Exports are expected to grow at least 6% this year, better than the 5% predicted earlier, the Thai National Shippers’ Council said on Tuesday, thanks to improved global demand. Exports, a key driver of growth, rose 8.9% between January and August from a year earlier. However, the strength of the baht remains a risk, the […]
Read MoreTrueMoney, one of the newest additions to the string of fintech firms vying for a slice of the mobile money market in Myanmar, is upping its game in the face of rising competition. Its strategy is to meet demand for a service to facilitate international mobile cash transfers by Myanmar residents. “We have a channel that […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has suspended the services offered by four e-money platforms. BI official says that the products are not licensed. The products are BukaDompet by Bukalapak, TokoCash by Tokopedia, ShopeePay by Shopee, and Paytren by Yusuf Mansyur. BI director of electronification program at the payment system policy and supervision department Pungky Purnomo Wibowo said the action was taken because the four […]
Read MoreSINGAPOREk: Singapore’s private home prices rose for the first time in four years in the third quarter, marking a possible turning point for the sector, with analysts expecting clearer signs of a property market recovery in 2018. The private residential property index rose 0.5% to 137.3 in the third quarter, after easing 0.1% in the […]
Read MoreAlthough consumer prices were up for a third straight month in September, the Commerce Ministry has lowered its 2017 inflation forecast while counting on the stronger baht and the government’s welfare schemes to help cap rising prices. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, said annual headline inflation was 0.86% […]
Read MoreNDO – The Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade in coordination with the Laos Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Laos Ministry of Energy and Mines held a conference on the bilateral development of the industry, energy and mine sectors, in Da Nang, on October 1. The event is part of the activities to […]
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