Oman is seeking to raise money off the back of its largest oil block, as the cash-strapped Gulf nation looks for new ways to tame its budget deficit and steady a reeling economy. The sultanate is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines confident of having ‘very strong liquidity’ as it explores new sources of funds to tide through COVID-19: CEO
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) is stepping up efforts to seek fresh sources of funds and it is confident that it will have “very strong ... ( read original story ...)
Monetary Authority of Singapore Launches $18.6 Million Productivity Solutions Grant for Financial Services Sector
Monetary Authority of Singapore launches $18.6 million productivity solutions grant for financial services sector. ( read original story ...)
American Fintech Ripple Set to Establish Operations at the Dubai International Financial Centre
American Fintech firm Ripple is reportedy planning to establish operations at the Dubai International Financial Centre. ( read original story ...)
Rui Li Cambodia enters banking scene
Bank Plc on Saturday launched its operations in Phnom Penh to tap into the Kingdom’s burgeoning financial sector. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) ... ( read original story ...)
New building of Nepal school built by India inaugurated
India handed over the newly built infrastructure of Shree Laxminiya Janata Secondary School at Kumhrauda in Dhanusha district of Nepal on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Reversing the sixth extinction
Japan’s largest bank, also known as Union Bank in the U.S., is financing more coal plants around the world, particularly in Indonesia, which is the world’s sixth highest greenhouse gas emitter. Last ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s Opposition Says Budget May Not Pass if Demands Unmet
Malaysia’s 2021 budget may not have an easy passage through parliament unless the government makes changes to its spending plan opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told lawmakers on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s EPF plan may cause members to forego 13.3 billion ringgit pension savings
The Malaysian government is proposing to allow members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the country’s largest pension fund, to withdraw 500 ringgit (US$121.7) monthly for a year from one of ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia Outlook Cut to Negative by Fitch on Oil, Virus
Saudi Arabia’s outlook was cut to negative from stable by Fitch Ratings as the coronavirus pandemic and lower oil prices clobber the kingdom’s finances. ( read original story ...)