Malaysia’s digital minister announced on Wednesday ( Jul 24 ) that he has asked global tech companies like Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider making up compensation for businesses that lost money last week during the global tech outage. Computers powered by Microsoft’s Windows operating system were crashed by a malfunctioningContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday ( Jul 16 ) approved a 100 billion-baht ( US$ 2.8 billion ) soft loan scheme where funds would be lent to commercial banks so they could on-lend to borrowers at below-market rates, a deputy finance minister said. After a government conference, Paopoom Rojanasakul statedContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia is reviewing rules in a government program to subsidise sub loans, a senior minister said on Thursday, after the government’s banking regulator signalled it would turn down the president’s request to rest rules on product restructuring. In order to boost profitability in the banking method amid capital outflows,Continue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto will allow the world’s debt-to-GDP amount to increase to 50 per cent provided his administration may raise tax revenues, the Financial Times reported citing one of his closest advisers. Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Prabowo’s brother and advisor, told the Financial Times in a London meeting that IndonesiaContinue Reading
Indonesia’s central bank governor stated on Monday ( Jul 8 ) that while the rupiah is expected to be more stable, it could be possible to reduce interest rates in the fourth quarter. However, it will concentrate its efforts to maintain currency stability for the time being. The ringgit hitContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s budget deficit this year is estimated at 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product, higher than the government’s 2.29 per cent target, as state spending is expected to increase due to the rupiah’s depreciation, its finance minister said on Monday ( Jul 8 ). The ringgit hit 16,Continue Reading
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings, Singapore’s biggest lender, was fined HK$ 10 million ( US$ 1.28 million ) by Hong Kong’s banking regulator for violating anti- money laundering ( AML) and counter- terrorist financing regulations. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority ( HKMA ) conducted anContinue Reading
Some Ford owners in Thailand claimed on social media that they were left experience underwhelmed by the company’s extensive discounting. ” Nothing hurts more than this”, said one owner on Facebook, explaining that a BYD Atto 3 car he had bought for 1.19 million baht ( US$ 32, 523 )Continue Reading
Japan: Japan’s largest chipmaker, Nippon Steel, and buying home Sumitomo Corp said on Wednesday ( Jul 3 )  , that they have renewed a long- word deal with Norway’s Equinor to provide seamless steel pipes for up to nine years. The pipelines will be used in Norway and other countriesContinue Reading
After Reuters reported that the main Apple provider has been rejecting married women from phone assembly jobs, Indian labor officials visited a Foxconn shop in the government’s southern this week and questioned executives about the company’s hiring practices, an official said. A five- part staff of the federal government’s localContinue Reading