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Stablecoins lead deployment at 63 per cent across 11 markets as companies seek faster liquidity.
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Stablecoins lead deployment at 63 per cent across 11 markets as companies seek faster liquidity.

Payment blocks and indirect transit routes cut Bangladeshi apparel exports to Russia by 61 percent, leaving suppliers chasing over $1 billion in trapped dues.

Weekly arrivals of imported sweet oranges dropped as low as 12 containers against a domestic requirement of 15 containers per day.

Japan holds over a quarter of Thailand’s foreign direct investment base with more than 6,000 companies operating in the country.

The greenback rose 0.23 percent to around VND25,880 on the black market while the central bank’s reference rate reached VND25,637.

Offshore dim sum bond sales climbed 60 percent in the first half of 2026 while panda bond volumes gained 69 percent, driving fresh bank restructuring.

A hearing is set for Sept 9 following a separate freezing order granted against the iron ore trader by a British court.

The Thai lender rebranded Bank Maspion after lifting its combined holding to nearly 90 percent, aiming to connect Indonesian businesses to trade corridors across Thailand, Vietnam and China.

Washington threatens to cut Chinese lenders from dollar clearing networks weeks before Xi Jinping’s planned bilateral summit with Donald Trump.
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