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CommentOctober 1 2019

Start-ups missing from Asia's virtual banking wave

In Asia, virtual banking is being seen as an overhaul of the bank sector – but in reality it could be more of the same from the existing players, just under a new name. 
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The arrival of virtual banking in Asia might not turn out to be the revolution everyone is expecting. 

As countries across Asia moved to permit virtual banks for the first time, onlookers wondered how the incumbent banks would cope with the arrival of so many leaner, cheaper and, to their target younger audience, more attractive banks. The truth is, some of the incumbents were behind the creation of these banks. 

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