POSB, a Singapore-based bank, has been testing a new contactless payment system that enables students to make purchases in their canteens and bookstores. The solution is called POSB Smart Buddy and helps teaching students about keeping track of their finances. ( read original story ...)
Implications of ANZ’s sale of its Asia Business to DBS
For instance, there were about 11 banks active in DBS’s home market Singapore, of which DBS already controls two (POSB and DBS). ANZ will be another addition to DBS’s brands in Singapore as well as in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. Reducing the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Which Is The Best Savings Accounts In Singapore?
It’s that simple. The latest entrant to the market, the POSB Cashback Bonus scheme, is a unique take on the saving account market in Singapore. Instead of giving people bonus interest based on what they do and how much they have, the POSB Cashbank Bonus ... ( read original story ...)
American Express Crowned Best In Customer Satisfaction For Credit Cards In Singapore
The results from the J.D. Power 2016 Singapore Credit Card Satisfaction Study may not be ... the honour by cranking up an overall satisfaction score of 738, compared to POSB's score of 706 and Citibank's score of 698. For those who are curious, American ... ( read original story ...)
Book Review: Singapore, My Country: Biography of M Bala Subramanion by Nilanjana Sengupta
Singapore, My Country is a useful documentation of not just ... A few years ago, there was an effort to do away with POSB’s ATMs because of the high cost of maintaining them. The protests were loud and that move was scuppered. Unfortunately, the book ... ( read original story ...)
Clever Ways To Build A Sufficient Emergency Fund
In a fast-paced nation such as Singapore, a sufficient emergency fund is worth at ... Qualify for SSB by opening a bank account with DBS, POSB, UOB, or OCBC. Also, you need to have an individual CDP Securities account linked to any of your bank accounts ... ( read original story ...)
3 dim sum promotions to feast on before 2016 ends
Singsaver.com.sg, Singapore's go-to personal finance comparison platform ... If you're a Jadeite member armed with a DBS or POSB credit or debit card, we bear more good news: if you do the eight-course weekend brunch, a Prestige Pipa Duck with fermented ... ( read original story ...)
Jazz up Your Christmas with Festive Goodies from Mandarin Orchard Singapore
This year, Mandarin Orchard Singapore has put together a dizzying array of sweet ... a 15% discount when you pay by credit cards (20% if you’re using Citibank or DBS/POSB). From 15 December onwards, the discounts drop to 10% and 15% respectively. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s poor score on the “Illicit Trade Index”
The IP laws and enforcement efforts in Singapore are strong and it has the highest scoring customs environment of all the countries included in the study, with high efficiency and low corruption. The government actions were deemed one of the most ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines shops for world's longest jet
And the winner may get the chance to build the world's longest jet. The U.S. and European aerospace giants are vying for a coveted spot in the fleet of Singapore Airlines. By the end of the year, the airline is expected to back one of the company's designs ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore turns to machines at food courts to propel growth
Select Group sees a replacement of human workers by machines, and a higher reliance on electronic payments and digital communication, as the unavoidable future of an industry that has lagged others in Singapore in adopting new technology, managing director ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore FinTech Festival: FinTech Hub’s Flight to the Top
Singapore, a leading global FinTech hub has a vibrant and collaborative FinTech ecosystem comprising of 270+ FinTech startups, several technology companies, financial institutions, investors, accelerators, research institutes and institutes of higher learning. ( read original story ...)
Indonesian artist exhibits artwork alongside NASA in Singapore
Venzha is also listed as one of the speakers for the "Conversation: Dream Space" discussion during the opening day alongside notable figures, such as the exhibition curator Jukka Nurminen, Singapore Space & Technology Association (SSTA) director Lynette Tan. ( read original story ...)
Singapore University of Technology and Design | UNStudio + DP Architects
Following the master plan, the academic campus is designed through two main axes: the living and learning spines, which overlap to create a central point and bind together all corners of the campus. At the centre of this node, UNStudio proposed a flexible ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based startup mimetic.ai launches AI-powered scheduling assistant
Solution enables signification reduction in back-and-forth emails and improves productivity. Singapore technology startup mimetic.ai announced the launch of Evie, an artificial intelligence (AI) scheduling assistant that helps you organise business ... ( read original story ...)
BNY Mellon Opens Innovation Lab in Singapore
"As our largest branch office in Asia-Pacific, the Singapore Innovation Center reinforces BNY Mellon's commitment to the region's advancement in transformational technology in financial services and compliments the Monetary Authority of Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)