Data Sharing and Privacy Challenges in Open Banking
There has been a paradigm shift in how consumers interact with financial institutions with the advent of open banking in […]
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Banks Adapt To Empowered, Data-Conscious Customers
As the Customer and Product Data Act moves toward full implementation, New Zealand’s banking sector faces a period of intense
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Embedding ESG Principles in Corporate Governance
Malaysian Finance Association International Conference (MFAIC) 2025 casts a spotlight on a transformative shift in corporate governance in Malaysia, one
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MFAIC 2025: Catalyst for Malaysia’s Sustainable Finance Transformation
The Malaysian Finance Association International Conference (MFAIC) 2025, scheduled for late November at Curtin University Malaysia in Miri, emerges not
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Innovation Meets Conservatism in Insurance Market
There has been a push for product innovation versus the traditional discipline of actuarial conservatism in New Zealand’s insurance sector.
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Solvency Overhaul Drives Transformation
When the new International Financial Reporting Standard, IFRS 17, came into force, it marked one of the most sweeping overhauls
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Consumer-Friendly Insurance Reforms
The insurance industry in New Zealand is undergoing a profound transformation, and at the heart of it lies the Contracts
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Social Contract Shapes Tax Legitimacy
Every tax reform, no matter how technical its design, eventually collides with the lived realities of households. The recent expansion
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Cross-Border Spending Pressures Malaysia
For Malaysia, the decision to expand SST from mid-2025 was never taken in isolation. It sits within a competitive regional
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Sectoral Nuances Shape Outcomes
The broadening of Malaysia’s Sales and Service Tax (SST) from July 2025 is more than a fiscal recalibration; it is
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Economy Seeks Fresh Balance
The broadening of Malaysia’s Sales and Service Tax (SST) from July 2025 is more than a fiscal recalibration; it is
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The Fiscal Math Behind Fuel Reform
At the heart of Malaysia’s fuel subsidy reform lies a deceptively simple equation: how much money the government saves versus
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Smuggling Thrives On Price Gaps
For Malaysia, any change in petrol prices reverberates not just across local households and industries but across fences, rivers, and
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Fuel Hikes Reshape Supply Chains
Every subsidy reform carries a ripple far beyond the sector it directly touches, and in the case of fuel, the
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Malaysia’s Fuel Subsidy Reform Faces Litmus Test
The debate over who qualifies for targeted fuel subsidies in Malaysia is not a mere question of economic policy but
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