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What if Those Paintings Are Fakes

It's every art investors worst nightmare what if some of those priceless works of art hanging on the walls are not real. – April 30 / The Telegraph

The Game of Thrones That is Malaysian Politics

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has withstood rivals and scandal with cunning, nerve, so far. – April 27 / Bloomberg.com

5 Tips For Spring-cleaning Your Gadgets

Devices like your smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, and even your smartwatch deserve a good sprucing up every once in a while. – April 27 / Yahoo.com

Why Being a Perfectionist Can be Harmful

Researchers have discovered, pursuing perfection can have serious consequences to both mental and physical well being. – April 26 / Thoughtco.com

4 Reasons Singapore is Great For Startups

A strong economy, well-educated populace and favorable tax treatment, Singapore should be on most startups lists. – April 25 / Valuepenguin.sg

Very Unattractive People Earn Significantly More Money

Researchers have found that people who are «very unattractive, »could bag the biggest earnings. – April 25 / Businessinsider.sg

Do You Have a Job, Career or Calling?

Many of us are trapped in jobs we do not particularly enjoy it can be disappointing to feel like your job does little other than provide a paycheck. – April 24 / Forbes.com

China to Challenge Hong Kong's Financial Dominance

As China introduces rapid reforms to its capital markets and may even challenge Hong Kong’s reign over the coming years. – April 23 / Hongkongbusiness.hk

Fake Data Makes Banks Vulnerable

A new report claims inaccurate, unverified data will make banks vulnerable to false business insights that drive bad decisions. – April 23 / Finextra.com

The Most Innovative Companies of 2018

At leading innovators, R&D and new-product development have become digital endeavors. Eleven of the fifty companies named in BCG’s 2018 ranking of the most innovative companies—including seven of the top ten—are digital natives and thus digital innovators by definition. – April 21 / BCG Monitor

Bank Charged Fees to Dead Clients

Commonwealth Bank’s financial advisers have charged dead clients for financial advice – in one case for more than a decade. – April 19 / The Guardian

China's Great Wall of Debt

Former Wall Street Journal correspondent Dinny McMahon believes that a reckoning is coming for the Chinese economy. – April 19 / China Economic Review

Too Much Tech is Ruining Lives

The technology industry uses techniques to keep us hooked: feeding us a bottomless pit of information. – April 18 / The Washington Post

Chinese Bank Replaces Tellers With Robots

In Shanghai, a bank is the first in the country to do without tellers part of the automation that is sweeping China’s financial industry. – April 18 / Ejinsight.com

How the Ultra-rich Decide What to Buy

Wealthy individuals buy fine wine and classic cars, purchases that not only hold value over the years, but also appreciate in price. – April 18 / Businessinsider.com

AI in Banking: The Reality Behind the Hype

Unrealistic expectations are not the only hurdle banks face as they delve deeper into the AI world that promised so much. – April 17 / Swiss Info

Spring-clean Your Bank Account

According to a recent survey more than a third of direct debits are for things we don’t use or don’t realise we’re paying for. – April 17 / The Guardian

The 29 Most Powerful Business Degrees

While many of the schools are in the U.S., Asia and Australian institutions are gaining ground. – April 16 / Businessinsider.sg

Bank of Facebook? Don't Hold Your Breath

Ominous warnings about a tech takeover look more like a smokescreen from an industry under siege, rather than a sign of looming danger. – April 16 / SMH.com.au

Banks Try to Sell Banking Stuff

Also gun shareholders, permanent capital and guaranteed volatility. – Money Stuff / April 15

For $9,000, You Could Own a Piece of Space History

One collector saved more than 1,500 classic NASA photos from the trash. Now, they are headed to auction. – Anthea / April 15

Big Tech Firms Eye World’s Unbanked

the world’s unbanked are becoming less of a philanthropic opportunity and more of a commercial one. – April 13 / Quartz.com

Trump’s Next Crisis Could be With Asian Bankers

The U.S. may have a giant, vibrant economic house on the proverbial hill, but bankers in Asia possess the deed. – April 13 / Politico.com

Data to Drive Future Banks

As the race to digitise banking intensifies, data could be the difference for organisations to pull ahead. – April 12 / BangkokPost.com

Where Are the Apple Billionaires

Apple Inc is the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalization of $879 billion, so where are its billionaires? – April 12 / Bloomberg.com

Top 100 Women in Fintech

According to a Singapore fintech - here are the top 100 women in financial technology. – April 11 / Lattice80.com

13 Books High Achievers Recommend

Successful people are regular readers, need some ideas on what to get your hands on next check out these popular titles. - April 10 / IncAsean.com

PayPal Turning Into Virtual Bank

PayPal is rolling out basic banking features to its digital wallets and offering products such as debit card and consumer loans. – April 10 / Ejinsight.com

UBS Robo Advisor Goes Live

UBS Wealth Management USA has announced that its long-awaited automated advice platform is now live. – April 9 / WealthManagement.com

Wall Street Heavyweight Eyeing Crypto Market

Billionaire George Soros is preparing to dive into cryptocurrency trading, even though he previously described them as a «bubble». – April 9 / Businessinsider.sg

Fintech in China is Set to Boom

Already leading the world China's fintech sector is set to extend its growth and could see double-digit percentage gains in the next five to 10 years. – April 9 / cnbc.com

Fintech Could Flop Without Big Banks

Banks are working to get an edge over each other through technology, but their edge over fintech firms comes from something else. – April 6 / Bloomberg.com

The Highest-paying Jobs in Finance

According to data collected through LinkedIn's salary tool, these are the highest-paying jobs in finance. – April 6 / Businessinsider.my

Meet Japan's Richest in 2018

It was a good year for the super-wealthy in Japan with robot's and telecoms pushing fortunes higher. – April 5 / Forbes.com

50 Top-funded Startups and Tech Firms in China

Which company in China is most likely to become a household name and challenge the West? – April 5 / Techinasia.com

China’s Super Rich Wary of Robo Advisors

Super rich investors in China prefer humans to robo investment advisers taking control of their investments according to a new report from McKinsey. – April 4 / scmp.com