Category: PROPERTY

Singapore's largest listed property firm is broadly welcoming revisions to the city-state's property cooling measures after more than 3 years of sinking prices. "Together with the government's policies to support population and economic growth, such ... ( read original story ...)

Blockchain is best known for underpinning trading involving the digital currency bitcoin, but it has many other potential uses. Broadly it is a shared digital ledger for recording information, such as the transfer of assets between two or more parties. ( read original story ...)

And Cahuzac provided a fake tax certificate when he transferred the money to Singapore, reports say.” (“Disgraced budget minister had 15 million in Swiss account, report“, 7 Apr, 2013) The story on Deutsche Bank alleges that more than 100 customer ... ( read original story ...)

The Wellington-based cloud accounting software developer this week signed deals with the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking and the Development Bank of Singapore to bring the Asian lenders into Xero's expanding 'financial web'. The HSBC deal will let Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Government’s tweaks to some residential property measures on Friday (Mar 10) are a timely move, but observers said these adjustments are unlikely to have a significant impact on the local property market. Even as the announcements marked ... ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today it has completed a proof-of-concept trial of using distributed ledger technology (DLT – of which the blockchain is a type) to power domestic inter-bank payments. The announcement was made during ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, March 10 Singapore is cutting stamp duties sellers are required to pay on residential properties and easing some rules on borrowing thresholds, as part of a slight relaxation of property curbs imposed since 2009 to rein in the market. Volumes of ... ( read original story ...)