Land — Interest in land

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has announced stringent measures that would be taken against bank employees and credit institutions that coerce their customers to purchase insurance packages in order to obtain bank loans.

The Malaysian Department of Statistics (DoSM) has noted that the country’s lending index (LI) had decreased by 0.6% year on year (yoy) to 110.7 points in December 2022 compared to 111.4 points in December 2021, in anticipation that the near-term growth momentum would abate.

According to Fortinet, malware-as-a-service and ransomware remain as major threats for all enterprises in 2023, similar to the previous year.