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Bank Negara Malaysia is urging customers to report cases where they are charged RM1 interbank withdrawal fees when using ATM machines belonging to their own banks, Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil announced.
The cryptocurrency industry has invested $189 million in the 2026 US midterm elections, emerging as the largest corporate political spender. This spending surge reflects the sector's push for favourable legislation and comes after significant policy victories in 2024.
Financial regulators worldwide are urgently deploying artificial intelligence tools to combat escalating cyber threats, with Swiss authorities leading efforts to build supervisory technology that can detect vulnerabilities faster than hackers can exploit them.
MSCI has intensified scrutiny of Indonesia's capital markets, citing poor disclosure of shareholdings and suspicious trading patterns. A decision next week on downgrading the nation from emerging to frontier status could spark massive foreign investor withdrawals.
Australia's ASX has agreed to pay A$20.5 million in penalties after admitting it made misleading statements about the progress of its CHESS software upgrade in 2022, subject to Federal Court approval.
The Financial Stability Board is urging stricter controls on autonomous AI systems used in banking and finance, citing risks of rapid-fire errors and unauthorized actions that humans may not catch in time.
The Stampin Member of Parliament has urged authorities to investigate the closure of multiple accounts belonging to a Kuching micro-businessman following an alleged internet scam costing RM110, creating severe cash-flow difficulties.