Singapore has long touted itself as the ideal home for a commodity trading house, with low taxes, light regulation and a view of one of the world’s busiest shipping channels. That hard-earned ... ( read original story ...)
DBS expects Singapore’s GDP to shrink by 5.7% this year
Singapore's decision to keep a large segment of its economy closed and many of its residents at home for another month will lower economic growth and raise job losses, said analysts.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Banks Earnings
Three key themes had been presented amid Covid-19 conditions studying how US banks had performed in the earnings season thus far. They are namely 1) a surge in forward-looking provision in preparation ... ( read original story ...)
Yeo’s Delivers Nutrition Drinks to Support the Singapore Community
Yeo Hiap Seng Group of Companies (Yeo's) is collaborating with the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, the family foundation of the majority shareholder, to deliver 75,000 cans of H2O to the Alliance ... ( read original story ...)
PhonePe gets $28 million funding from parent Flipkart
PhonePe recently said that it is working with delivery fleets like Swiggy Genie to meet its offline network stores and deliver goods to customers, during the current situation.Flipkart-owned payments ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Fintech Association and Razer Fintech partnered to support Singapore’s fintech industry amid the pandemic
Singapore Fintech Association and Razer Fintech are collaborating to help local fintech companies withstand negative impacts of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore struggles to slash coronavirus infections
The number of coronavirus patients reported in Singapore has climbed almost fivefold in the past two weeks, as the city state ramped up testing, putting it behind China and India in terms of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Air Treatment Systems Market Analysis, Featuring Dyson, Panasonic and Sharp Corporation
The "2020 Air Treatment Systems Market: Singapore" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. A comprehensive analysis of the Air Treatment Systems (Air Purifiers) Market in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore’s rooftop gardeners are filling the food supply chain gap
Covid-19 has thrown Asia’s food supply chain into disarray, but agritech could help ensure that people won’t go hungry. ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank backs Tradeteq quantum credit scoring project
London-based Tradeteq has received funding from Singapore's central bank on a project to develop quantum computing-based credit scoring methods for companies. ( read original story ...)
Arkphire buys Singapore-based Generic Technologies
Irish IT consulting and managed-services firm Arkphire has agreed a deal to buy Generic Technologies, a Singapore-based IT Solutions and Services company. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live updates: Singapore preliminarily reports 799 new cases, global numbers above 2.9 million
Total number of coronavirus infection cases around the world was more than 2.96 million and at least 206,265 people have died. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore flags opportunities in emerging market high-yield bonds
Despite the 1-2% growth forecast for emerging markets, the Bank of Singapore's Gareth Nicholson flags opportunities in high-yield bonds in that sector, which may still have some "very attractive ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore confirms 799 new coronavirus cases
Singapore has confirmed 799 more coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Monday, taking the city-state's tally of cases to 14,423. ( read original story ...)
Digital Banking: Senior Citizens in Singapore are Increasingly Using Online-only Banks Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Digital banking: senior citizens in Singapore are increasingly using online-only banks due to COVID-19 outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Japan, Singapore could be the worst-hit Asian economies in the coronavirus pandemic, says Moody’s Analytics
The Japanese and Singaporean economies were already weak before the coronavirus outbreak worsened over the past month, said Steve Cochrane, chief Asia Pacific economist at Moody's Analytics. ( read original story ...)