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Singapore grants first-ever license for a cryptocurrency exchange
Singapore has an open approach to the crypto ecosystem
Singapore’s financial market regulator has granted preliminary approval for...
Malaysia next to ban world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange
Malaysia’s financial regulator is taking steps to impose a ban on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange...
Two thirds of young Singaporeans own cryptocurrencies: Survey
Singapore, a haven for crypto lovers
A recent survey shows that Singaporeans are heavy adopters of cryptocurrencies such...
Malaysia crushes crypto equipment with steamroller, accused miners of $2-million electricity theft
Malaysian authorities in Miri, Sarawak in a publicity stunt destroyed 1,069 mining racks used by crypto miners...
Dispute about Covid-19 insurances in Thailand – do people get “deliberately” infected?
Thailand's Syn Mun Kong Insurance, one of the country’s larger non-life insurance companies, in a surprise announcement...
In Southeast Asia, 11,000 bank branches are expected to close until 2030
Automatisation, digitalisation are the nails in the coffins of physical bank branches
As the entire banking industry shifts...
AirAsia buys Gojek’s Thai business, prepares to list local airline unit
AirAsia ventures into the digital space
Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group will buy the Thai business of Indonesian...
Malaysia’s central bank receives 29 bids for digital banking licenses
Bank Negara, the central bank of Malaysia, said on July 2 that it has received a total...
Philippine fintech receives fresh funding, plans setup of digital bank
Philippine fintech startup Voyager Innovations has raised $167 million in a funding round from its existing shareholders,...
Vietnam’s stock market Asia’s strongest so far this year
Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange
Vietnam’s stock market has evolved into Asia’s strongest this year, with...
Line launches digital banking service in Indonesia
Line, the messaging app division of South Korea’s online platform Naver , is launching a digital banking...
Indonesia prepares digital rupiah for cashless payments
Indonesia’s central bank has announced plans to issue a state-backed digital currency for use in non-cash payments...
Malaysia sues large global banks, ex-PM to recover billions from 1MDB debacle
Construction site site in Kuala Lumpur for one of 1MDB's urban projects
Malaysia is suing units of Deutsche...
Indonesian banks shun Aceh as province tightens Islamic finance regulations
A number of large Indonesian banks are closing their conventional banking operations in the country’s strictly Muslim...
Gojek, Tokopedia merge to new Southeast Asian e-commerce giant GoTo
New e-commerce giant GoTo plans stock listing in US and Indonesia
Two of Indonesia's largest e-commerce companies, ride-hailing...
Two and a half months after the coup, Myanmar’s economy lies in shatters
Closed shops in Yangon
Bad news for foreign investors who have set a lot of hopes on Myanmar’s...
Citibank’s retail banking calls it quits in Southeast Asia
Citibank's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand
US banking group Citibank on April 15 said that it will exit the...
First digital-only bank launches in the Philippines
Tonik offers virtual banking only
The first digital-only bank –or neobank – has launched in the Philippines on...
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Singapore grants first-ever license for a cryptocurrency exchange
Singapore has an open approach to the crypto ecosystem
Singapore’s financial market regulator has granted preliminary approval for...
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Bitcoin for property is back in Thailand
Amid a battered property market due to the severe impact of the Covid-19 crisis, Thailand’s real estate...