SCB is the original: Thailand’s first bank ... seen DBS launch a digital asset exchange with crypto (both trading and custody) among its pillars. Singapore’s UOB is collaborating with a local digital ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics: Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon to welcome up to 4,000 runners in person
All who intend to race in person must be fully vaccinated or pass a pre-event test.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Educational technology in schools meant to complement, not dilute, teachers’ roles: Sun Xueling
SINGAPORE - The use of education technology in schools aims to complement rather than dilute the role of teachers in helping students learn higher-level skills, said Minister of State for Education ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology 2021
THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology 2021 - Find Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology 2021 News & Headlines, insight and analysis in Singapore, Asia-Pacific & global ... ( read original story ...)
Bus, train fares in Singapore to increase by 3-4 cents per trip from 26 December
The increase comes a year after a fare hike was deferred due to the economic difficulties caused by the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks cautiously upbeat as profit beats estimates
SINGAPORE: Two of Singapore’s largest lenders struck a cautiously upbeat tone after profit in the third quarter beat forecasts driven by gains on fees from lending and wealth, and lower provisions for ... ( read original story ...)
Pandora Papers leak: 2 companies with business activities in S’pore were under MAS scrutiny
SINGAPORE - The two companies mentioned in the Pandora Papers that have business activities in Singapore were under "intensified scrutiny" by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) before they were ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Covid Curbs Won’t Stay ‘Static,’ Health Ministry Says
Singapore’s health ministry signaled again that virus curbs won’t remain as they are through the month of November if the city-state reaches a key target for further easing. ( read original story ...)
Singapore court sentences maid to six months’ jail for lacing infant’s milk with muscle relaxant to get her to sleep
Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. SINGAPORE, Nov 3 — Wanting her employer’s 13-month-old daughter to sleep through the night and not disturb her, a ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Bitkub enters unicorn club after SCB acquisition
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has announced that it will acquire cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub through its subsidiary SCB Securities. The Thai bank will get 51% of Bithub’s shares in a deal worth 17.85 ... ( read original story ...)
Ships queues worsen port delays from Singapore to Piraeus
Like all major container hubs, Singapore relies on a delicate logistical ecosystem, where a storm or a Covid-19 outbreak in another port, transit way or transportation sector can ripple widely. ( read original story ...)
EDP Renewables acquires majority stake in Singapore’s Sunseap
Banpu PCL is selling its 47.5% shareholding in Sunseap for about S$490 million to EDPR, the world's fourth-largest renewable energy producer. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s high tide of tech startups surf digitalization boom
There has been a wave of startups in Singapore that hope to emulate the successes of Sea, a global internet consumer company with a market capitalization of more than $200 billion, and Grab Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Based AI Logistics Platform, uParcel, Raises $2m in Pre-Series A Funding
PRNewswire/ -- uParcel, a regional AI-technology driven same-day delivery platform headquartered in Singapore, announced today that it has secured S$2 ... ( read original story ...)
‘He’s got an IQ of 69’: Malaysian man to be hanged in Singapore for possessing 1.5 ounces of heroin
Lawyers are making last-resort efforts to save a mentally impaired Malaysian man from being hanged in Singapore for drug charges next week. What’s happening: Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 33, is scheduled ... ( read original story ...)
Mum quits job in Singapore to be with family in Penang
Having been away in Singapore and unable to see her children in the last 12 months due to the pandemic, Deepa Krishnan has decided to quit her job as a bank officer and return to Penang. The ... ( read original story ...)