The company I’m talking about is United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11) or UOB for short. It’s one of the three big local banks in Singapore. There is plenty to like about UOB as a dividend stock. To ... ( read original story ...)
Plastic Waste Piles Up as Indonesia’s Import Crackdown Backfires
The delay in customs clearance at Indonesian ports have also led to a pile-up of about 1,600 containers of waste in Singapore, which are now being exported to Vietnam at a discount, Maulana said. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OCBC Bank launches cardless ATM withdrawals using QR codes
Singapore-based OCBC bank customers can now withdraw from ATM's using a mobile app. Singapore-based OCBC Bank announced the rollout of ATM technology that allows customers to withdraw funds using the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Historic Raffles Hotel Reopens After Two-Year Restoration
The Raffles Hotel, which first opened in 1887 and was declared a National Monument by the government a century later, reopened today after an extensive renovation that started two and a half years ago ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore mansion sets record with $167 million sale
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore mansion sitting on a sprawling plot of land has been sold for a record S$230 million ($167 million), the latest in a string of eye-catching property deals in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Says U.S. Understands Its Position on WTO Privileges
Singapore says it has an understanding with the U.S. that ... and protection against emergency import restrictions imposed by developed nations. “We have always said that any privileges should be ... ( read original story ...)
Global travelers most likely to want to meet travelers of their own nationalities on holiday
SINGAPORE, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer holiday season in full swing and people keen to 'get away from it all', Agoda, one of the world's fastest growing digital travel platforms, reveals ... ( read original story ...)
The Raffles Singapore Embarks on a Modern Journey
In Singapore, in an intimate space full of vintage books and leather furnishings, millennials congregate after work. Some on dates, others with groups of friends, they are ready to flirt and mingle. ... ( read original story ...)
Maximising opportunities, and learning from the best, every day
Her employer, multinational bank Citi, invests considerably in its employees’ learning, development and career progression, and San-San, who’s now heading Wealth Management and Segments at Citibank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturers, services less upbeat about next 6 months: Surveys
Manufacturing and services firms in Singapore have become less upbeat about business prospects for the second half of 2019, although there are certain segments within these sectors that are more ... ( read original story ...)
Stability in Hong Kong key for Singapore businesses: minister
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Prolonged turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardize regional financial stability, and that would outweigh any short-term gain for Singapore from flows of funds from investors worried ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OCBC Bank Customers Can Use QR Codes At ATMs
In an effort to make Singapore’s three million monthly cash withdrawals more digital, OCBC Bank has rolled out QR codes that customers can use at any of its 655 ATMs, the company said in a press ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank first in Singapore to offer cash withdrawals via QR codes
SINGAPORE: Customers of OCBC Bank can now withdraw money using QR codes, the bank said in a news release on Wednesday (Jul 31). Using the OCBC Pay Anyone app, customers can scan a QR code and then ... ( read original story ...)
5 Best Priority Banking in Singapore
With your $300,000 in savings, you could open a Maybank Premium Wealth account and enjoy priority services across Singapore and Malaysia as well as Bank Internasional branches in Indonesia, great if ... ( read original story ...)
iFAST eyes virtual banking license
Internet-based investment product distribution platform iFAST is in talks with potential partners to pursue a digital banking license in Singapore, according to a report from DBS Research. If the move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OSBC Bank launches cardless ATM withdrawals using QR codes
Singapore-based OCBC bank customers can now withdraw from ATM's using a mobile app. Singapore-based OCBC Bank announced the rollout of ATM technology that allows customers to withdraw funds using the ... ( read original story ...)