New Platform enables businesses big or small to access trade finance options to improve cashflow Opens up opportunities for businesses to apply ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore jails Canadian bank robber David James Roach – but spares him a caning
branch in 2016, was extradited to Singapore last year from Britain after the city state offered assurances he would not be flogged. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to one charge of bank robbery and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Spac files for $135 million US IPO
Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company (Spac), Fat Projects Acquisition Corp, has filed to go public via Nasdaq in a US$100 million (S$135 million) initial public offering (IPO), the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble: will Sinovac’s efficacy against Delta coronavirus variant be the next stumbling block?
While city state points to lack of data about vaccine’s worth against new variants, Hong Kong authorities have defended the Chinese-produced jabs. ( read original story ...)
3 of 16 new COVID cases in Singapore local, 2 unlinked
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (8 July) confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 62,668. ( read original story ...)
S’porean working in the finance sector for 15 years says he quit because in a department with ‘23 staff, 22 were from India and…
A concerned Singaporean wrote and shared his experience working in a foreign bank in Singapore where he saw how there was widespread hiring of for ... ( read original story ...)
Net of the living dead: Hacker-controlled zombie devices triple in Singapore
Zombie” devices linked to the Internet, and infected with malware that allow hackers to control them and launch cyberattacks, have tripled their numbers in Singapore amid the Covid-19 pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)
Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s Covid-19 antibody cocktail likely be used in Singapore once available
SINGAPORE - Regeneron Pharmaceutical's Covid-19 antibody cocktail - which can be used to treat patients who are mildly sickbut are at risk of severe illness - will likely be used in Singapore once it ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian Bank Robber Jailed by Singapore for 5 Years Avoids Caning
A court in Singapore on Wednesday sentenced a Canadian man to five years in jail for robbing a bank in 2016, but he will not receive an additional sentence of six strokes of a cane due to the terms of ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian jailed for robbing StanChart bank in Singapore may escape caning
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Canadian man who escaped with more than S$30, 000 after robbing a Standard Chartered Bank branch in Holland Avenue on July 7, 2016, was sentenced to five years' ... ( read original story ...)
Credit cards for foreigners working and staying in Singapore worth applying for
UOB Absolute Cashback Card is the newest kid in town that offers ... select restaurants peppered across the island and within some of the best luxury hotels in Singapore. There are wellness and golf ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Cancer Diagnostics Startup Gets $77 Million in Funding
Singaporean biotechnology startup MiRXES Pte raised $77 million from investors led by CR-CP Life Science Fund to deliver early detection tests for cancer and other diseases. ( read original story ...)
Betagro Group – the First Thai Exporter of Chilled Poultry to Singapore Market
Betagro Group is the first Thai company to export chilled poultry under S Pure brand to Singaporewith the prominent point of S Pure beingthe first poultry brand in Thailand certified by NSF Internatio ... ( read original story ...)
Grab PayLater, Atome, Hoolah gain traction amid BNPL boom in Singapore, says report
Home furnishings and electronics topped the list of the categories people ... See also: Southeast Asia’s biggest buy now, pay later players However, the Monetary Authority of Singapore recently raised ... ( read original story ...)
SP Group trials technology to push energy from battery of electric vehicle back to power grid
SINGAPORE: SP Group has started a trial to test and verify the possibility of transferring energy from the batteries of electric vehicles (EV) ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property dynasty sees woes piling in China unit
Chongqing Sincere Yuanchuang Industrial Co., a cash-strapped Chinese developer owned by Singapore’s richest property family, may undergo a court-led restructuring after a bankruptcy application was ... ( read original story ...)