Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Bitcoin Affiliation Sponsors Islamic Fintech Week 2020

Bitcoin Affiliation has joined the inaugural Islamic Fintech Week 2020 as a sponsor and ecosystem associate. The three-day occasion will deliver collectively stakeholders, regulators...

Kenanga Capital Islamic, CapBay Partnership to Digitise First-in-Malaysia Factoring Solution

Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd's (KIBB) subsidiary, Kenanga Capital Islamic Sdn Bhd (KCI) has partnered with Bay Group Holdings Sdn Bhd (CapBay) to transform the...

Major South Korean Chat App Bets Big on NFT-Based Stock Trading

South Korea’s well-known chat application, Kakao, bolsters its presence in blockchain and crypto with its partnership with a non-fungible token-powered trading platform and its...

Japan’s Top HR Firm Is Working on a Blockchain-Based Recruitment App

Persol Group, one of the largest human resource companies in Japan, has partnered with major Japanese IT and electronics company, NEC Corporation, to build a new...

MARC Revises Grand Sepadu’s Rating Outlook to Positive

Malaysia Rating Corp Bhd (MARC) has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on toll road concessionaire Grand Sepadu (NK) Sdn Bhd's RM210.0 million Sukuk Murabahah....

Corporate Sukuk to Grow Slow in 2020

Domestic corporate sukuk are in a better position than during the global financial crisis or the Asian financial crisis supported by moderately leveraged balance...