Since Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) launched the digital banking framework on December 31, 2020, around 40 interested unnamed parties have applied for a license. Now, the bank is working on issuing up to 5 digital banking licenses in 2022. Overseas, countries have already awarded digital banking licenses to qualified entities. …
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout is one of the main topics of early-2021, with a few countries – Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK) in particular — surging ahead of everybody else in vaccination rates. Image Credit: Our World in Data But the real winners aren’t those who race …
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Mark’s Daily Apple veterans are familiar with one of the most controversial and impactful posts ever published to the site, Mark’s 2007 treatise called A Case Against Cardio. The article changed my life and caused me to rethink many of the flawed assumptions about endurance training that have been indoctrinated …
Read More »Photo by CGN089 / Shutterstock.com Social Security recipients who have lost a spouse may be eligible for a higher monthly payout if they switch to survivor’s benefits. But many recipients are unaware of this fact. That ignorance could cost them tens of thousands of dollars over the course of their …
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Nothing to disclose Laura Slatkin left the world of finance in 1992 to pursue a very different business venture: Slatkin & Co., a luxury home fragrance brand she founded with her husband, Harry Slatkin. It’s high-quality, smartly designed collections established it as the most successful American luxury home fragrance brand …
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Most experts recommend that pregnant women take a daily supplement of 400 units of vitamin D. Now a randomized clinical trial suggests that a much larger dose may be beneficial for children’s bone health. The study, in JAMA Pediatrics, randomized 517 women to take either a 2,400-unit vitamin D supplement …
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