Anil Chakravarthy, Chief Executive Officer of Informatica, shares his insights on the philosophical agenda of artificial intelligence, how we have only scratched the surface of machine learning and what digital transformation really means to businesses. ( read original story ...)
CDL wins inaugural Singapore Sustainability Reporting Awards
11 Tampines Concourse is the first CarbonNeutral development in Asia Pacific and Singapore. (Photo: CDL) City Developments Limited (CDL) has received the ‘Best Sustainability Report for Established Reporters (Mainboard and Catalist)’ at the inaugural ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore as a Cashless Society: Why We Should Be Looking Forward To It?
In this year’s National Day message, PM Lee pushed for Singapore to become a cashless society, in line with the government’s Smart Nation ambitions. You’d have thought he’d called for NS to be extended to three years judging by the backlash this ... ( read original story ...)
Tanker, dredger collide in Singapore waters, 5 crew missing
An oil tanker and a dredger collided in Singapore waters Wednesday, capsizing the dredger and leaving five of its crew missing, authorities said. The dredger was left partially submerged and an underwater search and rescue operation was underway on the ... ( read original story ...)
Five sailors missing after ship collision off Singapore
Five sailors are missing after two ships collided in the waters off Singapore, port authorities have said. The collision took place between an Indonesian-registered tanker and a Dominican-registered dredger. A total of 12 crew - 11 Chinese nationals and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: Get ready for a special sparkle at F1 night race
There's something a bit special about the Singapore Grand Prix, and mostly it's the night thing. Without it, the Marina Bay track would most likely be just another right-angle-dominated street circuit in an environment in which the major concern would be ... ( read original story ...)
A Lowball Singapore Takeover
It wouldn't be the first time that the Singapore bank has faced accusations of offloading pieces of Lee's legacy for less than their value. In 2012, OCBC and a subsidiary sold its stake in Fraser & Neave Ltd., setting off an intense battle for the ... ( read original story ...)
A UOB director has joined this expanding bank in Singapore
A senior Singapore trader has called it a day at UOB after nine years. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/294652/uob-hire-google-apple/ Senior UOB interest rates trader Lawrence Lee has joined Taiwan’s CTBC Bank in Singapore as a director. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Has a New President, No Election Needed
BANGKOK — Singapore will get a new president on Wednesday, but she will not be elected. Halimah Yacob, 63, the former speaker of Parliament, will become the country’s first female president and the first in five decades to come from the Malay ethnicity ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GP talking points
Formula 1 heads to its hottest race and the heat is firmly on Ferrari to deliver in Singapore, after being humbled in their home race by Mercedes last time out. The Scuderia were no match for the Silver Arrows at Monza, finishing over 36 seconds behind ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Keyboard lets customers make P2P payments without leaving messaging apps
Singapore's OCBC Bank has launched an Android keyboard that enables customers to make peer-to-peer payments from within any app or mobile browser. Once they have downloaded and set up the keyboard app, customers can tap on the OCBC Pay Anyone icon from ... ( read original story ...)
POSB rolls out wearable smartwatch tech to 6000 primary school children
The POSB Smart Buddy programme is fully subsidised by POSB. (See Appendix for further details) Said Jeremy Soo, Managing Director and Head of Consumer Banking Group (Singapore), DBS Bank: “We believe that POSB Smart Buddy represents a paradigm shift for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s presidency puts Malay representation on agenda
SINGAPORE: There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore's army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but a member of its poorest ethnic minority will become president of the Southeast Asian city state this month. Aiming to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First Female President Will Be A Hijab-Wearing Muslim Woman
“I can only say that I promise to do the best that I can to serve the people of Singapore and that doesn’t change whether there is an election or no election,” Yacob said about the news on Monday, according to Channel News Asia. The 63-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore private property prices to rise 10% by end-2018
SINGAPORE: Singapore property prices are set to jump 10 per cent by the end of next year, according to United States banking giant Morgan Stanley. The bank’s in-house experts expect private home prices to start rising next month – instead of early next ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC and UOB joins DBS and BOC to offer 3 Years Fixed Rate Mortgage Packages
Last week, HSBC and UOB joins DBS and Bank of China (BOC) to offer 3 Years Fixed Rate Mortgage Packages. The home loan market in Singapore is starting to become receptive to fixed rates mortgage packages again with more choices on offer. 13 Sep 2017 When ... ( read original story ...)