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Sharael Taha on Income Tax (Amendment) Bill
The Bill has changes that help align it better with Singapore’s policy objectives while improving its tax administration, said MP Sharael Taha. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 3), he said the i ...
Payment network Ripple on hiring blitz as it secures full Singapore licence
SINGAPORE - Payment network Ripple is ramping up hiring outside the United States, with Singapore being a key market as it secures a full licence from the Republic’s regulator to offer digital token ...
Blockchain Innovations Take Center Stage In Countries Such As Singapore
enabling it to offer Digital Payment Token services in Singapore. Switzerland has global recognition as “Crypto Valley,” led by a high concentration of blockchain startups and cryptocurrency projects.
Sygnum Singapore Secures Major Payment Institution License from MAS
Sygnum Singapore, a subsidiary of Switzerland-based cryptocurrency bank Sygnum, has successfully obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This ...
Premature to judge banks’ culpability in S$2.8b money-laundering case, says Josephine Teo in response to Leong Mun Wai
Funds in bank accounts that are seized in money laundering cases do not belong to the banks involved, and the amount of these funds should not be linked to the banks' culpability in such cases before ...
Singapore Manufacturing Activity Returned to Expansion in September
The PMI for electronics, which accounts for about a third of Singapore's manufacturing, improved to 49.8 in September from 49.5 in August, the SIPMM data showed. The latest reading extended the sector ...
Ministers respond to clarifications sought on Singapore’s anti-money laundering regime
Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo, Monetary Authority of Singapore board member Alvin Tan and Second Minister for Finance and National Development Indranee Rajah addressed clarifications ...
How $2.8b money laundering probe affects S’pore’s economy, property and charities
SINGAPORE – Ministers and MPs engaged in a nearly four-hour-long exchange on Tuesday on an ongoing $2.8 billion money laundering probe, the largest in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Bank debt sales surge in cashed-up Singapore
“When the dollar space is stressed, people seek out alternative markets,” said Clifford Lee, managing director and global head of fixed income at DBS Bank in Singapore. The drawcard for issuers are ...
Foreign-sourced disposal gains subject to tax from Jan 1
Foreign-sourced disposal gains will be subject to tax in Singapore from Jan 1, 2024 if received by entities of multi-national enterprise groups that do not have economic substance here. Read more at ...
Singapore money-laundering probe not done ‘at the behest of China’: minister
Minister Josephine Teo dispelled as ‘completely untrue’ reports that Singapore went ahead with the raid soon after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit in August.
Crypto Liquidity Provider GSR Scales through Regulatory Hurdle, Secures Approval in Singapore
The regulatory compliance efforts of crypto trading firm and liquidity provider GSR in Singapore may have finally paid off.
Singapore start-up Atera Water, NTU Singapore and SIT to make large-scale clean water production more affordable for developing nations
Singapore water tech start-up Atera Water and scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Singapore ...
Singapore to set up inter-ministerial panel, review measures to boost anti-money laundering controls
SINGAPORE will form an inter-ministerial committee to consider further measures to strengthen its anti-money laundering regime. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore COVID-19 infections surge in 17-23 Sept, more than double the previous week
Singapore saw a surge in COVID-19 infections during the week of 17 to 23 September, with a total of 14,843 confirmed cases, more than double the previous week.