Indonesia’s BTPN
Turning Corner Grocers into Banks
Founded in 1958, Indonesia’s Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional (BTPN) used to serve retired pensioners exclusively. In recent years, the bank has invested heavily in digital transformation, turning mom and pop groceries and small shops into digital branches.
Vivotek’s AI Survival Strategy
Taking on China’s Goliaths
Taiwan’s surveillance industry companies have been battered by Chinese competition, but they are hoping to turn the tables by developing artificial intelligence systems that learn as they go and create value. Can they successfully fend off China’s threat?
AIT Chairman James F. Moriarty
Those who Play by the Rules will be our Partners
James F. Moriarty, chairman of the board of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), took out time during a recent visit to Taiwan to discuss bilateral relations, U.S. trade policy and foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region under President Donald Trump.
École 42
Students Clamoring to Study at Revolutionary Free Tech School
While the acceptance rate at Taiwanese universities stands above 100 percent, only 1 percent of applicants are accepted at École 42, a private computer programming school in Paris. What makes this institution even more difficult to get into than a prestigious, top-ranked university like Harvard?
Nojima Tsuyoshi
Opinion: ‘Today’s Hong Kong, Tomorrow’s Taiwan? Today’s Korea, Tomorrow’s Japan?’
Massive protests rocked Hong Kong on the heels of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. What does civil unrest in the former British colony portend for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, three regions which are also caught between China and the West? What is Hong Kong telling its neighbors about China, and can nations in the same geopolitical situation do anything about it—before it’s too late?
Interview with RSF Chairman Pierre Haski
The Specter of ‘Illiberal Democracy’
The chairman of Reporters without Borders (RSF), Pierre Haski, was in Taiwan recently to talk about “illiberal democracy.” In this interview with CommonWealth Magazine, he spoke about the rise of this phenomenon and what could be done to reverse the tide.