Agri-food giant Olam International has obtained Singapore's first club loan pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora).. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to build 5G talent pipeline
Singapore’s telcos will start hiring and training about 1,000 telecoms professionals by year-end to support the deployment of 5G networks ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore residents can report change of address online from Oct 1
From October 1, all Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents who need to report a change of residential address will be able to complete the process online, said the Immigration and Checkpoints ... ( read original story ...)
UOB taps Visa API to simplify digital payments
Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) has become the world's first lender to use a new Visa API that lets customers add cards to third party apps without the physical plastic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore SME business sentiment sinks to all-time low
Business sentiment for the next six months at Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) plunged to the lowest ever amid Covid-19-induced uncertainty over prospects for global growth and ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 accelerates Singapore’s digital push
Midway through this year, sales assistants at Singaporean digital payments start-up MatchMove stopped making cold calls to potential customers. The number of inquiries from companies wanting to ... ( read original story ...)
Can Singapore become Asia’s silicon valley?
The FT's Mercedes Ruehl looks at how far the city has come in attracting money and talent to its start-up sector and how far it has to go before it can be considered a world-leading centre of tech inn ... ( read original story ...)
PayNow banks raise limit for ad hoc transactions to at least $5k
PayNow users will now be able to send a larger amount of money to others on the funds transfer service.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
PayNow users can now send at least $5,000, up from previous $1,000
PayNow users will now be able to send larger amounts to others on the funds transfer service. All nine participating PayNow banks will allow ad hoc transactions of at least $5,000, the Association of ... ( read original story ...)
UTI garners Rs 645 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO
UTI Asset Management Company on September 28 has raised Rs 644.64 crore from several anchor investors ahead of its IPO opening tomorrow. "Under anchor investors portion in the public issue of UTI ... ( read original story ...)
15 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore, including community case who went to work at Changi Airport
SINGAPORE: Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Monday (Sep 28), taking the national tally to 57,715. Thirteen of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s use of facial verification in ID scheme stirs privacy fears
Singapore's more than four million residents will have to use facial verification technology to access government services through the national identity scheme, a move criticised as intrusive and ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Toshiba’s pulled chip IPO is tip of its worries
The reason for Kioxia’s decision to pull its $3.2 billion initial public offering on the eve of pricing depends on who you ask. The world’s second largest maker of flash memory chips said it was down ... ( read original story ...)
ICBC Singapore, DBS jointly provide Singapore’s first SORA-pegged club loan to Olam
The Singapore Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC Singapore) partnered with the DBS Bank (DBS) in providing Singapore's first club loan pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s BigPay expands to Singapore
BigPay is coming to Singapore, after 2 years of rapid growth with over 1 million users in Malaysia. The fast-growing Fintech is on an aggressive growth path and is getting ready to make its mobile ... ( read original story ...)
Team Secret wins both the MY/SG and Thailand PUBG Mobile championships
Team Secret”s PUBG Mobile teams finished their regional seasons with a championship bang. Team Secret Malaysia/Singapore has been the best team all season, claiming eight top-four finishes with four ... ( read original story ...)