TNG Digital – a joint venture company by Malaysia’s Touch ‘n Go and Ant Financial Group – has expanded its cross-border payment service to Singapore, to allow Touch ‘n Go e-wallet users to pay for their ComfortDelGro taxi fares. In a statement, TNG Digital said this feature was possible through a collaboration with Alipay+, a […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 35.05 to the US dollar on Wednesday, its lowest level in five years and three months, weakening from Tuesday’s close of 34.98. The currency is expected to move in the range of 34.95 and 35.20 on Wednesday, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool predicted. Poon said the baht might fluctuate heavily […]
Read MoreThe Government needs a financial tool to control the prices of strategic commodities, including petroleum products, to avoid a sudden rise in prices and impact on people’s lives. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is seeking public opinion on the revision of the Law on Prices, including the removal of the petrol price stabilization fund, a […]
Read MoreNine bus routes linking Thailand and Laos were reopened on Wednesday as the two countries eased travel restrictions imposed after the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. The state-owned Transport Co announced the opening of the routes, some of them operated in cooperation with Lao bus firms. They include services between Bangkok and Vientiane and Bangkok […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The sharp increase in the Brent crude oil price to more than US$100 per barrel compared to the estimated oil price of US$66 per barrel when Budget 2022 was tabled will be a net positive for the government, but fiscal reforms are more pertinent as oil prices may not remain at current rates […]
Read MoreJAPAN’S Nomura Holdings Inc. has trimmed its Philippine growth forecast for this year to 6.3 percent from 6.8 percent, pointing to fallout from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “We cut our GDP (gross domestic product) growth forecast… further below the government’s range of 7 [to] 9 percent,” Nomura economists Euben Paracuelles and Rangga Cipta said […]
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