Data centres have among the highest carbon footprints in the business world today. Access to renewable energy, conducive regulatory frameworks and cleaner technology can help to cushion ... ( read original story ...)
The price of membership to one of Singapore’s top golf courses has soared by 40% since the pandemic started
If you want to go golfing in Singapore, be prepared to spend. Membership to the island nation's golf courses has become a valuable commodity during the pandemic, David Scanlan and Reinie Booysen ... ( read original story ...)
Proposed SINGA bonds unlikely to affect credit rating: OCBC
It has been more than three decades since Singapore last borrowed to pay for infrastructure projects. Despite this, OCBC said this would not affect Singapore's international credit rating. "First, ... ( read original story ...)
Instarem launches Singapore mobile app, new brand image
Digital cross border payments platform Instarem has unveiled a mobile application for its Singapore users, as part of its rebranding to “move beyond” digital remittances. “Our new mobile app provides ... ( read original story ...)
Vaccine passport Singapore: How the Covid digital certification will work in Singapore
Singapore has been lauded as one of the successful countries in handling the coronavirus pandemic with its relatively small numbers of cases and deaths. Now, with the advent of the vaccination program ... ( read original story ...)
S Iswaran: Singapore’s reopening will be an “evolutionary process rather than a revolutionary one”
said that visitors to the country may travel in and out of Singapore when they present certificates that they have got tested, and maybe even vaccinated, via a mobile app. Other countries such as ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore now accounts for a third of the world’s cruises, its tourism body says
Singapore currently accounts for a third of the world's cruises, its tourism body said on Wednesday, owing to the roaring success of its "cruises to nowhere" at a time of crisis in the industry ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Golf Club Boom
"Golf is the perfect pandemic sport." Move over, Zoom. The latest Covid-19 investment winner is a golf club membership in Singapore, with prices surging to record highs. David Scanlan probes the hunt ... ( read original story ...)
Steady Start Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, slipping almost 15 points or 0.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,195-point ... ( read original story ...)
UOB prices Singapore’s first sustainability bond offering
The proceeds will finance or refinance eligible businesses and projects in areas such as green buildings and renewable energy, as well as eligible social assets including COVID-19-related temporary ... ( read original story ...)
UOB raises US$1.5b in first dual tranche sustainability bond offering
UOB has priced a dual tranche of senior notes at 1.25 per cent and Tier 2 subordinated notes at 2 per cent per annum. The bank raised US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion), with a final orderbook of US$2.75 ... ( read original story ...)
60% of customers drawn to SORA-based interest rates stability: UOB
Singapore consumers and corporates appreciate the stability of Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA)-based interest rates, according to a recent United Overseas Bank (UOB) survey. as over six in 10 ... ( read original story ...)
Spac bubble fears lead HK, Singapore down cautious path
and that Spac acquisitions will have to meet the existing standards for initial public offerings (IPOs). The city is in a race with Singapore, which is now further along after releasing a consultation ... ( read original story ...)
ROSHI: How This Fintech Startup is Planning to Disrupt Singapore’s Billion Dollar Home Loan Industry
The differences between mortgage deals offered by the big banks are hard to spot and even harder to work out when looking for a home loan ... ( read original story ...)
Assembly Payments, CurrencyFair to merge
One of Australia's first fintech companies Assembly Payments is merging with Singapore-based cross-border payments platform CurrencyFair, a move the companies say will better allow them to take on the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GDP expected to shrink slightly in Q1: Poll
Singapore's economy is expected to shrink only slightly in ... The outlook for manufacturing and exports is positive this year amid resilient demand for semiconductors and electronics products, while ... ( read original story ...)