SINGAPORE - OCBC customers will be able to use the bank’s digital app from Friday to make retail payments to UnionPay QR-enabled merchants in 47 markets from their OCBC Singapore bank accounts. They ...
Singapore PM Lee: minister under graft probe barred from duty until further notice
SINGAPORE, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Singapore's transport minister, who is under investigation by the country's anti-graft agency, has been barred from duty until further notice, Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...
Singapore’s core inflation would have peaked if not for MAS’ policy moves: Alvin Tan
HAD the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) not moved to tighten monetary policy since October 2021, core inflation would have reached 7.2 per cent year on year at its peak. This is 1.9 percentage ...
ONE Championship: Angela Lee to ‘make big statement’ on future at ONE Fight Night 14 in Singapore
ONE Championship’s atomweight MMA champ has been contemplating retirement since death of 18-year-old sister Victoria Lee in December.
Singapore elects new parliament speaker
Seah Kian Peng, a member of parliament for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in Singapore, was elected as the city-state's speaker of parliament Wednesday. During his first speech as the ...
Indian woman dies after falling from cruise ship in Singapore Strait, confirms son
A 64-year-old Indian woman, who fell from a cruise ship into the Singapore Strait on Monday, has died, one of her sons said in a social media post. “With the footage, we have unfortunately learnt that ...
Singaporeans hold 2nd most valuable property portfolio in England and Wales
The value of Singapore nationals’’ property portfolio is £7.2b. Amongst all foreign nationals, Singaporeans had the second most valuable property portfolio across England and Wales, data from Benham ... ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand India Trust’s projected three-year DPU CAGR of 7% has DBS analysts reiterating ‘buy’ call
DBS Group Research analysts Derek Tan and Dale Lai are reiterating their “buy” call on CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT), with an unchanged target price of $1.45, citing the REIT’s “robust growth ...
What to wear for Singapore’s National Day 2023
Singapore’s National Day is rolling around very soon! There are many ways to celebrate, including attending the National Day Parade or the celebrations at the heartlands, and going for a staycation to catch the fireworks. But one of the best and easiest ...
Indian woman who goes missing from Royal Caribbean cruise in Singapore falls to death on her birthday
Vivek Sahani, co-founder of Goila Butter Chicken, took to social media and shared the tragic death of his mother was was missing from a luxury cruise vessel in Singapore. Accidentally, she died on the day of her birth, according to Vivek. According to ...
Average Singapore consumer needs to save at least $1,733 per month over 27 years to feel financially free: survey
To feel financially free, the average consumer in Singapore would have to save at least $1,733 per month over approximately 27 years to accumulate a median savings of $566,640, according to a survey ...
Singapore: MAS to Strengthen Defense Against Money Laundering Risks in Single Family Offices
MAS recently launched a public consultation on a revised framework to strengthen surveillance and defense against money laundering.
Singapore’s Sky-High Rents Show First Signs of Cooling
Singapore’s rental price growth slowed in the second quarter, cooling a years-long boom that has sapped affordability and threatened to dent the city-state’s appeal as a finance hub.
Singapore fintech funding dives 41% to 3-year low, but expected to start recovering next year
SINGAPORE fintech funding sank to a three-year low in the first half of 2023 as rising interest rates and economic headwinds continued to dent investor sentiment, but experts believe a recovery is on ...
HSBC Is as Good as It Gets — For European Investors Anyway
a bank with a similar business model to HSBC, is set to make just 11.2%. JPMorgan Chase & Co., which benefits from a hugely profitable US retail business, is expected to make 21% and DBS Group of ...
Singapore’s GIC boosts infrastructure investment in India, Vietnam
SINGAPORE -- Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC is focusing on infrastructure investments and moving money from China to India and Southeast Asia, looking for more stable returns than those ...