Banking & Finance

Indonesia’s currency, the rupiah, is likely poised to become Asia's best-performing currency for the rest of the year as rising commodity prices are pushing...

Laos is adapting Cambodia‘s concept of introducing a government-backed cryptocurrency, the Japanese fintech involved last year in the creation of Cambodia’s digital money called...

The military government in Myanmar on September 30 said it was taking “full responsibility” for the country’s massive economic problems but at the same...

Myanmar’s currency, the kyat, has fallen to a new all-time low against the US dollar this September amid growing concerns about the stability of...

The Lao government has authorised six companies to trade and mine cryptocurrencies in a move seen as an attempt to benefit from the crackdown...

Filipino tycoons saw their collective wealth rise 30% to a total of $79 billion, the latest Forbes list of the Philippines’ 50 richest...

A new study has found that Indonesians are increasingly using digital channels for all sorts of payments, including online shopping, food order, bills payment,...

Indonesian fintech Kredivo, which is planning to go public on Nasdaq via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, eyeing a valuation of $2.5...

The Philippines is moving fast forward into the digital banking age with the fifth license granted to a neobank by the central bank Bangko...

The National Bank of Cambodia and Malaysian banking group Malayan Banking, or Maybank, launched a new mobile...

Vietnam has set itself a goal that the digital economy should represent 20 per cent of gross...

Cambodia’s central bank-backed crypto currency rollout, which started as an experiment in October last year, has so...

Singapore has an open approach to the crypto ecosystem Singapore’s financial market regulator has granted preliminary approval for...

Malaysia’s financial regulator is taking steps to impose a ban on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange...

Singapore, a haven for crypto lovers A recent survey shows that Singaporeans are heavy adopters of cryptocurrencies such...

Malaysian authorities in Miri, Sarawak in a publicity stunt destroyed 1,069 mining racks used by crypto miners...

Thailand's Syn Mun Kong Insurance, one of the country’s larger non-life insurance companies,  in a surprise announcement...

Automatisation, digitalisation are the nails in the coffins of physical bank branches As the entire banking industry shifts...