SINGAPORE--Singapore will pilot a new travel pass for senior executives in the city-state who need to travel regularly for business, authorities said Wednesday, as they further eased some ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore trials travel-pass scheme for senior business executives in bid to boost coronavirus-hit economy
Singapore is piloting a travel-pass scheme that will give senior business executives returning to the city state from overseas trips the option to take a Covid-19 test and self-isolate until the ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia developing food-bank estates ’10 times size of Singapore’
Indonesia is developing vast farm estates across the archipelago -- an area 10 times the size of neighbouring Singapore -- to counter the nation's reliance on imported food, President Joko Widodo said ... ( read original story ...)
DBS PayLah! and Standard Chartered customers can now transfer funds using Google Pay
SINGAPORE - DBS PayLah! and Standard Chartered customers can now use Google Pay to transfer funds directly from their bank accounts to anyone registered with PayNow. The two banks are the latest to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reshapes its supply chains to stay resilient against shocks like the coronavirus
From food security to supply chain disruptions, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted stress points in Singapore's trade-dependent economy. Against this backdrop, the island-nation's ability to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore hopes artificial intelligence will help boost its tourism industry
Local start-ups like Vouch and Travelstop are betting on their AI-powered systems to help the country navigate new security standards, as Singapore prepares to reopen its borders again after months of ... ( read original story ...)
4 insider tips to buying property in Singapore
Ask anyone about buying property in Singapore and I can assure you, these would usually be the first few words that come out of their mouth. Because buying a home isn’t like buying a fridge from ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank says “very difficult” to stop questionable transactions
Among the banks in Singapore that handled these questionable transactions are DBS Bank, CIMB Bank and Deutsche Bank. These transactions, however, do not automatically mean that wrongdoing has been ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Wilmar Unit to Raise $2 Billion in China IPO
The issue price for the proposed listing was set at 25.70 yuan per YKA share, Wilmar said in a statement. Strategic investors, comprising state-owned funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: We must save Singapore Airlines from this existential crisis
A staff member looks at her mobile phone at a Singapore Airlines information counter at Singapore Changi Airport, Sep 11, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman) Other than a successful and large S$15 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Blue-Chip Veteran to Raise Funds for New Venture Firm
(Bloomberg) -- Koh Boon Hwee, one of Singapore’s most prominent executives, is teaming with four fellow investors to try and raise $100 million for a new venture firm targeting Southeast Asia. Koh, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India bourses agree to end dispute, push trading link
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) are formally ending a years-long disagreement related to derivatives trading, with the two bourses ... ( read original story ...)
MarketAxess hires ex-Standard Chartered executive as Asia Pacific head
US electronic fixed income trading service provider MarketAxess Holdings has hired Riad Chowdhury, a former senior executive at Standard Chartered Bank, to be its Asia Pacific head. Based in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
First American Full-Length Play Written for Streaming, WAITING FOR THE HOST, to be Made Available for Viewing
New York playwright Marc Palmieri was asked by a local Queens church to read the role of Jesus in a Zoom recording of the Passion, to stream during its pandemic-lockdown on-line Easter services. ( read original story ...)
The Pandemic-Driven Adoption Of Digitized Remittances For Singapore’s Foreign Workers
Sam Tay, CEO of FinTech Aptiv8, talks about partnering with Nium to offer secure mobile remittances to Singapore's migrant workers. ( read original story ...)
Equinix enables Rakuten Mobile to bring Rakuten Communications platform to international markets
Equinix announced that Rakuten Mobile Singapore, a subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, selected Platform Equinix as a foundation to deliver its Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) to global operators and ... ( read original story ...)