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Singapore corporates are the largest adopters of the RMB outside of Greater China, possibly due to potential financial gains from transacting in the currency, according to the HSBC RMB Internalisation study. The report involves 1,600 business decision ... ( read original story ...)

Today’s announcement of an enhanced Singapore-Australia free trade agreement (SAFTA) represents a vital cogwheel in the economic growth engines of both countries, including enhance mobility for individuals, said HSBC. The agreement was signed today by ... ( read original story ...)

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, October 17 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has today downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) on Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited (SCBS) to 'A' from 'A+'. ( read original story ...)

While it will be a cooler experience for the 21.1km participants at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS), some who have signed up for that category are already anticipating that they could get hot under the collar. They will start their races ... ( read original story ...)

The central bank of Singapore cracked the whip on three banks operating in the city-state in connection with the 1MDB scandal, holding them responsible for failures in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and breach of AML requirments. It also hinted at ... ( read original story ...)

Cab hailing aggregator Uber and London-based Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) announced a tie-up on Monday that will enable the bank's credit cardholders in six countries to get up to 25 percent cashback on Uber rides. SCB cardholders in India, Vietnam ... ( read original story ...)

Facebook user Chester Ang shared that his Manager at OCBC rewrote his resignation letter – just so that it would make the Manager look good. The user identified the Manager as Kenneth Chen from the Telesales department of the bank. Chester’s original ... ( read original story ...)