MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is waiving anew the spread on its peso rediscount loans for two more months to allow banks to tap the facility to meet their temporary liquidity needs amid the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said the Monetary Board, through Resolution 647, […]
Read MoreMany major hospital operators in Indonesian have launched their own teleconsultation services to tap into the growing telemedicine market in the country, which has been further accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak. Siloam Hospital chief information officer Ryanto Marino Tedjomulja said the hospital chain had launched its online outpatient services or teleconsultation on April 13 in partnership […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Banks saw their yearly loan growth shrunk 5.2 per cent in April with personal loans accounted for the sharpest decline at -18.2 percentage points year-on-year, official figures released today showed. Slightly over RM107 billion in loans were approved within that period, a record low to culminate in an already slowing […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar livestock sector is among the sectors impacted as a result of COVID-19, according to results of a Myanmar Livestock Federation survey released May 18. The survey involved more than 300 livestock businesses across Myanmar. Based on the feedback, the three main challenges faced by the sector are declining livestock prices, a surplus of […]
Read MoreKasikornbank is doubling the number of foreign-denominated currencies to 12 in KBank’s international money transfer service via mobile banking app K Plus, covering 30 countries. The country’s biggest mobile banking app by users will be able to send money to countries across the world by year-end, said senior executive vice-president Silawat Santivisat. The 12 currencies […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The tourism industry prepares for welcoming visitors from countries and territories which have contained the disease. Besides focusing on domestic tourism, Vietnam’s travel industry prepares for re-opening to international tourists by easing immigration procedures and normalizing air travel services as the country has gradually tame the outbreak of the coronavirus, according to The Saigon […]
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