SINGAPORE - DBS has reached out to nearly 3000 cash-based merchants in Singapore within less than a month of the launch of its cashless payments drive called Snap, the bank said in a release on Tuesday. The Smart Nation Ambassador Programme or Snap was ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC, DBS tout QR code payments in push for cashless society
SINGAPORE: OCBC Bank on Tuesday (May 30) announced it has included QR code payments as part of its OCBC Pay Anyone app, which allows consumers to use this cashless mode of payment at more than 1,000 merchants from Jun 1. The participating merchants range ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank launches cashless QR code payments with mobile app
SINGAPORE - OCBC Bank has launched its first stand-alone mobile payments app which makes QR code cashless payments available at close to 2,500 Nets terminals, the company said Tuesday. The new stand-alone OCBC Pay Anyone app brings together all OCBC Pay ... ( read original story ...)
HRnetGroup readies for $175m IPO
In Singapore, the group has a market share of 20.5 per cent. Last year, HRnetGroup pulled in $365 million in revenue and achieved a net profit of $41 million. All growth has been organic and the group has turned a profit every year except in 1998. ( read original story ...)
Singapore slaps fines on Credit Suisse and UOB in money laundering probe of Malaysian development fund
Monetary Authority of Singapore said it has fined Credit Suisse and United Overseas Bank for 1MDB-related lapses. The central bank said it completed its two-year investigation into 1MDB fund flows, which saw it shut down and fined several financial ... ( read original story ...)
AlphaGo And The Future Of The Stock Market
How would a potential “god of the stock market” be used then ... only and is not intended to be personalised investment or financial advice. Motley Fool Singapore contributor Stanley Lim doesn’t own shares in any companies mentioned. ( read original story ...)
Recruitment firm HRnetGroup going for $175m IPO on SGX
SINGAPORE -HRnetGroup, Singapore's largest recruitment firm, has lodged a preliminary prospectus for a listing on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange with plans to start trading on June 16. The group expects to raise up to S$175 million by issuing 194 ... ( read original story ...)
This bank is betting that boat racing will bring in the millennial customers
Singapore-based bank DBS is hoping an aquatic event can help it ride the millennial wave. The bank is marketing directly to that generation — often defined as those aged 18 to 35 — for a regatta this Thursday to Sunday in downtown Singapore. ( read original story ...)
DBS : rsquo; David Gledhill wins prestigious MIT Sloan CIO Leadership award
At DBS, he is also the Director of Singapore Clearing House, a member of an IBM Advisory Board and the National Super Computing Centre Steering Committee, and a board advisor to the Singapore Management University School of Information Systems. MIT was ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares Likely Rangebound On Monday
The Singapore stock market on Friday ended the three-day winning streak in which it had picked up more than 20 points or 0.6. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,220-point plateau and it is looking at little movement on Monday. The global ... ( read original story ...)
Share savings plans to kick-start your portfolio
followed by POSB and OCBC Bank in mid-2013, while Maybank Kim Eng's RSS was available from March 2015. Invest-Saver is a regular share savings plan that allows customers to invest in 30 Singapore blue chip stocks (via Nikko AM STI ETF) and/or Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : Marina Regatta makes Asia history with first public intel drone light show
Having Asia's first drone display in DBS Marina Regatta's finale will aptly cap off Singapore's biggest bay festival. It also gives us great pleasure to work with homegrown music talent, Eric Wong, as he brings to life his innovative and contemporary take ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : and Nishi-Nippon City Bank sign MOU to collaborate in supporting Japanese SMEs in Asia
In addition, DBS will provide investment banking and corporate finance advisory services to NCB corporate customers who are seeking to raise funds either through a primary or secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange. Small and mid-sized Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak May Continue For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in three straight trading days, gathering more than 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,235-point plateau the market is expected to extend its gains on ... ( read original story ...)
bizEDGE NZ – NZ IP specialist expands to Asia with IPOS partnership
The multi-year co-operation between EverEdge and IP ValueLab aims to support Singapore in its goal to help enterprises scale up and drive economic growth. IP ValueLab is a subsidiary of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). EverEdge and IP ... ( read original story ...)
UOB takes credit for attracting investment to Myanmar
Most of the investment has come from multinational and regional companies based in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand. UOB has provided corporate loans and other financial solutions such as project financing, cash management and ... ( read original story ...)