The global race to banking mobilisation is underway and leading banks are working earnestly to shift to a mobile-first approach. In line with this, RHB Bank Bhd is taking the leap forward with its exclusive RHB Now Mobile Banking Application that is tailored for RHB Premier customers.

RHB Premier Leads The Future Of Mobile Banking

Once a broad stroke that encompasses ideas of conservation and general environmental wellbeing, sustainability has come to mean many different things in this day and age. "Reuse, reduce, recycle" now finds its aging adage in the backseat, making way for new solutions to more contemporary challenges.

Prosperity begins with people: FGV's best practices in worker's wellbeing and sustainability

Hong Kong is a metropolis of culture and complexities that continue to defy definitions. With an amalgamation of colonial relics, Buddhist temples, lofty skylines and enchanting wilderness, it remains one of Asia’s most passionate and vibrant cities.

Hong Kong well travelled

Imagine this: A chauffeur driven limousine arrives at your doorstep, and you’re all packed and ready to go. You take a business-class flight to a world-class experience in Bali and everything else is nothing but a remarkable journey, and an indelible memory.

RHB Premier redefines luxury with the new Signature Experiences

From relishing lively and heterogenous cities to cathartic experiences of magnanimous mountains and oceans, one thing remains true — to travel well is to eat well. While you plan your journey to new countries and unexplored territories, the best meals should reward you with remarkable and memorable experiences.

Traveller’s guide to eating well

We are at the start of a new quarter, filled with new resolutions and hopes. And while the economy remains uncertain to many, it is predicted to remain resilient against various headwinds in the year to come.

Empowering your finances in 2017

A perfect concoction of verdant landscapes, spiritual traditions and bustling retail centres, Taiwan holds a legacy for being a haven for jet setters all over the world.

The Essential Guide to Taiwan

Art transforms lives. It gives people the power to question, to confront, to explore and to challenge how we think about the world.

RHB celebrates local arts with ‘Art with Heart’ exhibition

The world is currently facing a rough economic environment and Malaysia is no different. A volatile foreign exchange market, coupled with tight cash flow mean that the country’s financial institutions have had to step up their efforts to face these challenges.

The Winning Strategy

This article first appeared in Special Report, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on August 29 - September 4, 2016.

 

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When folk rock legend Bob Dylan made the clarion call to “writers and critics who prophesise with [the] pen” to keep their eyes wide open and not to speak too soon “for the times they are a-changin’”, global trade was not top on the list. Nevertheless, this exhortation which resonated more than h...

My Say: Asean’s future lies in its own hands

Gold prices scaled a record peak above the crucial US$3,000-mark on Tuesday for the second time within a week, as investors sought cover from economic concerns fuelled by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

Gold hits record high as tariff uncertainty fuels safe-haven demand

A trade war sparked by US President Donald Trump's tariffs may drive up global inflation, stoke market volatility and slow economic growth, the CEOs of two top Australian banks said on Tuesday, but added Australia was insulated from the disruption.

Australian bank CEOs say Trump 'tariff madness' may drive up global inflation

With decades of governance experience across various levels, Gobind Singh Deo steps into his new role as national chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) at a pivotal time in Malaysia’s political landscape.

Gobind takes helm of DAP, carrying forward father’s legacy

Hong Kong shares rose to three-year highs and led Asian markets higher on Tuesday, as investors turn positive on the outlook for the world's second-biggest economy and cheered recent data and promises to further support consumption.

Hong Kong stocks and kiwi rise on China outlook

SmartBiz became the first financial-technology firm to receive regulatory approval to be a bank since President Donald Trump took office in January, a regulatory signal that other fintechs could also get the green light to cement their footholds in the financial-services industry.

SmartBiz is first fintech to become bank under Trump

The Israeli military said it hit targets across Gaza early on Tuesday, ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January, with Palestinian health ministry officials reporting at least 100 dead.

Israel attacks targets in Gaza as ceasefire deadlock breaks 

President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping would visit Washington soon, as trade tensions build between the world’s two largest economies.

Trump says Xi will visit Washington in ‘not too distant future’

US President Donald Trump nominated Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman to the central bank's top regulatory post as vice-chair for supervision where she is expected to oversee an agenda of relaxed rule-writing and bank oversight.

Trump nominates US Fed governor Bowman as vice-chair for supervision

The bank at the centre of Vietnam's biggest financial fraud has received a central bank bailout amounting 5% of the nation's 2024 economic output, which a local white knight hopes to repay in 15 years, documents seen by Reuters show.

Vietnam developer proposes 15-year rescue for bank at heart of giant fraud, documents show

Volkswagen's Audi will cut up to 7,500 jobs in Germany by 2029 in areas like administration and development, the premium carmaker said on Monday, the latest German auto industry player to reduce costs.

Volkswagen's Audi to cut 7,500 jobs in administration, development by 2029

The bank at the centre of Vietnam's biggest financial fraud has received a central bank bailout amounting 5% of the nation's 2024 economic output, which a local white knight hopes to repay in 15 years, documents seen by Reuters show.

Home-grown electronics firm Creative Technology has retrenched about 40 staff, or 14% of its workforce, as the tech layoff wave continues its rampage, The Straits Times has learnt.

Creative Technology cuts workforce, adding to global wave of tech layoffs — report

US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorising his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel.

Trump says he’s authorising administration to produce coal power

With decades of governance experience across various levels, Gobind Singh Deo steps into his new role as national chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) at a pivotal time in Malaysia’s political landscape.

US President Donald Trump nominated Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman to the central bank's top regulatory post as vice-chair for supervision where she is expected to oversee an agenda of relaxed rule-writing and bank oversight.

The Israeli military said it hit targets across Gaza early on Tuesday, ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January, with Palestinian health ministry officials reporting at least 100 dead.

US Commerce department bureaus informed staffers in recent weeks that Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek is banned on their government devices, according to a message seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter.

US Commerce department bureaus ban China's DeepSeek on govt devices — Reuters

China hasn’t imported liquefied natural gas from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years, as traders are forced to divert shipments elsewhere to avoid Beijing’s tariffs on the super-chilled fuel.

China halts US LNG imports as trade war reroutes deliveries

Hong Kong shares rose to three-year highs and led Asian markets higher on Tuesday, as investors turn positive on the outlook for the world's second-biggest economy and cheered recent data and promises to further support consumption.

President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping would visit Washington soon, as trade tensions build between the world’s two largest economies.

Google-parent Alphabet is in advanced negotiations to buy Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz with an offer of more than US$30 billion (RM133.3 billion), according to a source familiar with the matter, marking its largest potential acquisition to date.

Alphabet back in talks to buy Israel's Wiz for over US$30b — Reuters

Britain's Labour government will announce plans on Tuesday to cut the amount spent on supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, seeking to tame a sharply rising welfare bill despite unrest among some of the party's lawmakers.

UK to cut welfare payments in bid to address spiralling costs

Pacific Investment Management Co is increasingly negative on the outlook for German government bonds as the country edges close to a crucial pivot toward more public spending.

Pimco turns more negative on German bonds ahead of debt vote

A trade war sparked by US President Donald Trump's tariffs may drive up global inflation, stoke market volatility and slow economic growth, the CEOs of two top Australian banks said on Tuesday, but added Australia was insulated from the disruption.

Peruvian authorities declared a 30-day state of emergency in the nation’s capital city on Monday, after a singer’s murder again raised alarm about extortion rackets.

Peru declares state of emergency in Lima over slain singer

SmartBiz became the first financial-technology firm to receive regulatory approval to be a bank since President Donald Trump took office in January, a regulatory signal that other fintechs could also get the green light to cement their footholds in the financial-services industry.

Gold prices scaled a record peak above the crucial US$3,000-mark on Tuesday for the second time within a week, as investors sought cover from economic concerns fuelled by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

When folk rock legend Bob Dylan made the clarion call to “writers and critics who prophesise with [the] pen” to keep their eyes wide open and not to speak too soon “for the times they are a-changin’”, global trade was not top on the list. Nevertheless, this exhortation which resonated more than h...

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