Britain's economy shrank by a less severe than expected 2.9per cent in January from December as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, official data showed on Friday.
A third of the world's biggest banks still have no board members with professional technology experience, skills needed to help lenders make better decisions as they increase investments on IT, a new study by consultancy Accenture showed on Friday.
Close scrutiny of UK financial firms' European Union outposts will continue indefinitely, the bloc's securities watchdog said, as regulators begin a round of new checks on how they are operating.
China's Ant Group flagged a set of financial self-discipline rules on Friday amid intense scrutiny on its activities by authorities and the country's overall tightening of financial technology regulations.
JD.com Inc is in talks to buy part or all of a stake in brokerage Sinolink Securities worth at least US$1.5 billion, three people said, as the e-commerce major aims to bolster its financial services operations.
SINGAPORE: More than 10,000 employers from a variety of sectors received help in hiring staff or transforming jobs last year, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) said on Friday (Mar 12). About 90 per cent of them were small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), a 45 per ...
Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft's widely used mail server software, a researcher said late Wednesday - a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption.
China's market regulator said on Friday it has fined 12 companies related to 10 deals that demonstrated illegal monopolistic behaviours.
Firefighters are responding to a fire at Tesla Inc's factory in Fremont, California, local media outlet KTVU Fox 2 reported on Thursday.
Grab is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company that could value the ride-hailing giant at nearly US$40 billion, making it the largest ever blank-check deal, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday (Mar 11)
