UnionBank CEO tips coronavirus to end cash, accelerate banks’ digital plans

The head of UnionBank of the Philippines tells Euromoney that Covid-19 will spell the end of cash and boost the prospects of banks that offer customers the best digital banking services.

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That the west was unprepared for coronavirus hardly needs stating. Pandemics emerge from China every few decades and, in a world where more people live in big cities, the time between outbreaks is only likely to shorten.

But not everyone in Asia was taken unaware. In Taiwan the number of cases counts in the dozens rather than thousands due to a willingness to act early, in December, sharing information and using big data to analyze the spread of Covid-19.

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Edwin Bautista,
UnionBank

Some banks were also quick to act.

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