SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asians are outpacing the Chinese in embracing the mobile economy, with higher percentages of the population in several countries using smartphones to do their banking ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. citizen who leaked Singapore HIV-cases may have more “files”
SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive individuals in Singapore may be in possession of more "files" from the database, the city-state's hea... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock market is shrinking, but does it matter?
(Feb 12): Robson Lee had a decision to make. In his more than two-decade career as a capital-markets lawyer in Singapore, he’d helped more than 30 companies list on the country’s stock exchange, bring... ( read original story ...)
DBS partners SMU to launch sustainability programme
SINGAPORE (Feb 12): DBS and Singapore Management University (SMU) have partnered on a first-of-its-kind comprehensive initiative in Southeast Asia that focuses on promoting and growing sustainability. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines’ SilkAir gets lie-flat business class
120,000 bonus Qantas Points plus 75 bonus Qantas Status Credits if you book and travel on two new Qantas flights by 30 June, 2019. Receive $150 back to your new ANZ FF Black card. Minimum spend. T&Cs ... ( read original story ...)
Deciphering Singapore Budget 2019 for founders and business owners
With 2019 marking the 200th anniversary of Singapore’s modern founding, Xero has invited a panel of experts to discuss how the initiatives can help startups and SMEs navigate global economic uncertain... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Zilingo Raises $226 Million to Expand Fashion Site
(Bloomberg) -- Zilingo Pte, a Singapore-based online fashion marketplace, raised $226 million to fund an expansion into the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Investors in the series D financing in... ( read original story ...)
Fashion startup Zilingo raises $226 million from Singapore’s Temasek, others
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian fashion startup Zilingo said it has raised $226 million in its latest funding round from existing backers such as venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, with ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks likely to post record earnings for full year 2018
From a year ago, total lending rose 3 per cent. Singapore dollar loans may be flat but the local banks have significant overseas lending, said Rui Wen Lim, DBS group research analyst. Ms Lim also said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore morning news for February 11
The number of households that received a government grant for buying a home to live with or near their parents or children has nearly doubled, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Friday (F... ( read original story ...)
DBS appoints veteran banker as head of strategy and planning
Han joins DBS from Citibank after 27-year career leading various businesses including consumer banking, corporate banking and transaction banking. He was most recently CEO of Citi Singapore, a positio... ( read original story ...)
A former HSBC insurance CEO started his own insurtech firm. It’s already profitable.
The only concessions to the new business are a lobby, painted and tiled in Singapore Life’s red-and-white color scheme, and the conversion of the old server room into a wine cooler. Founded in 2014 by ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches high street Wealth Banking branch at Faber House
It aims to cater to the 476,000 emerging affluent customers in Singapore. UOB has unveiled its first high street wealth banking branch at Faber House that's specifically designed to respond to the nee... ( read original story ...)
London Banker Sues Singapore Lender for Race Discrimination
A former official at United Overseas Bank Ltd.’s London branch is suing for unfair dismissal after saying he was denied a new job because he isn’t Asian. Daniel Smith, who worked at Singapore’s third- ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore CEO Han resigns after 27 years with the bank
Citibank Singapore CEO Han Kwee Juan has resigned after 27 years with the bank. Vikas Kumar, Citibank’s head of cards and personal loans, will be the interim country business manager while it seeks a ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches high street branch model at Faber House targeting ’emerging affluent’
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched its first high street wealth banking branch model at Faber House in Orchard Road to complement its online channels in a bid to better equip "emergin... ( read original story ...)