The strong showing in Nodx comes as manufacturers here continue to benefit from a pick-up in global demand, especially for electronics-related shipments. The sector makes up a fifth of the Singapore economy and has been its brightest spot this year. ( read original story ...)
Deciding between HDB loans and bank loans? Here’s a quick reference.
At present, this is 2.6 per cent per annum. Bank loan rates are more variable. There is no perpetual fixed rate home loan in Singapore. Bank interest rates are mainly determined in three ways: Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) loan packages Swap ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bank Consortium Releases Blockchain Prototypes to Promote Faster Intra-Bank Payments
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon told the Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday that the move is one of several Singapore is taking to further its Smart Nation agenda. In the area of retail payments, the MAS and the Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Is Missing Something
Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering industrial companies and financial services. He previously was a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He has also worked for the Straits Times, ET NOW and Bloomberg News. Singapore's housing market is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore suspends trade ties with North Korea
Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea in the latest move by a country to implement UN sanctions to curb Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme, a customs document showed Thursday. A circular by Singapore Customs on its website banned "all ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore severs trade ties with North Korea
SINGAPORE: Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea in the latest move by a country to implement UN sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, a customs document showed Thursday. A circular by Singapore Customs on its website ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bans all commercial trade with DPRK
Singapore Customs said in a November 7 notice sent totraders that it has prohibited all commercially traded goods that are imported,exported from or to the DPRK, the Yonhap News Agency reported on November 16.The ban took effect from November 8. ( read original story ...)
Singapore suspends trade relations with North Korea
Singapore has suspended trade relations with North Korea, the latest of Pyongyang's major trade partners to cut commercial ties under toughening U.N. sanctions over its weapons programme, a customs notice obtained on Thursday showed. The move comes about ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore suspends trade relations with North Korea amidst UN sanctions
transhipped or brought in transit through Singapore," Singapore Customs said in a statement on November 7. As to non-commercial transactions with the North, the ban applies to goods that are sanctioned under the U.N. resolutions, the customs agency said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stops all commercial trade with N.K.
In its Nov. 7 Circular sent to traders, Singapore Customs announced a prohibition of all commercially traded goods that are imported from or exported to the North through Singapore. As to noncommercial transactions with the North, the ban applies to goods ... ( read original story ...)
Now Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea
Singapore — Singapore has suspended trade relations with North Korea, the latest of Pyongyang’s major trade partners to cut commercial ties under toughening UN sanctions over its weapons programme, a customs notice obtained on Thursday showed. ( read original story ...)
Singapore bans all commercial trade with North Korea
Singapore Customs said in a notice to traders that, effective immediately, it has banned all commercially traded goods that are imported, exported, or in transit from or to North Korea. The notice was sent on November 7 but had not been previously reported. ( read original story ...)
Re-visiting Startup Nation in 2017: What can Singapore learn from Israel?
Singapore is gearing itself up to become the next Startup ... Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon and Citibank. Collectively, the Israeli-based cyber security firms accounted 5 per cent of the global market share, second only to the US. The moral of story for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore home to two in five ASEAN fintech startups
Firms are finding growth in SMEs that don't have access traditional bank services. Two in five or 39% of ASEAN fintechs have picked Singapore as their home base, UOB said. According to their State of FinTech in ASEAN report, Singapore’s developed ... ( read original story ...)
Aberdeen Standard upbeat on Singapore banks, warns on DBS provisions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Aberdeen Standard Investments said it likes Singapore banks due to their strong balance sheets and quest for new growth drivers but warned that the management of top lender DBS risks losing credibility if it takes any more big ... ( read original story ...)
Sarawak’s swine exports to Singapore a major breakthrough
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) KUCHING: The state ... ( read original story ...)