Philippine mobile wallet GCash has raised more than US$175 million in capital from New York-based private equity fund Bow Wave Capital Management, ... ( read original story ...)
Oman’s central bank issues new copies of banknotes
Oman has issued new copies of banknotes which will be traded as legal currencies along with the banknotes currently in circulation. ( read original story ...)
Oman opens new 18km stretch of the Adam-Haima-Thumrait dual carriageway
Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has announced the opening of a new 18-kilometre stretch of the Adam-Haima-Thumrait dual carriageway for traffic. According to a ... ( read original story ...)
Duterte’s COVID blunders will set the Philippines back generations
Without a doubt, the COVID pandemic has painfully laid bare structural inequities in our global health infrastructure: Indigent communities and racial minorities in the developed world, as well as a ... ( read original story ...)
Ooredoo Oman offers pre-paid 7-day add-on for OMR 3 until March
Ooredoo Oman has introduced a new, weekly data add-on for OMR 3 for prepaid customers with validity until 24 March. Using the Ooredoo app, customers can opt for the 4 GB data add-on with seven days' ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines hopeful of recovery in 2021 but far from glory days
There will be some recovery, but glory days remain years away, says Philippines Daily Inquirer writer Hans B. Sicat. ( read original story ...)
Singapore touts ‘greener’ digital monetary gifts this Lunar New Year
Annual production of new bank notes, to facilitate the gift-giving tradition marking the Lunar New Year, is estimated to be some 330 tonnes or the equivalent of charging 5.7 million smartphones in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Seeks to Push New Year Money Gifting Tradition Online
Singapore’s tradition of gifting new bank notes during the Lunar New Year celebrations generates the same level of emissions as charging 5.7 million smart-phones for five days. The city state’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s defense minister: What will threaten future generations?
What global events might test future generations, particularly in the defense and security arena? Two come to mind. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan developing strategy to include Turkmenistan in trade co-op of CA countries
Pakistan has already started developing an appropriate strategy for including Turkmenistan in the trade cooperation of the five Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Trend reports, citing ... ( read original story ...)