In Singapore, the three major listed banks are DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX: O39) and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11). After peaking in April ... ( read original story ...)
A Standard Chartered global head has just left for Bank of Singapore
Amy Ahn, a global tax head at Standard Chartered, has left to join Bank of Singapore as its new head of tax compliance. Her move into the ED-level role is another sign that the middle-office job ... ( read original story ...)
Road Closures For The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018
It's just days away from Southeast Asia’s marquee annual road race, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 (SCSM 218) and thousands of participants have already signed up for this smashing eve... ( read original story ...)
Mobile networks outstrip WIFI for speed in 33 countries worldwide
The report highlights a subversion of the normal trend, which typically saw WIFI speeds significantly higher than those available on mobile networks. However, the trend remained in Hong Kong, Singapor... ( read original story ...)
Singapore police seize equipment, interrogate editor of The Online Citizen
On November 20, 2018, five police officers seized a desktop computer, mobile devices, and laptops from the Singapore home of Terry Xu, chief editor of the independent news website The Online Citizen, ... ( read original story ...)
Which Blue-Chip Property Developer Is The Cheapest Now?
Property stocks took a beating in July when the Singapore government implemented additional property cooling measures. Since then, private condominium prices have declined for two straight months, and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Noble Queries Focus on Mark-to-Market Gains
Singaporean regulators investigating Noble Group Ltd. have focused their questions so far on the company’s use of mark-to-market accounting, according to people familiar with the matter. The strugglin... ( read original story ...)
From parcel delivery to security, Singapore bets big on drones
This photo taken on October 17, 2018 shows a drone owned by Singapore Technologies Aerospace taking off from a mobile landing and charging station during a demonstration in Singapore. (AFP/Roslan Rahm... ( read original story ...)
Offshore projects propel Singapore factory output
Dutch bank ING said in a commentary earlier on Monday that electronics exports from South Korea are still growing on an annual basis, but those from Japan, Singapore, and Thailand have been either ... ( read original story ...)
DBS PayLah! can soon be used at UnionPay QR code merchants in 24 countries
SINGAPORE - DBS PayLah! users will soon be able to use the mobile wallet at close to 10 million UnionPay QR code merchants in 24 countries, including Australia, China, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Th... ( read original story ...)
Fintech and Digital Finance Innovation Initiatives of Banks in Singapore
TOV was awarded The Best Innovation Centre by Financial Institution in Singapore at The Asian Banker Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2018. Another area of focus for the bank has been upskilling ... ( read original story ...)
Cancer diagnostics firm Biolidics lodges prospectus for Catalist IPO
SINGAPORE - Medical technology firm Biolidics Limited, a cancer diagnostic solutions developer formerly known as Clearbridge Biomedics, lodged a preliminary prospectus on Friday (Nov 23) for a planned ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to start using drones for parcel delivery
Hi-tech Singapore is planning to roll out a swarm of drones for tasks that include delivering parcels, inspecting buildings and providing security, but safety and privacy concerns mean the initiative ... ( read original story ...)
Banks kept at ‘overweight’ by UOB on cautious expectations of win-win China-US trade deal
SINGAPORE (Nov 26): UOB KayHian is maintaining its “overweight” on the Singapore banking sector on expectations the United States will pursue a win-win trade deal with China. With an eye on the Presid... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Malls Take Big Gamble to Outpace E-Commerce
(Bloomberg) -- Online shopping in Singapore is lackluster even after Amazon Inc. debuted its Prime service in mid-2017. The island’s malls are trying hard to keep it that way. With some of the nation’ ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore #Fitspo of the Week: Anabel Chew
Fast forward, I came back to Singapore and was trying to find a barre workout to challenge myself, and started telling everyone I knew about it. One day, the owner of a now-defunct fitness studio said ... ( read original story ...)