Financial inclusion
Bank Indonesia launches new country-wide digital payment system
Indonesia’s central bank on December 21 launched a new retail payment system called Bank Indonesia Fast Payment, or BI-Fast, aimed at reducing cash use...
Laos joins Cambodia in developing state-backed digital currency
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...
Line launches digital banking service in Indonesia
Line, the messaging app division of South Korea’s online platform Naver , is launching a digital banking...
Cambodia mulls inclusion of Islamic finance in microcredits
Cambodia, a country whose official religion is Buddhism, but which has a sizeable Muslim minority, is thinking about the possibility to include Islamic finance...
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Vietnam to develop 41 smart cities
Vietnam’s economic planners have presented ideas to create smart cities in 41 out of the 63 provinces and cities in the country in order...
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Thailand’s tourism industry slowly gets into gear
With the easing of almost all restrictions to enter and enjoy a stay in Thailand, the country’s battered tourism industry is starting to recover,...