MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) plans to add Braille functionality to banknotes to benefit around 2.5 million visually impaired Filipinos as it continues to support the welfare of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian economy is anticipated to face challenges in preserving the recovery momentum as the Leading Index (LI) which acts as an indicator of the future movement of the overall economy eased to 6.9 per cent in May 2021 year-on-year (y-o-y) after rising 15.7 per cent in April, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia […]
Read MoreThe General Department of Taxation (GDT) at the Ministry of Economy and Finance has launched a mobile app to enable people to make vehicle tax payments in a move to facilitate the procedure during the Covid-19 pandemic. Taxpayers can pay their vehicle tax through seven partnered banks that have cooperated with the DGT, said its […]
Read MorePRIVATE home prices in Singapore increased 0.8 per cent in the second quarter of this year, slowing from 3.3 per cent in the previous quarter, due to tighter restrictions in a bid to curb the pandemic. A flash estimate earlier this month from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) had put the figure initially at 0.9 per […]
Read MoreForeign visitors participating in the Phuket sandbox scheme will be allowed to visit other tourist spots after seven days starting from Aug 1. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA), said the centre approved the move on Thursday. The other tourist spots are: Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao in […]
Read MoreA report of IDC conducted under the authorization of Backbase clearly shows two directions of development in the banking industry of Vietnam in the coming time: mobile transactions and tech-based lending activities. According to this report, mobile transactions in Vietnam are expected to grow by 300% in the period of 2021-2025, with mobile payments playing […]
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