Two US banks - Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank - were designated as a systemic risk to the financial system. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Signature Bank closure deals another blow to crypto industry
The closure of Signature Bank, a lender that counted a number of crypto companies as customers, marks another major setback for digital assets as the industry becomes ever more cut off from the ...
Shipping one of Singapore’s Covid response successes, says white paper
City state said in early days of the outbreak shipping provided the only way to import most food Singapore’s shipping, port and logistics industries have emerged was one of the more successful ...
South-East Asia’s tech slowdown – Singapore’s Sea and Indonesia’s GoTo cut jobs in quickening tech pullback
Singapore's Sea Ltd. and Indonesia's GoTo Group, two of South-East Asia’s largest internet companies, are embarking on fresh layoffs as the region’s once high-flying tech leaders retrench to focus on ...
Singapore’s Keppel to sell its Myanmar hotel for $57 million
According to Keppel Corporation, divestment from Sedona Hotel Yangon is going to allow it to unlock capital which can be used for new growth opportunities ...
SG is 10th most crypto-ready market
The Lion City’s crypto adoption rate is 25%. Singapore ranked as the 10th most ready market for crypto adoption. Data from HedgewithCrypto showed that searches about crypto in Singapore have risen 234 ...
Innovation through business the key to growth for society — if by-products are mitigated
Insead dean Ilian Mihov says that growth has “no limit” — a statement that he readily acknowledges can be “controversial”.
Commentary: Amid global race for talent, look at how to export Singapore leaders to the world
SINGAPORE: As the global race for talent heats up, much has been said about the need to attract the best and the brightest ...
Singapore’s Hawkers Raise Prices for First Time in 40 Years
Many of Singapore's renowned hawkers are raising prices for the first time in forty years due to global inflation.
How Singapore’s crypto ambitions are taking shape and what other nations can learn
Unique in the world, Singapore is a big investor and player in digital assets while advancing regulations that favor institutions over individual crypto users, writes Danny Chong of Tranchess.
Singapore Says It’s Willing to Play the Mediator Between Global Economic Rivals U.S. and China
Singapore’s top trade official described growing tensions between the world’s biggest economies as detrimental to the world ...
DA bans pork from Singapore
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) banned the importation of pigs from Singapore amid an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in that country. Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban ...
Economists lift Singapore’s 2023 growth forecast slightly to 1.9% on China rebound hopes: MAS survey
The pace of Singapore's economic growth is seen accelerating to 2.5 per cent in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DA bans pork from Singapore, cattle from Spain
THE Department of Agriculture banned the importation of pigs from Singapore amid an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country.
Singapore Begins Investigation Into Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs After SEC Charged Company With Defrauding Customers
Do Kwon and Terraform Labs were charged with defrauding investors in crypto schemes Kwon remains a fugitive and frequently changes his hiding spots Ten months after the world witnessed the epic crash ...
Economists Raise Singapore’s 2023 Growth Forecast Slightly, MAS Survey Shows
Singapore's economy is likely to expand slightly faster this year than previously forecast, aided by a brighter outlook ...