SINGAPORE: After being prevented from travelling to Singapore for two years due to pandemic-forced border closures, Malaysian Chin Yi Yun decided to celebrate her recent freedom to travel with a big ... ( read original story ...)
Credit Bureau Singapore: How to get your credit score and credit report
A credit report is essentially a bill of health for your finances. On it, you can find your credit score which basically shows if you've been naughty or nice with your credit card bills and other ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India sign agreement for fintech firms to market-test products
The signing was witnessed by DPM Wong, who noted that the pact was the first of its kind for both nations. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends 1,093 pts lower and Nifty cracks below 17,600 amid broad sell-off — rupee at 79.74 vs dollar
Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 are likely to start the last trading session of the week sharply lower amid nervousness across global markets, after a red-hot US inflation reading ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC appoints Shayan Hazir as first Chief Digital Officer for ASEAN
In this newly created role, Hazir will be responsible for setting the digital strategy, operating model and performance standards for digital and innovation at HSBC Singapore, and more broadly across ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and India to partner in fintech innovations
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and India’s International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) signed an agreement on Sunday (Sep 18) to facilitate regulatory collaboration and ... ( read original story ...)
Do Kwon, no longer in Singapore, says he’s not ‘on the run’
Kwon, along with five others, is facing arrest in South Korea. As recently as Sept. 14, the prosecutor’s office in Seoul said he and the others, who are accused of violations of capital markets law, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Sentosa Cove Rallies For A Resurgence
Welcome to Sentosa Cove, Sentosa Island’s palmy enclave of bungalows, villas, and condos that was first conceptualized in 1992. ( read original story ...)
Ethnic self-help groups still relevant for Singapore, especially as social mobility gets ‘harder to sustain’: PM Lee
Ethnic self-help groups such as the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) continue to be relevant for Singapore as they help lift members of their own communities who may get left behind as ... ( read original story ...)
UOB staff stop man, in his 70s, who wanted to deposit S$150,000 cheque for Dutch Facebook girlfriend of 2 months
A man in his 70s walked into the UOB main Raffles Place branch in an attempt to bank in a cheque of more than S$150,000 to an offshore account, The Straits Times reported. But he was stopped by ... ( read original story ...)
Credit Suisse Trust in Singapore trial admits it failed to flag rogue transfers
A Credit Suisse Group trust admitted it failed to let its billionaire client know about unauthorised transfers from his accounts, in an unexpected move that may shape the outcome of a Singapore trial ... ( read original story ...)
Sounds of Singapore with Charlie Puth: Singer to promote places such as Joo Chiat and Marina Bay in upcoming video
American pop singer Charlie Puth will showcase the sights and sounds of Singapore in a partnership with Singapore Tourism Board (STB), as part of its SingapoReimagine campaign.The Light Switch singer ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and India discuss energy, food security at new forum
Singapore and India discussed a wide range of issues from food and energy security to green technology at a high-level ministerial roundtable on Saturday, with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong ... ( read original story ...)
Disgraced at-large crypto founder Do Kwon denies he’s on the run as Singapore police saying he’s gone
Do Kwon, the founder of the collapsed Luna and TerraUSD tokens, said he’s not “on the run” hours after Singapore police stated that he was no longer in the country. Kwon, along with five ... ( read original story ...)
Unaffordable homes in Singapore are causing the younger generation to rent – is this a good idea?
In a recent PropertyGuru survey, two-thirds of Singaporeans aged 22 to 29 said they’re renting because home ownership is still out of reach. Indeed, this is a trend that’s been noticed since last year ... ( read original story ...)
UOB staff stop elderly man from losing $150,000 to ‘girlfriend from Netherlands’ in Internet love scam
Employees convinced the customer he was being scammed and persuaded him to halt the transfer. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)