US electronic fixed income trading service provider MarketAxess Holdings has hired Riad Chowdhury, a former senior executive at Standard Chartered Bank, to be its Asia Pacific head. Based in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
First American Full-Length Play Written for Streaming, WAITING FOR THE HOST, to be Made Available for Viewing
New York playwright Marc Palmieri was asked by a local Queens church to read the role of Jesus in a Zoom recording of the Passion, to stream during its pandemic-lockdown on-line Easter services. ( read original story ...)
UOB Kay Hian Selects Pico to Deliver its Singapore-Based Next-Generation Trading Platform
Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community, today announced it has been selected by one of Asia’s largest brokerage firms, UOB Kay Hian, to provide managed ... ( read original story ...)
CNBC Exclusive Transcript: Bill Winters, Group CEO, Standard Chartered
Nancy Hungerford (NH): I'm delighted to say we are joined by another Singapore Summit attendee that is Bill Winters, the Group CEO at Standard Chartered, who joins us, virtually, in fact, from Seoul ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s PayNow offers seamless billing, instant payment
Businesses will now be able to bill and make payment to one another in seamless online fashion, as Singapore continues its digital push amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Keppel, DBS ink deal to work on 5G and other digital business solutions for clients
SINGAPORE - Singapore blue chips Keppel Corp and DBS will jointly explore new digital opportunities to meet customers' and suppliers' needs, under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) unveiled on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Syfe, a robo-advisor with a human touch, raises $18.6 million led by Valar Ventures
Syfe, a Singapore-based startup that wants to make investing more accessible in Asia, announced today that it has closed a SGD $25.2 million (USD $18.6 million) Series A led by Valar Ventures, a ... ( read original story ...)
Coconuts Media acquires Asia City Media Group’s entire Thailand biz
Coconuts currently has an in-house creative agency team known as Grove. The addition of Asia City Studios, an in-house content and creative agency, will strengthen its ability to carry out creative ... ( read original story ...)
Moneymax Reviews: Is HSBC Platinum Visa the Most Rewarding Travel Credit Card?
Save on your next flights with PAL, Cathay Pacific, or Singapore Airlines when you convert your bonus ... If you apply for this Citibank credit card through Moneymax until September 30, 2020, you’ll ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Credit Card Market Projected to Deliver Greater Revenues during the Forecast Period until 2025
Major market players in Singapore Credit Cards Market DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Citibank Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank, and other some ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore companies build up their workforce to stay competitive as the pandemic unfolds
One of Singapore's key priorities is to protect jobs and livelihoods, as it grapples with economic challenges brought on by the coronavirus. CNBC's Nancy Hungerford takes a look at companies that are ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India bourses to end dispute, push trading link
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Exchange Ltd. and the National Stock Exchange ... NSE Nifty 50 Index futures and options contracts from India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. SGX shares rose as much ... ( read original story ...)
SkillsFuture Singapore, IBM launch skills programme
IBM is also working with Standard Chartered, Tribe Accelerator for job placements. SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and computer hardware company IBM have unveiled the "i.am-vitalize", a skills programme ... ( read original story ...)
DBS doubles down on intelligent banking amid still-surging digital adoption
Likewise, transactions on DBS’ wealth digital platform DBS iWealth, also jumped by 198% year-on-year (YoY). Even after Singapore’s Circuit Breaker measures eased in June, DBS customers’ digital ... ( read original story ...)
‘Right time’ to launch first Chinese bond ETF in Singapore to global investors, says CEO
High quality Chinese bonds offer "very decent returns," and the yuan has recently strengthened, says Ding Chen, CEO of CSOP Asset Management. ( read original story ...)
EWS: Singapore Stocks An Attractive Dividend Opportunity
The Singapore stock market offers a great example of where loose monetary policy has failed to prevent prospective returns from rising to attractive levels. The country outsources its monetary ... ( read original story ...)