Date Ethiopian Birr to Singapore Dollar Monthly Exchange Rates; Saturday 1: Br1 ETB = $0.0274: Ethiopian Birr Singapore Dollar rate for 01/01/2022: Sunday 2 January 2 ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Asset Management taps State Street executive for ETF, indexing business
HSBC Asset Management has hired Cheong Mun Fai from State Street Global Advisors as senior vice president of exchange-traded fund and indexing business development. Based in Singapore, he will be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Swiss licensed digital firm Sygnum raises US$90 million in Series B funding
Singapore and Switzerland-licensed digital asset firm Sygnum has raised US$90 million in a Series B funding that it describes as a “key milestone” in its global expansion and values the firm at $800 ... ( read original story ...)
More people couldn’t fully repay CPF after selling property in 2020, but none required to top up in cash
This is because the vast majority sold their property at market value, the CPF Board said. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Woman held for fraudulent possession of property; 28 assisting in probe for breaching Covid-19 rules
SINGAPORE - A 37-year-old woman was arrested for fraudulent possession of property, the police said on Sunday (Jan 9). Separately, 28 individuals, aged between 23 and 72, are also assisting with ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC phishing scam left victim broke and starving on Christmas Day
Being penniless and hungry on Christmas Day was not something that 33-year-old Trisha (not her real name), whose OCBC bank account was targeted by scammers through an SMS phishing scam on Christmas ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC continues with physical tokens, reversing plan to phase them out
The bank had planned to transition to a fully digital authentication process. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank customer lost $120k in fake text message scam; another had $250k stolen
SINGAPORE - It took him and his wife five years to save about $120,000, but in just 30 minutes, scammers using a fake text message stole the money they had kept in their OCBC Bank joint-savings ... ( read original story ...)
NTUC Income should avoid another ‘POSB’ episode amid bid to corporatise
The co-op insurer must continue providing affordable protection amid its bid to corporatise. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Police issue warning against new job scam involving fake mobile app ‘Shopee Pay’
SINGAPORE: A new job scam involving a fake mobile application called “Shopee Pay” has seen at least 11 victims cheated of about S$53,000 since December. In the scam, victims were invited to participat ... ( read original story ...)
At least 11 people lose $53k to job scam involving fake mobile app Shopee Pay
The app is not related to e-commerce platform Shopee or its e-wallet feature, said the police. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
845 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; 327 Omicron infections confirmed
Singapore reported 845 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Jan 9), including 587 imported infections. There was one fatality, taking the country's death toll from coronavirus complications to 838 ... ( read original story ...)
845 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on Sunday (Jan 9); weekly infection growth rate rises to 1.8
Covid-19 infection growth rate here increased for the 16th consecutive day on Sunday (Jan 9), edging up to 1.8 from 1.73 the day before. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s industrial champions are rewriting their playbook
The triple shock of the pandemic, disruptive tech and climate change is pushing Singapore to rewrite one of the world’s most successful economic models. ( read original story ...)
OnlyFans Content Creator Titus Low Charged Over ‘Obscene’ Material In Singapore
OnlyFans star Titus Low Kaide has been arrested by police in Singapore and charged with ‘transmitting obscene materials’, with officials saying he had continued to post sexually explicit media despite ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to rewrite one of the world’s most successful economic models
Singapore’s government has for decades curated the nation’s economic future through a group of state-owned champions, shifting direction as needed to stay relevant in the global economy. ( read original story ...)