Chinese tech giant Tencent has rolled out a facial recognition "midnight patrol" function to snag children masquerading as adults to get around a government curfew on underage gamers.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is working with banks and key payment players to provide "fair, clear and consistent approaches" for liability apportionment for fraudulent e-payment transactions, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan.
China's central bank said on Thursday that measures against Alibaba's Ant Group will also be imposed on other payment service companies.
FOR the first time, climate change has topped the list of both long and short-term risks for banks in the Asia-Pacific, an annual survey by EY and the Institute of International Finance showed on Thursday.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), flush with US$16 billion (S$21.6 billion) raised since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to help from Temasek Holdings, is in a position of dominance among its Southeast Asian rivals as they downsize and restructure.
SINGAPORE: SP Group has started a trial to test and verify the possibility of transferring energy from the batteries of electric vehicles (EV) back to the power grid. Vehicle-to-grid technology can be a "win-win" for both the electricity system and electric vehicle owners if proven viable, said SP ......
HONG KONG: Chinese medical data group LinkDoc Technology Ltd has shelved its listing in the United States to raise up to US$211 million following Beijing's clampdown on overseas listings, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. LinkDoc, which is described as a Chinese ...
TOKYO: The dollar traded near its highest in three months versus major peers on Thursday (Jul 8) after minutes of the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting confirmed the world's biggest central bank is moving toward tapering its asset purchases as soon as this year. The dollar index, which ......
Japanese bank lending rose at its slowest annual pace in more than eight years in June as corporate fund demand to weather coronavirus-linked cash constraints subsided, central bank data showed on Thursday.
