Singapore will become the first major financial hub in Asia to allow blank-check companies to list. On Thursday, the Singapore Exchange released new rules for special-purpose acquisition companies to ... ( read original story ...)
MAS orders crypto exchange operator Binance to stop providing payment services to Singapore residents
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday (Sep 2) said it has ordered the operator of cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance.com to stop providing payment services ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange announces new rules to allow SPAC listings from Sep 3
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) unveiled new rules on Thursday (Sep 2) to allow special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to list in the country. Following a market consultation, SGX's regulat ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s health-care system: key features, challenges, and shifts
Since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, the development of its health-care system has been underpinned by an emphasis on personal responsibility for health, and active government ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM wins more defamation suits against bloggers
Singapore’s high court ordered two bloggers to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a combined S$210,000 ($155,994) in damages on Wednesday, over an article about the home of his late father and the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Says Binance May Have Breached Payment Regulation
Singapore’s financial regulator said Thursday Binance Holdings Ltd. may be in breach of the local payment regulation and asked the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange to stop offering services ... ( read original story ...)
Wirecard-linked British businessman charged in Singapore over fake letter
A British businessman who advised Wirecard in Asia has been arrested and charged in Singapore for allegedly instructing another company linked to the collapsed German payments group to forge a letter. ( read original story ...)
191 new COVID cases in Singapore, including 113 unlinked
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (2 September) confirmed 191 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 67,991. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange targets SPAC hopefuls with relaxed rules
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Exchange unveiled new rules allowing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to list in the city-state, after easing some measures viewed as too ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Rolls Out SPAC Listing Rules as Global Scrutiny Rises
Singapore Exchange Ltd. has introduced a framework for blank-check companies to list in the city state, the latest bourse to host the vehicles whose popularity in global financial markets has surged ... ( read original story ...)
Briton charged in Singapore as police probe Wirecard-linked firm
A British man has been charged in Singapore with involvement in alleged fraud by a company linked to the collapsed German payments firm Wirecard, according to police.James Henry O'Sullivan is accused ... ( read original story ...)
90 unlinked COVID-19 cases among 177 new locally transmitted infections in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 177 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Wednesday (Sep 1), including 90 with no links to previous cases. This is the highest daily number of locally ... ( read original story ...)
Half of 180 new COVID cases in Singapore unlinked
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (1 September) confirmed 180 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 67,800. ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM wins $275,000 in latest defamation suits
Singapore's high court ordered two news bloggers to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a combined S$370,000 ($275,113) in damages on Wednesday, over an article about the status of the home of his late ... ( read original story ...)
COMMENT: Race relations in Singapore – softly, softly approach won’t work
Implementing the workplace discrimination would lessen misperceptions about race among Singaporeans, media industry veteran PN Balji argued. ( read original story ...)
Vaccinated Singapore eases into reopening as other nations watch for lessons
Vaccinated Singapore eases into reopening as other nations watch for lessons ... ( read original story ...)