Card issuers in Thailand continue to segment the premium market. Krungsri’s new JCB Ultimate is built around Thai consumers’ interest in Japanese travel and culture.
The US State Department’s FIRST program supports technical and institutional capacity building for the Philippines’ small modular reactor preparations.
A 20 percent savings campaign through PayNet’s DuitNow will encourage visitors to spend at small local businesses. Campaign dates have not been announced.
Social engineering accounts for up to 80 percent of scam losses, according to Google DeepMind. A new model trained on Singapore scam conversations aims to warn users before money moves.
Thailand’s planned alternative data exchange will pool government, utility and bank records through National Digital ID and ITMX, giving lenders new ways to assess borrowers without payslips.
A RM231 million cheque meant to settle part of the JPJ arrears did not clear after the company issued a stop-payment instruction, according to the Transport Minister.