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Asia has the fastest growing tourism destination cities
Bangkok still tops the list of the world's most popular tourism destination cities worldwide, but competition is growing within Asia, the latest Mastercard Destination...
Bangkok dethrones London as world’s most popular travel destination
Thailand's capital Bangkok has been ranked top of in MasterCard's 2016 list of the world's most popular travel destinations by number of visitors. The...
Malaysia, Singapore once again top Muslim travel index
Malaysia and Singapore in the Global Muslim Travel Index 2015 (GMTI) once again made it to the top of the best Muslim travel destinations...
Thailand positions itself as ‘Muslim-friendly destination’
Thailand, the world’s tenth-most visited country that expects to welcome no less than 28 million foreign visitors this year, is positioning itself as a...
Ro’Ya workshop in Dubai focuses on business plan fundamentals
Ro'Ya, a joint collaboration between the Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) and MasterCard in April has launched its first workshop at the Dubai Chamber...
Thailand’s financial know-how most improved in ASEAN
Thailand has proven to be increasingly curious about the arcane world of finance, ranked the most improved in financial literacy among the 16 Asia-Pacific...
Western Union launches Myanmar service
Western Union, the US-based global money transfer service provider, has signed a deal with Myanmar's Co-operative Bank (CB Bank) to conduct person-to-person money transfers...
JCB launches credit cards in Myanmar
The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) has announced that they will be launching operations in Myanmar, making them the third major credit card company to...
Dubai to make Mastercard list of global destination cities
Dubai has come in sixth on MasterCard’s first ever list of Global Destination Cities. The list was compiled by analyzing arrival and departure information,...
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ING next foreign bank to exit retail banking in the Philippines
Dutch financial services group ING Bank is exiting the retail banking market in the Philippines, just shortly after US banking giant Citi did the...
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Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...