28 March 2022
Money and Me: The rise of financial tribes – which one do you fit in?
The pandemic has brought about a fresh generation of consumers. What characterises these new financial tribes and why do banks and businesses need to understand them? Myles Bertrand, Managing Director APAC, Mambu tells Michelle Martin.

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22 March 2022
Why It Matters: SMEs unable to secure adequate business funding due to stringent application criteria and arduous processes
Funding has always been a very important aspect for SMEs to keep the business going. But according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu, more than four in five (86 percent) of SMEs in Singapore have been unable to secure sufficient, or any, funding on at least one or more occasion over the last five years. Myles Bertrand, Managing Director APAC, Mambu shares why business loan applications continue to remain complex and what financial institutions here can do to ease the process of such loans.

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26 November 2021
Why It Matters: Why Singaporean consumers are looking to switch banks post-pandemic
According to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu, 30 percent of Singaporean consumers are more willing to change financial service providers than they were prior to the pandemic. Myles Bertrand, Managing Director APAC, Mambu, shares about the survey results and the reason behind why more Singaporean consumers are willing to switch banks - despite a notable increase in digitalisation efforts.

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30 April 2021
In The Spotlight: Why open banking has an image problem
According to a recent study, more than half of respondents said they’d never heard of open banking, in spite of the large percentage of people using at least one app to manage their banking and finance, which utilise open banking protocols.
Cloud banking platform, Mambu, conducted the global survey into attitudes around open banking  - Mambu’s Managing Director APAC, Myles Bertrand says the study highlights the fact that even in countries where open banking has been around for years, consumers are still scared of it and don’t really understand what it is.

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