SINGAPORE (Reuters) - International visitor arrivals to Singapore increased 6.2 percent in 2018 to touch a record of 18.5 million, helped by a higher number of travelers from China, its largest market ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore morning news for February 13
Transport operator SBS Transit posted a 70 per cent surge in earnings to $80.1 million as new government bus contracts bolstered its bottomline. Singapore on Tuesday vowed to go after an American man ... ( read original story ...)
DBS hires Citibank Singapore CEO to head group strategy
Mr Han had spent 27 years with the US bank, leading businesses in consumer banking, corporate banking and transaction banking. SEE ALSO: Singapore banks likely to post record earnings for full year 20... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches ‘high street’ branch to target half a million emerging affluent customers in Singapore
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched its first high street wealth banking branch in Singapore tailored for the country’s ‘emerging affluent customers’. Located at Faber House in Orchard Road, the l... ( read original story ...)
Rugby: HSBC Singapore 7s rated Asia’s best and second out of 10 legs of the World Rugby Seven Series
SINGAPORE - The HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens was ranked second out of 10 legs of the World Rugby Sevens series, and Asia's best last season, according to World Rugby's tournament evaluation. With a sco... ( read original story ...)
The Incredible Shrinking Singapore Stock Market
Robson Lee had a decision to make. In his more than two-decade career as a capital-markets lawyer in Singapore, he’d helped more than 30 companies list on the country’s stock exchange, bringing to mar... ( read original story ...)
Philippines prepares food export to Singapore
AN on-site inspection of vegetable, fruit, hog, poultry and egg farms all over the country has started in preparation for their exportation to Singapore. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said two ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia eclipses China as world’s mobile economy hot spot
SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asians are outpacing the Chinese in embracing the mobile economy, with higher percentages of the population in several countries using smartphones to do their banking ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. citizen who leaked Singapore HIV-cases may have more “files”
SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive individuals in Singapore may be in possession of more "files" from the database, the city-state's hea... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock market is shrinking, but does it matter?
(Feb 12): Robson Lee had a decision to make. In his more than two-decade career as a capital-markets lawyer in Singapore, he’d helped more than 30 companies list on the country’s stock exchange, bring... ( read original story ...)
DBS partners SMU to launch sustainability programme
SINGAPORE (Feb 12): DBS and Singapore Management University (SMU) have partnered on a first-of-its-kind comprehensive initiative in Southeast Asia that focuses on promoting and growing sustainability. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines’ SilkAir gets lie-flat business class
120,000 bonus Qantas Points plus 75 bonus Qantas Status Credits if you book and travel on two new Qantas flights by 30 June, 2019. Receive $150 back to your new ANZ FF Black card. Minimum spend. T&Cs ... ( read original story ...)
Deciphering Singapore Budget 2019 for founders and business owners
With 2019 marking the 200th anniversary of Singapore’s modern founding, Xero has invited a panel of experts to discuss how the initiatives can help startups and SMEs navigate global economic uncertain... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Zilingo Raises $226 Million to Expand Fashion Site
(Bloomberg) -- Zilingo Pte, a Singapore-based online fashion marketplace, raised $226 million to fund an expansion into the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Investors in the series D financing in... ( read original story ...)
Fashion startup Zilingo raises $226 million from Singapore’s Temasek, others
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian fashion startup Zilingo said it has raised $226 million in its latest funding round from existing backers such as venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, with ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks likely to post record earnings for full year 2018
From a year ago, total lending rose 3 per cent. Singapore dollar loans may be flat but the local banks have significant overseas lending, said Rui Wen Lim, DBS group research analyst. Ms Lim also said ... ( read original story ...)