Singapore has been ranked the world’s most AI-ready nation, placing first in the 2025 AI Maturity Index by U.S. online learning provider Coursera.
Singapore: Asian Banking Magnet – Global Finance Magazine
Singapore: Asian Banking Magnet | Global Finance MagazineSingapore has cemented its position as Asia’s top financial center, according to the Global Financial Centers Index produced by Z/Yen Partners.
Standard Chartered Slashes Its Singapore Office Space by Half
Standard Chartered Plc plans to cut half of its existing office space in Singapore’s financial district, according to people familiar with the matter, in what is set to be the biggest floor ...
Earnings of heartland businesses up 50% on Saturdays with DBS PayLah cashback initiative
Merchants say Saturdays are much busier, with more customers and sales thanks to the initiative. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
India Cannot Afford to Miss Crypto Fintech Revolution as it Did With Dot Com Boom
India’s hardline stance on crypto risks missing the next big tech boom. The country sat out the dot-com and internet revolutions in the early 2000s.
Best credit card promotions in Singapore (August 2025): Citibank, DBS, HSBC, UOB and more
This August, sign up for a credit card and you could walk away with welcome gifts like: Clearly, we're spoilt for choice — banks in Singapore are competing so hard for new credit card customers that ...
9 best personal loans in Singapore with lowest interest rates (August 2025)
If you're in urgent need of money, but are too paiseh to borrow from your family and friends, your best bet is probably a personal loan. With a personal loan, you borrow cash from a bank or financial ...
UOB shares fall over 2% following lower Q2 net profit of S$1.34 billion reported
SINGAPORE] Shares of UOB slipped by more than 2 per cent on Thursday (Aug 7) in early trade, on the back of the local bank’s second-quarter results. It saw a 6 per cent year-on-year decline in its net ...
PhillipCapital expects UOB’s FY2025 earnings to decline by 4%; downgrades to ‘neutral’
PhillipCapital analyst Glenn Thum has downgraded United Overseas Bank (UOB) to “neutral” from “accumulate” previously as the bank’s 2QFY2025 ended June 30 earnings came below his estimates. UOB’s ...
InterContinental hotel in world’s 2nd richest country introduces sound technology for better guest sleep
InterContinental Singapore has partnered with U.S.-based Solace LifeSciences to bring NuCalm’s DeepSleep program to all rooms, using neuroscience-backed sound technology to improve guest sleep.
This three-Michelin-starred chef opened a restaurant in a Singapore car factory
Cory Lee, the chef behind San Francisco’s three-Michelin-starred Benu, opened his latest restaurant, Na Oh, in an unusual location: the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center in Singapore.
Singapore’s $100 Billion Club: DBS and SEA lead the market cap race — who deserves the lion’s share?
Just behind DBS is SEA Limited, with a market cap of $132.19 billion. Best known as the parent company of Shopee — the e-commerce platform that has become a staple in Southeast Asia and Garena —the ...
Hunt The Mouse DBS SG60 Edition from Aug. 14-Sep. 25, S$120,000 worth of coins hidden across S’pore
The Hunt The Mouse cash hunt game is back in Singapore for a 43-day period from Aug. 14 to Sep. 25, 2025. Sqkii, the gamification company behind the treasure hunt game, announced the start of the game ...
Drug trafficker on Singapore death row granted clemency
Although the capital sentence was "legally sound", the Cabinet recommended granting clemency to "reduce the disparity" with the sentence in another case.
Convicted Billionaire Ong Spared Jail in Singapore Scandal
Convicted billionaire Ong Beng Seng will avoid jail in Singapore despite his involvement in a scandal that stunned a city-state known for being one of the world’s least corrupt nations.The Malaysian ...
India-Singapore: A New Chapter in Economic Cooperation
The 4th India-Singapore Joint Working Group on Trade & Investment meeting in New Delhi aimed to enhance economic cooperation. Key topics included trade expansion, regulatory simplification, and ...