The current fundraise comes just two months after the company had closed its $600m fundraise, at a valuation of $3b. ( read original story ...)
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy, Singapore Style
With the delta variant wreaking havoc on pandemic recovery and economic reopening plans around the world, the last thing any country needs is vaccine hesitancy. Yet it plagues developed and developing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Billionaire’s UOL Unveils London Hotel, Residential Skyscraper Amid Travel Recovery Hopes
UOL Group—controlled by banking and real estate billionaire Wee Cho Yaw—has completed the construction of a 43-story hotel and residential tower at the heart of London’s financial district, betting on ... ( read original story ...)
Citi PremierMiles Card review: Is it really the best card for accumulating miles?
The Citi PremierMiles Card has been in the spotlight for the longest time: It’s considered one of the most popular Citibank credit cards, and once upon a time, some even regarded it as the best miles ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fuel oil stocks drop despite net imports rising to over 1-year high
Despite a surge in net import volumes, Singapore residual fuel oil inventories dropped 11% in the week ended Sept. 15, giving up most of the previous weeks' sharp gains, official data showed on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Carousell Raises $100 Million for Regional Expansion
Though shoppers can buy and sell new products on the group’s platforms, much of Carousell’s focus is on secondhand goods, from fashion to electronics and automobiles. “Our goal is to make transacting ... ( read original story ...)
HP Singapore to take workforce, business partners on journey to sustainability, smart manufacturing
It is applying fourth industrial revolution (4IR) manufacturing technologies to achieve profitable growth sustainably.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Tourism Board presents Hala Singapore for Mideast travellers
Singapore Tourism Board presents Hala Singapore, a 3-day hybrid event for Middle East travellers to reignite and reimagine travel to Singapore. Using the latest technology, the event will take the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Billionaire’s UOL Unveils 43-Story London Hotel, Residential Skyscraper Amid Travel Recovery Hopes
UOL Group—controlled by banking and real estate billionaire Wee Cho Yaw—has completed the construction of a 43-story hotel and residential tower at the heart of London’s financial district, betting on ... ( read original story ...)
India and Singapore are speeding up cross-borders remittances and retail trades
The integration of fast payment systems between India and Singapore is a welcome move for non-resident Indians in Singapore. But it’s only useful if the transaction costs are lower than other routes ... ( read original story ...)
IPO-Bound Pine Labs Hires US Investment Bankers, Aims At $6 Bn Valuation
Fintech unicorn Pine Labs has hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as advisors for its intial public offering next year in the US ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s global finance hubs Hong Kong and Singapore are taking aim at “foreign interference”
Hong Kong and Singapore, Asia’s two global finance hubs are eager to attract foreign capital and style themselves as cosmopolitan gateways to the world. And they are equally determined to root out ... ( read original story ...)
Finance hubs Hong Kong, Singapore target foreign interference
Hong Kong and Singapore, Asia’s two global finance hubs are eager to attract foreign capital and style themselves as cosmopolitan gateways to the world. And they are equally determined to root out ... ( read original story ...)
Trava.Finance Bolsters Consumer Lending Pools with Increased Support for Seven New Assets
The Trava Lending Pool – a software product derived from Aave adding other unique functions - will support the use of USDT, USDC, DAI, WBTC, WETH, BNB, and BUSD as assets for users to draw from and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore could lose good investments and jobs if tighter restrictions imposed on global companies: Finance Minister Wong
Wong called out the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) for its "fatally flawed" thinking that reducing the number of foreigners here will allow Singaporeans to automatically fill those jobs. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Opposition leader asks govt to release more info to dispel misinformation about FTA with India
Strongly criticising what he described as a "reactive" policy towards communication, Singapore''s Opposition leader Pritam Singh has asked the government to release more details to dispel ... ( read original story ...)