Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s leading financial centre is being undermined by politics. Can it survive? Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s biggest and most vibrant financial hub is at risk – yet again. Over ... ( read original story ...)
ByteDance in talks with Singapore’s Lee family on banking licence bid
ByteDance is in talks to join forces with Singapore’s influential Lee business family, as the Chinese technology group looks to expand into banking for the first time. The company has bid for a ... ( read original story ...)
ByteDance Explores Partnership With Singapore’s Lee Business Family For Digital Banking License: Report
ByteDance is exploring a partnership with Singapore's influential Lee business family for its digital banking license in the country, the Financial Times reported Monday. ( read original story ...)
TikTok’s ByteDance Bids For Singapore Banking Licence
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, eyes a digital banking license with the family that owns OCBC Bank, the financial services corporation headquartered in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to remove most coronavirus restrictions from Friday – govt
Singapore will allow small gatherings and the reopening of restaurants and shops from June 19, its health ministry said on Monday, in a major easing of the city-state's coronavirus restrictions. Tiny ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Remove Most Coronavirus Restrictions From Friday: Government
Essential workers wearing face masks walk past the skyline of the central business district outside a regional screening center amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore June 9, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Ease Virus Curbs, Resume Most Activities This Week
Singapore will this week further relax restrictive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with the government assessing the situation in the country to be under control. ( read original story ...)
ByteDance in talks with Singapore business family on banking licence
The company has bid for a digital bank licence in the city-state and is negotiating a tie-up with an investment group linked to the Lees, said three people with knowledge of the situation. ByteDance ... ( read original story ...)
Jetstar Loses Its Shine For Qantas In Vietnam, But Singapore’s Jetstar Asia Still Strong
Qantas appears unwilling to fight a marketshare battle in Vietnam, which is not a hub in Qantas’ strategy to bridge Australia and Asia. ( read original story ...)
Gunvor boss criticises ‘loose lending’ in Singapore
But this is a Singapore problem. One needs to differentiate between the local companies and the international traders like us.” Mr Törnqvist said small traders had received too much financing because ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Employment Fell by Record 25,600 in First Quarter
Total employment in Singapore, excluding foreign domestic workers, fell by a record 25,600 in the first quarter, according to revised data published by the Ministry of Manpower. ( read original story ...)
Singapore marine fuel sales fall in May as cargo ship calls plummet
May sales of marine fuels in Singapore dropped to a three-month low of 3.925 million tonnes as cargo shipping activity fell to at least a five-year low and average bunker loadings shrank, official ... ( read original story ...)
ByteDance teams up with Lee family in bid for Singapore banking licence
Chinese giant seeks to make inroads into financial services in tie-up with influential family behind OCBC Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore May Home Sales Jump 75% as Virtual Viewings Take Hold
Home sales in Singapore rebounded in May from the previous month as more buyers got used to virtual real estate viewings with the city-state still under Covid-19 lockdown. ( read original story ...)
OCBC Group to hire more than 3,000 new employees in 2020, including 2,100 full-time staff
SINGAPORE: OCBC Group on Monday (Jun 15) announced that it would hire more than 3,000 people in Singapore this year across various entities, ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Group to hire more than 3,000 people this year in full-time roles and traineeships
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - OCBC Group said on Monday (June 15) that it plans to hire over 3,000 people in Singapore this year, amid the economic and employment uncertainty due to the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)