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The central Bank of Thailand (BoT) revealed on August 22 plans to introduce a state-issued cryptocurrency on R3’s Corda blockchain. The move signifies the...

Citigroup in a new country study said it expects the Philippines to enjoy the fastest economic growth in Southeast Asia and the third-fastest growth...

Growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Philippines is seen to slow down this year, at least as per the forecast of UK...

US federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit on July 20 in order to seize more than $1 billion in assets they believe were obtained...

MoMo, Vietnam's first and only mobile wallet service, raised $25 million from Standard Chartered Private Equity and $3 million from Goldman Sachs, VnExpress reported....

British bank Barclays is closing its investment banking units in Asian countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as in Australia and Russia,...

Slowing growth of remittances sent by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to their home country have alerted economists that there might be a sustained weakness...

Myanmar is in early-stage talks to get its first credit rating, people familiar with the matter said, paving the way for an eventual debut...

A new draft of Indonesia's banking bill has revealed that lawmakers will proceed with a plan to restrict the operation of foreign banks, setting...

, an Asian hub for banking and finance, is ramping up its bid to become a center for gold trading that may one day...

A trust holding Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s hotels and hospitality assets plans to raise nearly $300 million in a Singapore listing, cementing the bourse’s...

Companies raised $773.6 million on the Singapore Exchange during the first six months of the year, down from $2.77 billion during the same time...

Myanmar will allow selected foreign banks to start offering limited financial services in the country by 2014, a senior central bank official said according...

Malaysia's economy is expected to expand 5.3 per cent in 2014 from an estimated 4.7 per cent this year, Standard Chartered said on December...

The Islamic Finance News Forum, held on October 21 and 22 in Kuala Lumpur, saw no less then 2,416 delegates discussing and networking on...

Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur will be the stage for the Islamic Finance news Asia Forum 2013 (IFN 2013) held on October 21 and 22...

UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Bhd, a Malaysian offshore and drilling services firm, will start taking orders on October 3 for its 2.36 billion...

Times are changing. The Philippines, which probably has been seen as not more than a constant source of foreign workers, maids and nurses for...