"The impact of increased trade tensions in the past year and slower Chinese import demand is expected to slow the region's growth as a whole. While the mildly expansionary budget will support growth, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GDP growth to slow to 2.4% in 2019: report
moves such as the Bicentennial Bonus are "unlikely to lead to any significant bounce in household spending in Singapore this year". Domestic demand is expected to moderate due to sluggish residential ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Telecommunications : Singtel’s VIA, Asia’s first cross-border mobile payment alliance, expands to Japan
Strategic partnership with Tokyo-based NETSTARS to add 100,000 new stores Singapore, 18 March, 2019 - The Singtel Group's VIA, Asia's first cross-border mobile payment alliance, has expanded its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks to shine despite regional macros, competition from fintechs: Maybank
SINGAPORE (Mar 18): Maybank Kim Eng is keeping “positive” on Singapore’s banking sector while noting significant interest among Malaysian investors in Singapore banks from a flight-to-quality angle, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks’ credit costs to rise 5bp in 2020
The domestic banking sector's credit charges fell to a 12-year low in 2018 although analysts are expecting headline figures to rise over the coming months amidst worsening macro-economic conditions. ... ( read original story ...)
Acquisitions to strengthen Cromwell European REIT’s growth: DBS
SINGAPORE (Mar 18): DBS Group Research is reiterating its “buy” call on Cromwell European REIT (CERT) with a lower target price of 59 Euro cents, from 66 Euro cents previously. In a Friday report, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s exports rebound but electronics show prevailing weakness
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s exports rose unexpectedly in February year-on-year, rebounding from its biggest fall in over two years, data on Monday showed, but economists say a decline in electronics ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore morning news for March 18
Singapore’s 2019 budget was announced on February 19 this year. With probably an eye on elections, which are likely to be held in early 2020, social provisions for the elderly and increased military ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May See Mild Upside
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher in back-to-back sessions, although it has gathered not quite 5 points or 0.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports return to growth in February
Singapore’s domestic exports, excluding oil, rose in February, snapping three months of falls, driven by increased sales to China Hong Kong and the US. Non-oil domestic exports rose 4.9 per cent year ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia Expecting Up To 10 Percent Business Growth in 2019
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global market research company Euromonitor International released today a new white paper, “Southeast Asia Business Leaders Report: Inside Your Peers’ 2019 Executive Agenda ... ( read original story ...)
Synagie eyes ‘pocket insurance’ market with new mobile app
SINGAPORE (Mar 18): E-commerce company Synagie has launched an insurance mobile app called Kiasu.me targeting the “pocket insurance” market, where premiums are low enough to be paid with “pocket ... ( read original story ...)
FEATURE -From hardship to hope, Singapore’s migrant poets find their voices
29-year-old Apriyani moved to Singapore in 2013 to become a domestic worker as she wanted to buy land for her father, a farmer, back home. Working from dawn to dusk looking after an expatriate family, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ranked city with highest quality of living in Asia
“The best understand that the quality of living is an essential component of a city’s attractiveness for businesses and mobile talent,” the report added. Singapore-headquartered online media company ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel launches Singapore’s first SEA Games esports team
To aid in the grooming of Singapore’s first official cyber athletes for SEA ... The league will see teams battling it out in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang – one of the most popular mobile games in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore edtech startup raises seed funding from Nest Tech
Singapore-based edtech startup Kalpha has raised a six-figure amount in a seed funding round from venture capital fund Nest Tech. The startup’s mobile app allows people to discover, connect, and meet ... ( read original story ...)