Meta Platforms Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc and other companies that offer digital wallets and payment apps would fall under US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supervision under a newly proposed rule aimed at treating nonbanks more like traditional counterparts. Companies handling more than five million transactions per year would be …

GEORGE TOWN: Over 8,000 schools which received a total of RM578mil in government allocations are expected to complete the repair and upgrading of their toilets by the end of this year. Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying said most of the schools had completed the works to date. “A total …

The assistant branch manager of a California credit union secretly withdrew more than US$60,000 (RM280,350) from customers’ accounts and spent the money on TikTok, according to federal prosecutors who said she then resigned from her job. Esther Andrade Olson, 49, of Kings County, stole cash from four people who were …

OIL prices stuttered on Wednesday after sliding to their lowest in over three months in the previous session, weighed down by concerns over waning demand in the world’s top oil consumers, the United States and China. Brent crude futures ticked up slightly by 4 cents to $81.65 a barrel by …

PASIR GUDANG: The Johor government should review the new assessment tax to ensure that it does not burden the people, say Pasir Gudang city councillors. Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) whip chief Datuk Mohd Amin Ahmad said to date, the council has received 1,300 written complaints from a total of …

KUALA LUMPUR: It is unfair to claim the government has a one-sided approach to removing sensitive content on social media, says Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching. She believed Opposition MPs would also agree with the social media postings removed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) …

KUALA LUMPUR: U Mobile has converted its existing banking facility of up to RM1.4 billion into a sustainability linked financing (SLF) through its collaboration with CIMB Bank Bhd and United Overseas Bank (Malaysia Bhd (UOB Malaysia). In a statement, the telecommunication company said the conversion of the loan was facilitated …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – For one talkback radio caller, the first sign something was wrong with Australia’s second-largest internet provider, Optus, came when her cat’s wifi-powered food dispenser failed to serve breakfast at 6:10 a.m. and her pet woke her. For disability pensioner Chris Rogers, who needs painkillers for a knee …

PARAMUS, United States: When Jessica Martinez moved away from home in 2020, a temporary contract brought her to New Jersey as a nurse on the frontlines of the pandemic. But her earnings slipped as Covid-19 faded. Drawn by higher pay and greater flexibility, the 38-year-old is among a growing number …

KUCHING: Sarawak is encouraging more solar power usage in line with the state government’s commitment to renewable energy, says state Utility and Telecommunication Minister Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi. He said the state is rolling out the net energy metering (NEM) scheme administered by Sarawak Energy Bhd to promote the use …