SINGAPORE - Fintech company Kredivo Holdings raised about US$270 million (S$359 million) in equity financing, defying a market correction that’s made it difficult for many start-ups to obtain fresh ...
Singapore human rights lawyer suspended for five years over remarks criticizing judiciary
Singapore’s highest court Tuesday suspended human rights lawyer M. Ravi for five years over comments criticizing the city-state’s attorney general., the maximum sentence possible. A prominent human ...
Contagion fears spread, but impact of banking crisis on Asia largely contained
As far as he knows, there has been no data or evidence to suggest that any bank in Asia-Pacific is at risk of a collapse. It is a sentiment shared by others in the region. Singapore-based Sue Trinh, ...
Nearly Half of Singapore Businesses Call for Improved Fintech Solutions to Offset Current Economic Headwinds, Shows Rapyd Report
41% of global organizations believe that international business expansion is imperative to ease their current trading concerns. In Singapore, 48% believe better fintech solutions and faster ...
I went on an EDM cruise from Singapore and only hung out with Sima Aunty from Indian Matchmaking
It’s The Ship is a two-days-and-two-nights long event featuring a line-up of regional and international DJs – basically it's a 24-hour club.
UPDATE 1-Singapore to follow “hierarchy of claims” in liquidating financial institutions
March 22 (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank said it will abide by the hierarchy of claims while liquidating a financial institution where shareholders will be the first to absorb losses before ...
OCBC’s Vasu Menon expects US Fed to raise rates by 25 bps; ‘banking crisis’ does not spell ‘gloom and doom’
"In a nutshell – be nimble, stay defensive, focus on quality, and invest carefully and gradually with a mid to long-term view." ...
Singapore at-sea deployment of F-35Bs can overcome airfield dependency
Singapore could potentially deploy F-35Bs from its Joint Multi-Mission Ship to overcome airfield dependency and improve air defence as part of its apparent new security strategy. After comprehensive ...
Brave Singapore motorcyclist challenges himself to ride through cemetery to ‘experience jasmine smell’ (Video)
A motorcyclist has challenged himself to survive driving through dark roads at a supernatural hotspot recently.
CGS-CIMB Sticks to Their Buy Rating for OCBC (OVCHF)
CGS-CIMB analyst Andrea Choong maintained a Buy rating on OCBC (OVCHF – Research Report) yesterday and set a price target of S$13.50. The ...
UOB (UOVEF) Receives a Buy from CGS-CIMB
In a report released yesterday, Andrea Choong from CGS-CIMB maintained a Buy rating on UOB (UOVEF – Research Report), with a price target ...
Singapore stocks extend gains on Wednesday, with STI up 1.5%
All 30 STI constituents registered gains; Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust is the biggest winner among the blue chips. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Muslims in Singapore to mark start of Ramadan on Mar 23
SINGAPORE: Muslims in Singapore will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Thursday (Mar 23). The holy month begins with a sighting of the new moon based on the Islamic lunar calendar, after ...
Stock Market Live: Sensex and Nifty 50 likely to open with gains, Asian indices in the green
Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 are expected to open higher trading global cues. Singapore Exchange Nifty futures, an early indicator of the Nifty index, was trading 25.5 points ...
The Singapore economic miracle and what we can learn from it
For economists, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists, Singapore represents a veritable laboratory of conundrums waiting to be analysed. In the pre-colonial era, this island of marsh ...
Banks to share information voluntarily in initial phase of proposed platform to fight money laundering
SINGAPORE – Banks that agree to share details of customers ... The six banks – DBS, OCBC, UOB, Standard Chartered, Citibank and HSBC – will be first to use Cosmic, which aims to thwart financial ...