Special purpose acquisition company (spac) 8i Acquisition 2 Corp began trading on the US Nasdaq stock exchange on Nov 22 after raising US$86.3 million (S$118 million) in its initial public offering, ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Core REIT IPO – new pure play data centre in SG with 4.75% yield!?
Digital Core REIT (DC REIT) is the second pure play data centre REIT that is planning to list in Singapore. Here is a brief overview of the indicative offering details from DC REIT preliminary ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand leads IPO activity in SE Asia with companies raising $4.2b
Thailand continued to top Southeast Asia’s IPO markets in 2021, with $4.2 billion of capital raised, out of the region’s $9.8 billion total. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Central Bank Weighs Action Over DBS Service Glitch
Singapore’s central bank said it will consider supervisory actions after DBS Group Holdings Ltd. suffered one of the worst digital disruptions for Southeast Asia’s biggest lender in the past decade.Mo ... ( read original story ...)
An Introvert Buys Property: Finding A Property Agent To Trust (Part 2)
As a self-professed introvert, I’m used to doing things on my own. But after months of fruitless solo property hunting, I finally conceded that I needed a property agent. It was just after Circuit ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean Digital Assets Trading Platform Sparrow to Accept PayNow Transfers
Sparrow, a Singapore-based digital assets trading platform, now accepts PayNow transfers for institutional customers, the platform announced today. The PayNow transfer service allows Singaporeans to ... ( read original story ...)
IRONMAN Asia appoints Milind Soman as ambassador for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2021
IRONMAN Asia, organiser of Southeast Asia's premier running event, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM), has signed ... ( read original story ...)
Indulge in the pleasures of local delicacies with OCBC Card’s dining deals
If there’s something Singaporeans love more than food, it has to be deals on good food. But here’s the kicker; OCBC Cards has partnered with over 25 local restaurants to give you exclusive 1-for-1 and ... ( read original story ...)
POSB, DBS banks resurrect services – for some
After mass hysteria erupted over two banking systems going down over two days, the banks in question say services have been fully restored. Not so fast, say some customers. ( read original story ...)
DBS digital banking services ‘returning to normal’ after two days of disruptions
SINGAPORE: DBS and POSB digital banking services are “returning to normal” after two days of disruptions, DBS said in its most recent update on the situation. “We are monitoring ... ( read original story ...)
DBS users continue to face problems on its website, mobile app for third day
Some said they could log in to its digibank on Thursday morning, but many still could not make transactions or view past ones.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE: Singapore’s Shopee clocks over 100,000 orders a day in India, emerges as Amazon & Flipkart challenger
From sticky traps for rats to brass necklaces to Hello Kitty mobile covers, Shopee is heavily focusing on unbranded and fast fashion products besides popular categories like electronics and ... ( read original story ...)
HR roles in Singapore to get boost from HR tech transformation programme and job redesign toolkit
Through the former, work processes will also be reviewed to streamline administrative or transactional tasks to improve productivity. Meanwhile, the latter is a broad-based interactive tool that will ... ( read original story ...)
NFT adoption on the rise in Singapore
NFT adoption among Singaporeans are still low but users are picking up the pace as the Philippines records the most NFT users. ( read original story ...)
James Cook University in Singapore’s business accreditation by AACSB International is an honour that represents excellence in business education.
AACSB International has officially announced that James Cook University (JCU), Singapore has earned the business accreditation from AACSB — a sign of excellence in business education. Achieving this ... ( read original story ...)
Bus tickets from one company for Singapore-Malaysia VTL trips sold out in 20 minutes ahead of Nov 29 border reopening
A bus company offering trips from Singapore to Malaysia under the land vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme sold out of all such tickets for the next 30 days in just around 20 minutes when it opened ... ( read original story ...)