TSB is set to become the first European bank to deploy eye-scanning technology to allow customers to login in securely to their accounts.
Businesses warned against ‘dressing up’ marketing emails that customers have opted out of
Businesses cannot send marketing emails to customers that have elected to opt out of receiving such messages as part of moves to update their terms and conditions, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.
Asia in 3 minutes: ‘Despacito’ loses to prudes in Malaysia, ‘Lipstick Under My Burka’ wins in India
Malaysia bans world’s most popular song as it’s ‘not suitable’ for Islam
Malaysia has stopped playing the sexually charged song Despacito on public radio, a senior minister said after critics labelled it un-Islamic. Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak said his ministry received numerous complaints about the steamy lyrics of the song that has won international popularity. Ruling party official Atriza Umar told The Star newspaper: “I regret that…
Philippines’ Duterte says will never visit ‘lousy’ United States despite Trump invite
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit back on Friday at US lawmakers opposed to the prospect of his visiting the White House, saying he would never go to the United States, which he called a “lousy” country.
Duterte was responding to remarks by Massachusetts Congressman James McGovern, who told a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission that he would protest against such a visit if US President Donald Trump followed through on an invitation to the firebrand Philippine…
Expectations on PSD2 interactions between banks and fintechs clarified by UK Treasury
ANALYSIS: How long financial technology (fintech) companies have been operating in the UK’s payment services market will determine whether they have a choice over whether to temporarily opt out of new regulations that will apply from early next year, according to new plans published by the Treasury.
Border standoff with India be damned, Chinese love for this Bollywood film just keeps growing
The Doklam standoff between Chinese and Indian troops may have begun to permeate the country’s social media, where anti-India sentiment is rising steadily, but none of that hatred seems to have touched Dangal.
The Bollywood movie, a true story of a wrestler’s quest to train his daughters as world-class fighters, continues to be wildly popular in China despite the end of its theatre run in early July. Viewers can still watch it on iQiyi, China’s Netflix, and numerous other…
UK parliamentary committee opens inquiry into AI
The economic, ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) are to be assessed by a UK parliamentary committee.
Vietnam is in, France is so not, as 200 million Chinese tourists prepare to hit the road by 2020
Chinese tourists are expected to make 200 million outbound trips in 2020, a 48 per cent increase from last year’s 135 million, led by Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea and Japan as the most-visited destinations, according to a Thursday report by CLSA. Vietnam is poised to become more popular than its former colonial master France, after a series of terror attacks last year in Europe deterred Chinese travellers. The cosmetics, gaming, luxury and online sectors are likely to be the…
Trade body seeks views on business impact of employee ownership
Businesses and individuals have been asked for their views on the impact of employee ownership on UK businesses and the economy as a whole.
Singapore will not ‘roll over’ for China
Singapore’s diplomats aren’t shrinking from any challenge to defend the Lion City’s national interest against major powers such as China, even at the risk of occasional reprisals.
In an interview with This Week in Asia, Chan Heng Chee, one of the country’s top envoys, dismissed talk that the foreign ministry was split on this issue after one of its former top guns questioned whether the island state was imprudently stepping on the toes of bigger countries. In a…