Even though Xi and Trump have agreed to a trade truce at the G20 Summit in late June, the tit-for-tat trade war appears to resume with greater intensity. At one point, the PBOC has let the Chinese yuan fall about 4% to cushion the blow of US escalating trade tariffs. In response, China was labelled a currency manipulator by US Treasury.  At this...

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As a cardholder of CIMB VISA Signature (back when it was offering an epic 10% cashback at the start of the year), I have relied heavily on information from online forums, Facebook discussion groups and crowd-sourced Google Sheets to figure out whether a transaction falls nicely under the eligible spending category.  With its t&c revamped in June, the CIMB VISA Signature has certainly fallen from grace in...

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