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China’s top diplomat met Tuesday in Singapore with the wealthy city-state's prime minister, reaffirming the importance of trade and diplomatic ties between the two countries. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is planning new measures to boost its domestic stock market, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)

The central banks of Singapore and India have agreed to link the payment services PayNow and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by July next year, Singapore's central bank said in a statement on ... ( read original story ...)

Residents in both countries will be able to make fund transfers via mobile numbers or virtual payment addresses, with efforts to connect Singapore's PayNow and India's Unified Payments Interface ... ( read original story ...)

ARA Asset Management—partly owned by tycoon John Lim—has agreed to sell an office tower in the Singapore central business district for S$422 million ($314 million), adding to signs investor appetite ... ( read original story ...)

India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” in a major push to disrupt cross-border transactions, the central banks of the two ... ( read original story ...)

India and Singapore will link their fast-payment systems to step up cross-border payments and remittance flows, which amount to more than $1 billion each year currently. ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans.” Singapore’s expats are turning to co-living to combat high rents and loneliness during #Covid19, with demand rising by at least 10%. @ByFarisMokhtar has more (Source: Quicktake) ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 Singapore companies ventured for the first time onto US shores last year. Money Mind looks at what it takes for businesses from the little red dot to make ... ( read original story ...)

With offices still quiet and friends leaving town, a lifestyle more typically associated with students is gaining in popularity. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's month-old giant panda cub is a boy, zoo officials said on Friday at a gender reveal party, which was also a birthday party for the baby's father. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (13 September) confirmed 607 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 72,294. ( read original story ...)

That law allows authorities to issue orders to correct what they see as false statements. The government says legitimate criticism and free speech are unaffected. ( read original story ...)

Groups in the southern Malaysian state of Johor have welcomed Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Hasni Mohammad’s call for the state to be more involved in efforts to reopen the border with Singapore. ( read original story ...)

* Singapore's daily cases near one-year peaks * Surging infections highlights bumpy path to reopening * Patients requiring oxygen doubled over past two days to 54 By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore introduced a new parliament bill on Monday that empowers the government to investigate and stop foreign actors from influencing national politics and inflaming social issues, in the latest ... ( read original story ...)