Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Malaysia Says It’s Ready to Welcome Islamic Fintech Investors

The Islamic fintech space is growing in Malaysia, with recent entrants and an expanding consumer base. Government support and related initiatives are helping to...

RAM Assigns Highest Environmental Benefit Rating to Solar Management Sukuk

RAM Holdings Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary RAM Sustainability has assigned a tier-1 environmental benefit (tier-1 EB) rating to Solar Management (Seremban) Sdn Bhd’s proposed RM260...

Amazon’s New Offerings Make India Centre of Fintech Push

Amazon.com Inc has added insurance and even gold to its menu of financial services in India, to expand its customer base and attract more...

Korean Central Bank Looking for Digital Currency Partner

On 31 August 2020, the Bank of Korea announced it is looking to partner with an external consulting firm to establish a pilot central...

BCA to Merge Rabobank Indonesia with BCA Syariah Following Acquisition

Publicly listed Bank Central Asia (BCA) plans to merge newly acquired Rabobank Indonesia with its sharia financing arm BCA Syariah in 2021 to capture...

Investing According to Your Values and Faith

The world of investing was changing rapidly before the impact of COVID-19 distorted global and Australian markets. Increasingly, Australian investors and their global counterparts...