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GRAB AIMING FOR 2024 PROFITABILITY

Grab Holdings Ltd. expects revenue to slow sharply as the Southeast Asian internet giant targets profitability…

CHINA INTERVENES IN RMB & RAISES FX RISK RESERVE RATIO

China’s central bank on Monday (Sep 26) announced steps to slow the pace of the yuan’s…

BANK OF THAILAND WATCHING THB/INFLATION CLOSELY

Thailand’s central bank is closely monitoring the baht weakness but there has been no big concern…

ISLAMIC FINTECH WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND

The Islamic financial technology (fintech) industry in Malaysia has reached maturity and will continue to grow…

INFLOWS INTO SOUTHEAST ASIAN STARTUPS AS CHINA FLOUNDERS

Southeast Asian startups are enjoying a boom in fundraising exercises by venture and buyout funds that…

JAPAN INTERVENES IN JPY. WHAT NEXT?

Japan intervened in the currency market on Thursday (Sep 22) to buy yen for the first time since…

DBS PARTNERS WITH FINLYNC TO ACCELERATE DIGITALISATION OF CORPORATE TREASURY FUNCTIONS

DBS has partnered with FinLync, a privately-held, global fintech company transforming corporate finance and treasury offices…

SGD MOST RESILIENT ASIAN CURRENCY AGAINST USD

Singapore’s dollar has established itself as Asia’s most resilient currency against the US dollar this year,…

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CHAOS 

Corporates have concluded supply chain upheaval is not going away anytime soon and are scrambling to…

MYR TO FALL FURTHER AS US RATES RISE

The ringgit is expected to see further declines next week against the greenback at around the…