The Ministry of Finance in Thailand has defended its digital wallet initiative, intended to not only provide relief to vulnerable groups...

The World Bank is committed to assisting the Philippines in enhancing tax collection through comprehensive digitisation initiatives....

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a 12-year prohibition order against former Manulife representative Ong Ka Yong for...

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abolished the minimum commission rate that stockbrokers can charge,...

BNP Paribas has been authorised by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to establish a fully-owned securities brokerage in...

Hong Kong regulators approved the launch of spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), following similar moves in the US this...

South Korea’s vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission, Kim So-young, met with Andreas Barckow, chief of the International...

Investors trading on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) may soon have the option to use multiple clearing banks for cash...

The Hong Kong government is poised to introduce new tax rules to attract investments in alternative sectors like private credit and...

Hong Kong is set to launch spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this month, potentially making it Asia’s first city to offer such...

The US and China are enhancing their collaboration on financial stability, with plans for more simulations following a recent joint...

Despite high interest in ESG investing, only 12% of Asia’s institutional investors have committed to increasing investments in climate...

A unit of the now-defunct Credit Suisse is set to challenge a Singapore court’s order to pay USD743m to billionaire client Bidzina...

In 2023, Southeast Asia experienced nearly 43 million cybersecurity threats targeting businesses, as reported by Kaspersky. Vietnam faced...

Singapore has expanded its digital-asset regulations under the Payment Services Act to include token custody and enhance rules on fund...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has introduced COSMIC, a digital platform enabling financial institutions to share customer...

Su Wenqiang, a Cambodian passport holder implicated in a SGD3bn (USD2.2bn) money laundering case, was sentenced to 13 months in jail, the...

Brunei Darussalam Central Bank, BDCB, and Bank of the Lao PDR, BOL, have officially joined the initiative, bringing the total to eight...

Turkish national Vang Shuiming, implicated in Singapore’s largest money-laundering case, received six additional charges for fraud and...

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) will unveil new tax incentives in May for companies with Malaysia Digital and existing...