They are among 840,000 users who have visited Molly since it first hit the roads in 2008. Over the past decade, the mobile library service has chalked up nearly 1.56 million book loans. In 2024 alone, ...
Standard Chartered Ties Up With Singapore Start-Up for Fintech …
Standard Chartered PLC has tied up with Singapore start-up Atome Financial to expand in Asia’s booming financial technology market. As part of the 10-year partnership, Standard Chartered will ...
Standard Chartered eyes digital bank market with Singapore joint …
Standard Chartered (StanChart) has inked an agreement with NTUC Enterprise to set up a joint venture in Singapore offering digital banking services. The move follows a similar deal in Hong Kong ...
Standard Chartered opens Singapore lab to arm employees with … – ZDNET
Standard Chartered (StanChart) is looking to boost the skillsets of its workforce in Singapore with the launch of a new training lab. The British bank hopes to train 8,000 of its employees here ...
Singapore has laid the groundwork, no problems in having nuclear energy : IAEA chief
Singapore faces no “insurmountable challenges” should it decide to adopt nuclear energy as a source of power, said the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano ...
Singapore Travel Guide & Tips – What to do in Singapore?
Singapore is a modern tropical paradise, there's so much to do and so much to see! Before leaving the Airport, we checked out Singapore's Jewel. It's a futuristic building with a Rain Vortex, which is ...
Singapore shipowner ordered to pay Sri Lanka $1B over marine disaster
Sri Lanka's highest court ordered a Singaporean shipping firm to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing the island's worst marine pollution.
Woman, 64, prevented from being scammed out of $300k by OCBC and police
OCBC and the Singapore Police Force's Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) prevented a woman from being scammed out of $300,000. A police news release stated that the incident took place last month, when the ...
‘Time in the market beats timing the market’ amid heightened volatility, says DBS in its 3Q2025 CIO report
The team is "neutral" on equities but positive on US tech; it likes shorter-end bonds, and likes alternative assets such as gold and income-generating private assets.
ICA foils attempt to smuggle 500 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes in motorcycle at Woodlands Checkpoint
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) thwarted an attempt to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes through Woodlands Checkpoint on Wednesday (June 23). In a Facebook post on Friday (July 25), it said ...
Singapore factory output grows at faster pace of 8% in June, better than expected
All manufacturing industries, with one exception, saw year on year output growth in June. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore generates less waste over past decade
Singapore's daily domestic waste generation per capita has declined steadily over the past decade, falling from more than 1.05 kg in 2014 to 0.85 kg in 2024, according to data released by Singapore's ...
Singapore renews agreement with UN nuclear watchdog to help developing nations build nuclear expertise
The programme will cover topics including human health, industrial radiography, environmental radiography monitoring and analysis, and accelerator science.
Banking and finance jobs will change but won’t disappear as AI becomes the new normal: Accenture
Experts say the best financial institutions are adopting AI to increase revenue streams. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AI governance non-profit body opens local chapter in Singapore
The Global Council for Responsible AI's local chapter will tackle AI-related ethical challenges. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
OCBC Centre is ‘anchor’ for the bank; no plans to sell heritage …
[SINGAPORE] OCBC has no plans to sell its properties in Singapore’s central business district – and this includes the OCBC Centre, which has heritage value for the lender, said board chairman Andrew ...