DBS and OCBC are regional pioneers in fintech and innovation. Singapore retained the top spot in Asia's’ open banking readiness index amidst proactive decisions by the city state’s regulators to embra... ( read original story ...)
Bank lending dips in September on lower business loans: MAS
SINGAPORE - Bank lending in Singapore shrank slightly in September from a month ago on lower business loans, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore showed on Wednesday (Oct 31). Loa... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Ousts Hong Kong as No. 1 for Luxury Home-Price Gains
(Bloomberg) -- Guess which city managed to top a luxury real-estate ranking despite a slew of cooling measures to tame its property market? Yes, the tiny island nation of Singapore, nudging out Hong K... ( read original story ...)
Renewed Support Predicted For Singapore Bourse
The Singapore stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one session after it had ended the two-day slide in which it had tumbled more than 65 points or 3.2 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests ... ( read original story ...)
UK green lights extradition of Canadian national accused of S$30,000 bank robbery
Singapore in 2016. Mr Roach allegedly made off with S$30,000 from the bank before fleeing to Bangkok where he was arrested three days later in a backpacker’s hostel. He was sentenced to 14 months in j... ( read original story ...)
Otters spotted swimming in Singapore’s Central Business District
SINGAPORE: Three otters were spotted in the heart of Singapore's Central Business District on Sunday (Oct 28), swimming in a water feature outside office building One George Street in the Raffles Plac... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Pools to take over horse betting operations from next year
SINGAPORE - Singapore Pools will take over all horse betting operations from the Singapore Turf Club (STC) from Jan 7 next year. The Tote Board Group, which comprises the Tote Board and its wholly-own... ( read original story ...)
UOB asset manager offering customised digital investment portfolios to corporate investors
SINGAPORE - UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) on Tuesday (Oct 30) announced its first-in-market initiative to enable corporate investors to receive customised digital investment portfolios to meet their co... ( read original story ...)
DBS officially launches business-matching programme for startups
Singapore’s multinational bank DBS has officially launched its business-matching programme for startups, called Startup Xchange, in two of its biggest markets, Singapore and Hong Kong. The programme i... ( read original story ...)
Oil prices fall on rising supply, global market woes
SINGAPORE (Reuters ... “A Saudi pledge to produce as much oil as possible, and the stock market rout, have sharply reduced concerns about the Nov. 4 implementation of U.S. sanctions against ... ( read original story ...)
Are Southeast Asia and India already in a bear market?
Year-to-date, Singapore is the second worst performing market in Asia. The worse performing market in Southeast Asia, however, is the Philippines with stock market falling 23.5 per cent from the begin... ( read original story ...)
Oil stable as Asia stock markets rebound, but sentiment cautious on trade concerns
The tight market in Asia is visible in the low amount of unsold crude oil stored on tankers on waters around Singapore and southern Malaysia, the region’s main oil trading and storage hub. Just four s... ( read original story ...)
4 Banks in Asia Pacific That Are Winning Open Banking Adoption
it is no wonder that Finastra named Singapore as the nation that is most ready to embrace open banking in the Asia Pacific region. Singapore ranks at 8.1/10 on the open banking readiness index, runnin... ( read original story ...)
Property management and leasing of black-and-white bungalows outsourced to Colliers
Colliers International announced on October 29 that it has been appointed by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to lead the leasing and property management of 183 heritage black-and-white bungalows in ... ( read original story ...)
Company director fined $48,000 for false declarations in steel export documents
SINGAPORE - A director of a wholesale trade company was on ... Singaporean Chetan Rasiklal Sheth, 63, made the false statements while applying for certificates of origin for the export of 22 shipments ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s going all out to get its UNESCO bid for local hawker culture, with a new website and traveling exhibition
Back in August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed in his National Day Rally speech that Singapore would be nominating our precious hawker culture to be included in the UNESCO Representative List ... ( read original story ...)