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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Rethinking Malaysia (Part 2)
Investvine is back with PART 2 of “Rethinking Malaysia,” an exclusive interview series with two of Malaysia’s up-and-coming leaders: Muhammad Rafique Rashid...
Vietnam becomes new fintech hub in Southeast Asia
Vietnam’s fintech universe has been growing rapidly in the past few years, according to the newly released...
Singapore scraps 1,000 dollar banknote to combat money laundering
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has officially announced that it will discontinue the...
Singapore beats Thailand in being Asia’s worst stock market this year
Singapore has outdone Thailand as Asia’s worst stock market in terms of share prices amid uncertainties of...
Cambodia launches digital currency “Bakong”
Cambodia joins the digital money trend
Cambodia on October 28 officially launched a central bank-backed digital currency that...
Payback time: Goldman Sachs pays more billions in 1MDB scandal
The 1MDB adventure leaves Goldman Sachs with a heavy bill
US investment firm Goldman Sachs admitted its role...
KimYongPay? North Korea launches mobile payment system
People shopping in the Taesong Department Store in Pyongyang amid Covid-19 (Picture: Yonhap)
North Korea has introduced a...
Thai stocks slump as anti-government protests add to uncertainty about the country’s economic health
Investors are not happy with political developments in Thailand © Arno Maierbrugger
Thai stocks on October 19 dropped...
Singapore’s facial recognition programme raises privacy concerns
Facial recognition at a kiosk in Singapore, a system not everybody is comfortable with
The Singapore government,...
Laos’ sovereign debt rating now close to junk
The Lao central bank is under pressure from mounting debt
US credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has become...
Remittances to Laos to drop by 50% amid pandemic
Remittances of overseas Lao workers to their home country are projected to decline by about 50 per...
Myanmar, Laos high on money laundering watchlist
Myanmar and Laos have made it in the top five countries globally for the risk of money...
Former Malaysian PM gets 12 years jail, $50-million fine in 1MDB trial
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a verdict on July 28 has been found guilty on...
Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak awaits verdict in first 1MDB trial
A Malaysian court is expected to hand down its verdict in former prime minister Najib Razak’s first...
Goldman Sachs agrees to pay Malaysia $3.9 billion in 1MDB compensation
US investment bank Goldman Sachs, which played a shady role in the scandal surrounding Malaysia’s state investment...
Grab cuts 5% of staff across Southeast Asia
Singapore-founded and headquartered ride-hailing, delivery and e-commerce company Grab is embarking on a cost-savings programme and...
New digital bank to launch in the Philippines
Singapore-based Tonik Financial, the first digital-only bank in Southeast Asia founded in 2018, will launch operations in...
Chinese loans for infrastructure cause debt ballooning in Myanmar, Laos
The China-Laos high-speed railway costs $6 billion
Chinese infrastructure projects for its Belt and Road Initiative financed by...
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Rethinking Malaysia (Part 2)
Investvine is back with PART 2 of “Rethinking Malaysia,” an exclusive interview series with two of Malaysia’s up-and-coming leaders: Muhammad Rafique Rashid...