Singapore’s UOB is different. The SME segment has long been a large driver of the bank’s revenues and profits, accounting for around 20% today. Those SMEs – an outsized driver of the entire ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s best digital bank 2021: DBS
A flurry of new services, including DBS Digital Exchange and Climate Impact X, have kept the Singaporean lender in pole position. ( read original story ...)
Singapore watching outbreak closely, holds off on restrictions
Singapore is trying to live with COVID-19 and sees no need to tighten restrictions to address a spike in cases, but will hold off on more reopening moves while monitoring for increases in severe cases ... ( read original story ...)
DBS rolls out self-managed card payment control features
Users will be able to set spending limits and block cards, amongst other features. DBS Singapore’s cardholders are now able to personally select and manage the security access on their card accounts, ... ( read original story ...)
Hiving off SPH’s media business: Timeline of recent developments and next steps
SINGAPORE - Shareholders of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of carving out its media business into a new company limited by guarantee (CLG).. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
SPH shareholders vote in favour of hiving off media business
SINGAPORE - Shareholders of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have overwhelmingly backed its plan to hive off its media business, paving the way for the formation of a new company limited by guarantee ... ( read original story ...)
Entrepreneur Patrick Grove Considering a Singapore SPAC
Patrick Grove, an internet entrepreneur, is weighing listing a special purpose acquisition company in Singapore, according to people familiar with the matter, joining the race to be the first to ... ( read original story ...)
Hackers access data of 79,400 customers of Singaporean mobile operator
A local mobile operator and internet service provider in Singapore on Friday said that hackers have accessed the personal data of its 79,400 subscribers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shortens Covid-19 quarantine period to 10 days; household members of infected cases required to self-isolate
From next week, household members of Covid-19 patients will be required to self-isolate, while the quarantine period in general will be reduced from 14 to 10 days, This will allow the Government to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore pivots to living with Covid, refrains from tightening measures even as cases rise
Singapore has refrained from tightening social-distancing measures even as the highly infectious delta variant has driven up Covid-19 cases sharply. The Southeast Asian city-state wants to a long-term ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore maintains current COVID-19 rules, monitors for severe cases
Singapore sees no need to tighten COVID-19 curbs for now despite a spike in infections over recent weeks, a top official said on Friday, but will not press ahead with more reopening moves as it ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Covid-19 cases likely to soon exceed 1,000, next 2-4 weeks crucial for Singapore
Mr Gan noted that many people have asked if the Government is going back on its plans to reopen the economy despite Singapore's high vaccination rates. About 81 per cent of the population has been ... ( read original story ...)
Daily COVID cases to hit 1,000 ‘very soon’ as Singapore rolls out booster shots programme
Singapore will soon reach more than 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases, even as it prepares to roll out its vaccine booster programme next Tuesday (14 September). ( read original story ...)
Can Singapore be ‘bolder’ with its reopening, experts ask
After saying announcing a strategy shift in Jun in that Covid-19 would be treated as endemic, the government dismayed many with the possibility of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Seeks to Keep Covid Endemic Path Despite Case Surge
The moves come as the government seeks to assuage a population that’s been rattled by the rapid rise in cases, and amid divided sentiment over the country’s pledge to cautiously reopen. Health ... ( read original story ...)
Company director fined S$50,000 for evading GST on imports of flashlights
SINGAPORE: A company director has been fined S$50,000 for evading Goods and Services Tax (GST) on shipments of LED flashlights and other accessories, Singapore Customs said on Friday (Sep 10). Kong ... ( read original story ...)