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Thailand: A perfect storm of financial services transformation

THE FINANCIAL services industry is undergoing a perfect storm of transformation caused by changes in the regulatory environment, intense competition from fintech startups and increased investments in digital tools by traditional players. Predicting the future is a tough task and in an industry that’s changing as fast as financial services, that’s even harder, but as […]

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Philippines: Customs eases e-CO processing with ASEAN

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said yesterday it has released new guidelines to facilitate the processing of electronic Certificates of Origin (e-CO), a move which is seen to ease trade regulations between the Philippines and other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero issued last March 18 a customs memorandum order […]

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Laos: E-visa to go online in June

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to launch an electronic visa (E-visa) service in June that will enable foreign visitors to apply for entry visas online. All international visitors to Laos will be eligible to apply online for a single entry visa with a planned maximum stay of 30 days, a senior official in charge […]

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Singapore’s top law firm sees cracks in South-east Asia’s credit markets

[SINGAPORE] Cracks are showing in South-east Asia’s credit markets as struggling companies in troubled industries seek to repair their balance sheets, according to Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, which manages the largest network of corporate lawyers in the region. The law firm, which has handled local units of Lehman Brothers Holdings and MF Global in their bankruptcy cases, said […]

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