investment banking has always been a highly cyclical business, growing when the markets grow, shrinking when they shrink. But a combination of regulation, technology and investment suggests that, as stockbrokers have traditionally whispered in boom times, this time it’s different. The go-go era of investment banking that began in the mid-1980s and thrived up to the financial crisis appears to be on its way out, as the biggest banks shrink in response to regulation and smaller, more focused firms, funds and start-ups take a larger share of the market. It’s becoming a mature industry. So what is set to change on Wall Street then?

The Banking Industry’s Uber Moment: A More Efficient Oligopoly?

ArticleFebruary 15, 2016

From the crash of 1929 to around 1981, banking was generally considered a fairly dreary business. And between now and 2025, banking seems likely to undergo a digitally driven transformation that will change how we save, spend, borrow and invest. Even as regulators do their best to try to make banking a boring business again, and politicians still vow to rein in the “banksters”, a number of well-financed start-ups look poised to reinvent almost every aspect of finance—and could even make banking sexy once more. First we look at how regulators’ push and FinTech’s pull may be setting the stage for some dramatic changes.

When your Bank Interest is a Basketful of Vegetables

ArticleJanuary 13, 2015

CKGSB professor Brian Viard on why Chinese banks are resorting to paying bank interest through Mercedes Benz cars, iPhones and even vegetables.

Banking Abroad: The Globalization of Chinese Banks

ArticleMarch 27, 2013

Chinese banks employ various strategies as they steadily march into international markets On July 6th 2012, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by market value, became a controlling shareholder in The Bank of East Asia’s US subsidiary after receiving final approval from American regulators to purchase 80% of the bank’s […]

The AI Imperative: Gregory La Blanc on Data, Strategy, and Corporate Learning

ArticleSeptember 30, 2024

In the gold rush of artificial intelligence, companies are scrambling to stake their claims. Yet according to Gregory La Blanc, a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at California’s Berkeley Haas, many are digging in the wrong places. La Blanc, who brings a multidisciplinary perspective spanning finance, strategy, law, and data science, argues that the mother lode in […]

Mohamed El-Erian on Central Bank Effectiveness and China

ArticleOctober 12, 2016

Central banking is not enough. While monetary policy did much to recover from the global financial crisis, its instruments have been largely exhausted and rendered ineffective. Low interest rates and quantitative easing may have kept the engine spinning, but are not pillars of sustainable economic policy. In China, there might still be scope for more monetary easing, but Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at financial services group Allianz and formerly at the helm of investment firm PIMCO, warns that, ‘‘China needs to avoid the trap that the advanced countries have fallen into, namely that of excessive prolonged reliance on central banks.’’

Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent and Their New Online Banks

ArticleDecember 2, 2015

To boost the economy and help small and medium enterprises get capital more easily, the Chinese government is encouraging non-government entities to invest in financial institutions, even allowing private companies to open their own banks. When the government announced its decision to grant five banking licenses for private banks earlier this year, the big three tech companies—Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu—jumped at the opportunity. Given the technological expertise of their backers, these online banks are able to leverage things like big data and cloud computing to assess credit worthiness and tailor the user experience. But can they outmaneuver traditional banks?

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