MariBank, a Sea Group-owned digital bank, has launched in Singapore to select members of the public as it rolls out its services progressively. "We are rolling out our services progressively on an ...
Stock Market Live: Sensex jumps 500 points, Nifty 50 near 17,200, financial and IT shares lead
Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 are expected to make a gap-up start on Wednesday tracing positive global cues. Singapore Exchange Nifty futures, an early indicator of the Nifty index, ...
Singapore property auction success rate hits record highs since 2011
Overall, auction listings declined by 31.9% y-o-y with mortgagee and owner sale listings dipping 52.3% y-o-y to 133 listings and 19.6% y-o-y to 250 listings respectively (Exhibit 1). ... ( read original story ...)
S-REITs ‘feeling the chills’ of looming Fed rate hikes again: DBS
Our call to ride the early-year rally in S-REITs in expectation of a pause in Fed rate hikes now appears to be short-lived.” ...
Use Quotas To Boost Women Board Members? DBS Boss, Female Lawyer And Shanmugam Give Differing Views In Forum
Use Quotas To Boost Women Board Members? DBS Boss, Female Lawyer And Shanmugam Give Differing Views In Forum. From left: Ms Stefanie Yuen Thio, chairp ...
The Light Is Flashing Yellow For Crypto In Singapore
This paradigm helps explain why Singapore has been perceived as the place to be for crypto – “hub” is the word of choice – for several years now even though the city-state’s government has been more ...
GRAINS-Wheat climbs to one-week high on strong demand, Black Sea export deal uncertainty
SINGAPORE, March 15 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures rose more than 1% on Wednesday to a one-week high as strong demand and uncertainty over a Black Sea grain export deal underpinned the market. Corn ...
Retrenchments in Singapore more than doubled in fourth quarter of 2022, driven by business restructuring
SINGAPORE: Retrenchments in Singapore more than doubled in ... A MOM spokesperson said 670 people in electronics manufacturing were laid off in the last quarter of 2022, while 450 workers in wholesale ...
Crypto exchange Coinbase ties up with StanChart in Singapore for free transfers
SINGAPORE – US-listed crypto exchange Coinbase Global has joined with Standard Chartered in Singapore to provide its users an option to move funds between any lender and the cryptocurrency exchange at ...
GRAINS-Wheat near one-week high on strong demand, Black Sea export deal uncertainty
SINGAPORE, March 15 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures rose for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, trading close to a one-week high hit in the last session, as strong demand and uncertainty ...
Singapore mortgagee sale listings plummet 61.5% to 10 in Q4
Residential properties accounted for over half of the listings in 2022. Mortgagee sale listings dropped significantly by 61.5% q-o-q to 10 listings in Q4 2022, according to a recent Knight Frank ...
Staying mobile and active: Easy ways to keep your joints and muscles healthy
Product researcher at Suntory Wellness Research Centre, Dr Tomohiro Rogi (PhD), shares how to maintain joint and muscle health as you age. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Commentary: Singapore’s pandemic lesson is also about knowing when to shift away from old playbook
Singapore made a decision to secure advanced purchasing of the first mRNA vaccines, at a time when mRNA technology for vaccines was still new to real-world settings. This decision proved crucial: ...
Coinbase opens local bank transfers for Singapore users at no cost
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will let customers in Singapore move funds to and from accounts via local banks, smoothing one path to investing in digital assets at a time when markets are on edge ...
Singapore Airlines flight temporarily grounded in Johannesburg after bomb threat
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was grounded in Johannesburg, South Africa, for hours on Tuesday (Mar 14) after a bomb threat. Singapore Airlines flight SQ478 was flying from Singapore to ...
The rise and fall of Silicon Valley Bank: Timeline of tech lender’s collapse
When Silicon Valley Bank sought to raise funds to shore up its balance sheet, it triggered a bank run instead. Within 48 hours, SVB had collapsed. ( read original story ...)