Invites have been announced for the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship with only a week to go before ‘Asia’s Major’ returns to Sentosa Golf Club, ...
Crypto Is Not A Viable Alternative To Fiat Currency, Economist Agustín Carstens Says
The argument that cryptocurrencies are a viable alternative to fiat currency has been settled in the wake of the digital-asset sector's recent turmoil, with technology not being an alternative for ...
State Bank of India allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore
The UPI-PayNow linkage is a significant milestone towards developing an infrastructure for cross-border payments between the two countries ...
Singapore woman jailed for helping Nigerian launder scam money; even had child with him
A Singaporean woman fell in love with a Nigerian scammer and had a daughter with him. She laundered $356,000 and will be jailed for 15 months.
Singapore stocks in the red amid regional rout; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE – A surprising rout on Wall Street overnight sparked ... The trio of local banks ended with mixed results. UOB was the sole gainer, rising 1.1 per cent to $30.99 but DBS dropped 0.6 per cent ...
UOB ‘less enthusiastic’ on upcoming two-year SGS outperformance vs US Treasuries or Sora OIS
UOB’s global economics and market research team as well as interest rates strategist Victor Yong is “less enthusiastic” on the outperformance of the upcoming two-year Singapore Government Securities ...
Dubai’s appeal to crypto players may top that of Singapore, amid US clampdown
Dubai could prevail over Singapore as the preferred location for some cryptocurrency players following moves by regulators in the United States to clamp down on the sector. Read more at ...
Bitcoin And Crypto Now Braced For A China Earthquake After $100 Billion Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Cardano, Dogecoin, Polygon And Solana Price Rally
Last week, Singapore-based DBS revealed its crypto trading volume almost doubled in 2022. "The increase in trading volume on DBS’s digital asset platform is a reminder that any government, even the ...
Chinese Banker Was Reportedly Moving Wealth To Singapore Before Going Missing Amid Potential Xi Jinping’s Crackdown
Bao Fan, China's missing high-profile investment banker, was working to set up a Singapore family office before he went missing, sparking concerns about a potential Beijing crackdown. What Happened: ...
CapitaLand Investment establishes China data centre development fund with S$1 billion investments
CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI) has established a China data centre development fund, CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners (CDCP). CDCP has committed to invest in two hyperscale data centre ...
Digital Assets Platform FalconX Expands Global Presence to Singapore
FalconX, the most reliable digital assets prime brokerage for the world's leading institutions, today announced expansion of its services into Singapore. Matt Long has joined FalconX as General ...
RADM Aaron Beng becomes first Navy chief to be appointed Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force
Aaron Beng Yao Cheng will take over from Lieutenant-General Melvyn Ong Su Kiat as Chief of Defence Force (CDF) on Mar 24, becoming the first Chief of Navy to take the top role. The Ministry of Defence ...
DataStax and Singapore Polytechnic team up over talent for digital first future
With Singapore’s digital sector topping US$ 18 billion in 2022, a new academic partnership is announced to secure the skills that will push such growth even further into the future. DataStax, a ...
Crypto Has Lost the ‘Battle’ Against Fiat Currency, BIS Chief Agustin Carstens Says
Crypto is a financial activity that can really only exist “under certain conditions,” he said. Carstens also spoke at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, saying that central bank digital currencies — ...
7 reasons Singapore should be Your top study destination
Potential for Investment: Commercial spaces also provide opportunities for students looking to set up shop in a bustling and vibrant area. The development is located in a growing area of Singapore and ...
Budget 2023 debate: Hoon Hian Teck on fuelling Singapore’s growth to create fiscal capacity
As a mature economy, Singapore’s future growth will have to be propelled by productivity growth, which in turn will depend on technological diffusion from abroad as well as indigenous innovation. NMP ...