For those who don’t already know, PayNow is a peer-to-peer funds transfer service available to retail customers of nine participating banks in Singapore: Bank Of China (BOC), Citibank, DBS Bank/POSB, ... ( read original story ...)
Ageas and BlackRock: Transparency notification
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A. BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 20 Anson Ro... ( read original story ...)
How a 20-something finance professional quit her job and traveled the world for two years
The Singapore-born professional quit her job in the finance industry in 2015, and went on a solo, two-year-long trip around the world. She funded it all on her own. In fact, Chua had saved money for a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Inc. Flexes Its M&A Muscle With Major Overseas Push
injection to help Bayer AG finance its planned takeover of U.S. competitor Monsanto Co. GIC was also involved in Blackstone Group LP’s acquisition of a majority stake in Thomson Reuters Corp.’s financ... ( read original story ...)
Losing Streak Expected To Continue For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in consecutive trading days, sliding almost 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,240-point plateau a... ( read original story ...)
OCBC rolls out real-time account opening for SMEs
Singapore's OCBC Bank is extending its instant account opening service to small traders, mining the Government's national data repository MyInfo to offer on-the-spot account numbers and payment approv... ( read original story ...)
Indian Man In Singapore Faces Jail, Caning For Extortion From Bank
A 35-year-old Indian man, who tried to extort half-a-million Singapore dollars from Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, was charged in court. Nagarajan Balajee faces a jail term of between two and f... ( read original story ...)
Man charged with attempting to extort $500,000 from Standard Chartered Bank
SINGAPORE - A 35-year-old man who tried to extort half a million Singapore dollars from Standard Chartered Bank was charged in court on Tuesday (Oct 2). Nagarajan Balajee, an Indian national, was char... ( read original story ...)
DBS, POSB to give instant approvals for credit card, credit line applications made online
SINGAPORE - DBS Bank has launched a first-in-Singapore online application service that will allow it to provide new-to-bank and existing customers instant approval for DBS/POSB credit card application... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Bank Stocks Have Dipped Substantially. Are They Cheap Now?
A Closer Look At DBS Group Holdings DBS Group, the largest bank in Singapore by market capitalisation, had a good start to the year. The bank’s first half net profit rose 23% to a record high, while r... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested for allegedly attempting to extort $500,000 from Standard Chartered Bank
SINGAPORE - A 35-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (Sept 30) for allegedly attempting to extort $500,000 from Standard Chartered Bank. The police said that they received a report last Thursday (Sept ... ( read original story ...)
15 Singapore Shares That Could Go on to Crush the Market in October 2018 and Beyond
here are the top 15 stocks in Singapore’s market for October 2018: This exercise aims to provide some stock ideas for investors who are looking to beat the market. See it as a stock screener where you ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines Ltd Is Trading Close To Its 52-Week Low Price: Is It Cheap Now?
Singapore Airlines Ltd (SGX: C6L), or SIA, is the national airline of Singapore. Aside from its traditional airline business, it also owns other brands like SilkAir and Scoot. SIA also has a subsidiar... ( read original story ...)
How Much Taxes to Pay in Singapore If You’re an Expat?
Singapore is known to be one of the most expensive cities to live in according to Mentalfloss.com. From housing to food expenses, living in Singapore may seem quite daunting particularly to economic-c... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Corporate Bonds Update 2018
For the Singapore corporate bond market, 2017 was a peak default year. In the past few years, the interest rate situation in Singapore has continued to be mighty volatile. That is why it becomes quite ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: SMEs are at the heart of the digital challenge
DBS DBS signed cross-referral agreements with MoolahSense and peer-to-peer lender Funding Societies in April 2016, the first Singapore bank to collaborate with these lending platforms. Under the terms ... ( read original story ...)