SCB will now be working with the Lightnet Group ... Lightnet is a Fintech firm based in Singapore. It aims to serve as a new payment center that’s focused on supporting financial mobility ... ( read original story ...)
Cabbage export to Singapore cheers Jessore farmers
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), an export firm, ‘City Impex’, collected cabbage from the farmers recently and started exporting it to Singapore after processing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is trying to entice business travelers to return with a luxury ‘4-star’ bubble hotel to stay in for 14 days before entering the country
The upcoming Connect@Changi "test-stay-work-meet" facility is like a hotel with strict health protocols and barriers that separate visitors from locals. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Makes Housing Work. Can We Do The Same?
The government builds enough public housing for every Singaporean who wants it. And because most of Singapore’s public housing is sold, not rented, the homeownership rate is over 90%. Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
4 property trends to watch in 2021
The pandemic has accelerated some property trends and spawned new ones that may present attractive investment opportunities for buyers. We offer a preview of how the property market here may fare this ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus
Singapore’s three major universities have reported zero cases. Their secret: technology, tough penalties and students willing to comply. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Legislate on Contact-Trace Data Use for Crimes
Singapore’s government plans to create urgent legislation to formalize the use of virus contact-tracing data in investigations of serious crimes. Legislation will be introduced in the next sitting of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore law to clarify police use of tracing data
The government of Singapore plans to issue urgent legislation to formalise the use of virus contact-tracing data in police investigations of serious crimes. ( read original story ...)
Best savings accounts for working adults in Singapore (2021 edition)
Let’s compare some of the best savings accounts in Singapore that you should be considering ... salary of $2,000 who spends $400 on his DBS/POSB credit card will earn an effective interest ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Legislate on Contact-Trace Data Use in Crime Probes
Singapore’s government plans to create urgent legislation to formalize the use of virus contact-tracing data in investigations of serious crimes. ( read original story ...)
8 ways to accelerate your wealth in Singapore
What does it take for one to get wealthier in Singapore? Here are eight ways to get one, nay, eight steps closer to the holy grail of personal finance.Financial independence, retire early — also known ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks enhance payment services as sector opens up
Consumers can expect a wider variety of digital payment services this year as traditional players enhance their offerings amid greater competition in the banking sector. DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB ... ( read original story ...)
UOB references Sora in pricing its capital securities
UOB has broken new ground here by pricing capital securities with a reset coupon rate that references the Singapore Overnight Rate Average Overnight Indexed Swap (Sora-OIS) rate.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
UOB to expand wealth management services on mobile app
The bank will launch a Simple Invest tool on UOB Mighty in the first quarter of this year.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
DBS to roll out more personalised services, improved rewards system on PayLah! app
Buy tickets for a movie at VivoCity using your mobile wallet and then get discounts on your private-hire ride to the mall and when shopping there.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
PH exports recovered in Nov. 2020 but total trade still down
Exports returned to year-on-year growth in November last year even as the prolonged imports slump pulled the Philippines’ total foreign trade down by 10.6 percent to $13.31 billion that ... ( read original story ...)