Report: HSBC to Scale Back Retail Banking in Mexico, Malaysia and Indonesia – PYMNTS.com
HSBC It is reported that the bank is considering downsizing its retail banking operations in Mexico, Malaysia and Indonesia. and some other countries. The bank is considering focusing only on wealthy customers in these markets to cut costs and focus on its core markets. it is UK and Hong Kong, Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday […]
Indonesia Thwarts Alleged Islamic Terror Plot Against Pope Francis
Indonesian police have arrested seven people on suspicion of being involved in an Islamic terror plot to attack Pope Francis, who is visiting the country. Coordinated arrests Happened The attacks took place in Jakarta, the nearby cities of Bogor and Bekasi, West Sumatra and Bangka Belitung Islands province, according to a statement released on Friday […]
Pope Francis Praises Indonesia for Choosing Kids Over Pets
ROME — Pope Francis on Wednesday praised Indonesia's high birth rate and reiterated his argument that pets should not replace children. Some countries, the Pope said, “adopt the deadly law of birth control, limiting the number of births, which is the greatest wealth a country can have.” Meetings During his visit to the Muslim-majority country, […]
Philippine fugitive mayor Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia, officials say | Philippines
Manila's Department of Justice said in a statement that Alice Guo, a former Philippine mayor who had been a fugitive on suspicion of ties to Chinese crime syndicates, had been arrested in Indonesia. Guo, also known as Guo Huaping, a Chinese national, is wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to appear at a congressional […]
Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police | Indonesia
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot but four passengers on board were uninjured, police said. Glenn Malcolm Koning, a pilot for Indonesian airline PT Intan Angkasa Air Services, was shot dead, said Faisal Ramadani, a national police official and head of Papua’s Joint Security and Peace […]
Indonesia president begins working from new capital despite construction delays | Indonesia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has opened work on the presidential palace in the country’s ambitious new administrative capital, a flagship project of his two terms in office that has been plagued by delays. The capital is set to move from traffic-choked, sinking Jakarta to the planned city of Nusantara in East Kalimantan province on Borneo […]