Collaborations that assure investors & customers of Boostsâ trusted nature
Capabilities boosted by formidable track record and expertise of RHB bank As demand for digital financial services rise with more customers turning to digital solutions for all their financial needs, trust is stated to have a positive correlation to adoption for most…Continue Reading
Popularity of mobile contactless payment is increasing
Almost all Singapore consumers in study use cards for payment Card payments have overtaken cash to become the most-used payment method in Singapore, according to the latest edition of Visaâs Consumer Payment Attitudes Study.Â
This study was conducted in October 2022 by CLEAR with 1,000 Singaporeans…Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta earned S$15.4 million in 2022, a 13 per cent increase in what was a banner year for Southeast Asia’s biggest lender. That included a cash bonus of S$5.8 million, his salary of S$1.5 million as well as deferred pay, the Singapore bank’s latest annualContinue Reading
Real-time transactions unlocked US$394mil of additional economic output
e-Payment adoption key focus area in Financial Sector Blueprint 2022-2026 Some banks in Malaysia have recently begun talking about creating the first cashless kampung in the country. Yet, quietly and without fuss, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Malaysia’s central bank, has been the enabler for e-payment…Continue Reading
The State Railway of Thailand has started excavating the 6.2-kilometre tunnel which will connect Den Chai in Phrae with Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district, which lies on the banks of the Mekong River.Continue Reading
The PromptPay payment system will be taken offline on March 11 between 2am and 2.30am for improvements, the Thai Bankers’ Association announced on Saturday.Continue Reading
RM2bil for SMEs to implement low-carbon practices
Chief greenhouse gas culprit – energy sector gets a pass There are two major line items in the revised Budget 2023 related to supporting business transition to a green economy. First is the financing facility of up to US$447 million (RM2 billion) from Bank Negara…Continue Reading
The 17-year-old boy was attacked while being evacuated from a remote community following heavy rain.Continue Reading
In early December 2022, China announced that it was terminating the itinerary code, which had tracked people’s movements in public spaces to determine if they had been to areas of high risk for the transmission of Covid-19. The itinerary code worked alongside China’s health code (jiankang ma) which tracked individuals’ Covid-19 status, including vaccination status and previous […]Continue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan workers went on strike on Wednesday (Mar 1) in defiance of a government ban to protest a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of hospitals, banks and ports. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a public backlash over steep tax hikes and spending cutsContinue Reading