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Thailand: Digital asset licences issued

The Finance Ministry has authorised operating licences for four digital asset businesses and denied licences for two businesses seeking to become authorised exchanges.  The three businesses approved as authorised digital asset exchanges are Bitcoin Co (bx.in.th), Bitkub Online Co Ltd (bitkub.com) and Satang Corporation Co Ltd (satang.pro), while Coins TH Co Ltd (coins.co.th) has been approved […]

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Philippines: Money supply grows faster in November

MANILA, Philippines — Money supply growth slightly accelerated in November 2018, driven by the growing demand for credit, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. Preliminary data from the BSP showed that domestic liquidity, also known as M3, grew by 8.4 percent to P11.25 trillion in November 2018 from the P10.38 trillion recorded in […]

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Sustaining Asean’s investment boom

Venture capital and private equity investment in Southeast Asia have soared to record levels as scores of new investors pour into the region. In 2017, the number of recorded venture capital deals rose to 524, four times the level of 2012, and private equity deal value rose 75% to UScopy5 billion.  Technology companies attracted the bulk […]

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Thailand: Exporters see 2018 shipments falling short of goal

Discouraged by the drop in exports in both October and November, an exporter group acknowledged Tuesday that the country’s overall exports in 2018 were unlikely to achieve 8% growth as earlier forecast.  Ghanyapad Tantipipatpong, chairwoman of the Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC), said shipments were likely to end the year at 7-7.3% growth in 2018. She forecast […]

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Thai-Chinese high-speed rail opened up to foreign finance

The government has allowed the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway planned from Bangkok to Nong Khai to secure funding from overseas financial institutions, instead of from only domestic ones as earlier stipulated.  Nathporn Chatusripitak, an adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister, said the cabinet yesterday approved a proposal from the Finance Ministry to allow the ministry to borrow […]

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