The Week in Numbers: Singapore’s Economy Grows 4.4%

The Singapore economy expanded 4.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018. This was 0.1 percentage point higher than analyst estimate of 4.3% and faster than the 3.6% growth in the previous quarter. The growth was largely due to a 9.8% surge in the ... ( read original story ...)

Continued Consolidation Called For Singapore Shares

The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Friday, one session after it had ended the three-day slide in which it had fallen nearly 40 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,530-point plateau and it may extend its ... ( read original story ...)

Best Bank Accounts For Expats in Singapore 2018

As a new expat in Singapore, you’ve got probably got a long to-do list which might or might not include figuring out how to gain access to Marina Bay Sands’ infinity pool, checking out the zoo, figuring out where to live and opening a bank account. ( read original story ...)

As Singapore and India Fight Over Futures, Investor Worries Grow

A fight between Singapore Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. over derivatives contracts is threatening to end a popular way of hedging Indian shares. The battle, which went to court in Mumbai this week, has left traders scrambling to ... ( read original story ...)

OCBC to Enable Naked Payments with Merchant Partners

Singapore’s OCBC bank is teaming up with Touché on a pioneering naked payments initiative. Touché first announced its biometric payments system at the beginning of last year. It’s designed to link fingerprint biometrics to credit card information ... ( read original story ...)

1 Obscure Singapore Stock That I Like

The business As a quick background, Advancer Global, which listed in the Singapore stock market in July 2016, is a workforce solutions and services provider in Singapore. It has three business divisions: employment services; facilities management services ... ( read original story ...)

Sabah-based Jawala to raise RM13m in Singapore IPO

KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Sabah-based forest resource company Jawala Inc is seeking to raise S$4.5 million (RM13.3 million) via an initial public offering (IPO) on Singapore Exchange's Catalist Board to develop its plantation site and for working capital. ( read original story ...)

OCBC Bank to push biometric POS to merchant customers

Singapore's OCBC Bank is to offer merchants a fingerprint-based point of sale device capable of handling multiple payment form factors and loyalty schemes. Developed by local technology company Touché, the platform is able to accept traditional card ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Continues Hiring Spree for Asia Equities

Others joining the London-based bank in Hong Kong include Edman Wong from Citigroup and CLSA Ltd.’s Vivek Gandhi, who will be based in Singapore, the people added. The hires are part of a restructuring of HSBC’s global equities operation since Hossein ... ( read original story ...)