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Banks tell users: Put on your best face
Business, Published on 26/04/2023
» Banks have notified customers to be ready to authenticate their identities by scanning their faces on their mobile devices when conducting three types of mobile financial transactions, as part of the Bank of Thailand's strategy to prevent financial fraud.
DES cracks down on peddling of bogus investments
Business, Published on 22/09/2022
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry says it will send a list of websites and social media pages suspected of luring people into bogus asset investments to the Bank of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to check the licences, as part of a crackdown on scammers.
Zipmex claims progress in its fundraising
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/09/2022
» Singapore-based Zipmex says it is in the final stage of fundraising with potential investors to resolve its liquidity issues, a day after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a police complaint against the crypto exchange firm and its co-founder.
China Has a Problem With Data Leaks. One Reason Is Its Surveillance State.
Business, Published on 23/07/2022
» To protect sensitive data, China's government has built one of the world's strictest cybersecurity and data-protection regimes.
China Sends State Security, Police Officials to Didi for Cybersecurity Probe
Business, Published on 17/07/2021
» China sent regulators including state security and police officials to Didi Global Inc.'s ride-hailing business on Friday as part of a cybersecurity investigation, the latest development in a regulatory saga that has gripped China's tech industry.
Pandemic speeds up digital drive
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 02/01/2021
» Despite decades of rapid change, 2020 somehow shifted the pace into overdrive, forcing businesses to change course overnight, workers to scramble to find a place in the new economy and leaders to carve out lucrative opportunities.
SEC warns of fraudulent Bitcoin page
Online Reporters, Published on 02/09/2019
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned of a fraudulent Facebook page claiming to represent Bitcoin Co and to provide digital asset transaction services.
Getting things done in India's messy democracy
Asia focus, Published on 17/06/2019
» The failure of the Indian state to provide basic public services and carry out job-creating infrastructure projects was a prominent theme in the country's recent general election. In this regard, critics often compare India unfavourably to China's seemingly purposeful and effective authoritarian government, despite the recent excesses of President Xi Jinping in consolidating his personal power.
Huawei affair threatens truce
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/12/2018
» Is there really a truce in the trade war between the United States and China? The arrest of a senior Huawei executive last week says otherwise. Yes, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have called a ceasefire in their tit-for-tat tariffs, but there's no peace treaty in sight.
HK halts e-wallet auto top-ups after reports of missing funds
Published on 25/10/2018
» Hong Kong’s smart banking push got a big slap down after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ordered e-wallet operators to suspend auto transfers via the recently-launched Faster Payment System to top-up Octopus, and the Hong Kong units of Alipay and WeChat Pay, after at least two fraud cases came to light.