Traveloka, Indonesia's answer to travel booking website Expedia and one of the country's unicorns -- startups valued at more than $1 billion -- has agreed to partner with a bank in Thailand to expand ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares end week in the black, STI up 0.5%
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES ... OCBC advanced 1.6 per cent to $11.80 while DBS added 0.3 per cent to $28.59. UOB, meanwhile, finished the day in the red, falling 0.7 per cent to $25.68. On the other ... ( read original story ...)
PH, Singapore must promote new tech: DOF chief
“We will not recover alone. The best way forward for the region is to resume integration and cooperation in earnest,” Dominguez said in his keynote speech at the virtual Philippines-Singapore Business ... ( read original story ...)
One of the biggest exhibitions on Sikhs opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): An exhibition with more than 450 artefacts from Sikhs in Singapore was launched on Friday (March 26), one of the biggest showcases of the community in the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Indonesia should have ‘same level of control’ over COVID-19 cases before travel resumes: Vivian Balakrishnan
JAKARTA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Friday (Mar 26) that Singapore and Indonesia should ideally have the "same level of control" over COVID-19 transmissions before travel ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore police warn of scammers posing as young women from Hong Kong
SINGAPORE - Scammers are posing as young women in unsolicited text messages, police warned on Friday (March 26). An increasingly common ruse on platforms such as WhatsApp features a picture of a woman ... ( read original story ...)
askST@NLB: Time for businesses to embrace technology?
SINGAPORE - Companies that have not started digital adoption should get cracking and use technology to transform their businesses, said senior DBS banker Tan Su Shan at an askST @ NLB session on ... ( read original story ...)
PHL smart city projects, fintech, agriculture offered up for Singapore investment
The Philippines considers digitization projects like smart city initiatives, financial technology, and agriculture as potential areas of collaboration with investors from Singapore, officials said. In ... ( read original story ...)
Jeffrey Ong applies for bail review; lawyer did not flee Singapore, defence team says
Lawyer Jeffrey Ong Su Aun, who was went missing along with some $33 million held in escrow by his law firm and was later caught in Malaysia, applied to have his bail reviewed on Friday (26 March), ... ( read original story ...)
Kings, shields and gold bracelets: One of the biggest exhibitions on Sikhs opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE - An exhibition with over 450 artefacts from Sikhs in Singapore was launched on Friday (March 26), one of the biggest showcases of the community in the country's history.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam
The home ownership rate in Vietnam is about 90%, but many millennials are struggling to join that number. Rising property prices in cities, coupled with a lack of financing options, mean more people ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Affirms Bank of Ayudhya at ‘BBB+’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings - Singapore/Bangkok - 26 Mar 2021: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited's (BAY) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+' and the National Long-Term ... ( read original story ...)
Dominguez touts gov’t fiscal reforms with Singapore firms
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Friday touted the Duterte Administration’s fiscal reforms which he said would lure Singaporean businesses to invest in the Philippines. “I urge the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to invest S$25 million in marine climate change research
SINGAPORE: To address issues like rising sea levels and warmer sea surface temperatures, the National Parks Board (NParks) will lead a new S$25 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 12 new Covid-19 infections, including first community case in two weeks
Singapore reported 12 new cases of Covid-19 today, of which one was in the community. This is the first community case in two weeks, since one case was reported on March 12. The other 11 cases were ... ( read original story ...)
Market sell-off overdone says DBS, expects Hang Seng Index to hit record high in 12 months’ time
The Singapore-based lender believes the market could reach a ... Covid-19 economic recovery as well as continued southbound inflows into the Hong Kong stock market, said Lam. , would need to see solid ... ( read original story ...)