More than 6,000 Singaporeans attend Singapore Day in Melbourne

MELBOURNE: The grounds of Melbourne's most famous racecourse was on Saturday (Sep 9) packed with more than 6,000 Singaporeans who turned up for this year's Singapore Day. Held each year in a major city, the day-long event is organised to provide an ... ( read original story ...)

Little Movement Seen For Singapore Stock Market

The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, dipping almost 25 points or 0.7 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,230-point plateau, although it may find traction on Friday. The global forecast ... ( read original story ...)

Explore Singapore, Hub of Creativity

Explore Singapore, the Southeast Asian city-state home to an explosive tech world and a rich multicultural creative scene. We create our own identity, our own DNA. We’re not following European or Japanese or American design styles,” says Kevin He ... ( read original story ...)

Getting kids started on budgeting, saving and coding

But after attending a series of workshops under POSB's new Kidstarter programme, which teaches financial and digital literacy skills to children, the pupil from Gan Eng Seng Primary School has learnt how to budget wisely and spend only on necessities. ( read original story ...)

DBS Bank brings digibank to Indonesia

This includes the ability to make cash withdrawals in Singapore at any DBS and POSB ATM, without any fees. ATM menus for Indonesian clients will be in Bahasa, and customers will also get to enjoy promotions in Singapore with the digibank debit card. ( read original story ...)

DBS Bank launches mobile-only bank

Customers will also benefit from the regional connectivity that DBS offers. This includes the ability to make cash withdrawals in Singapore at any DBS and POSB ATM, without any fees. Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS, said: “A few years ago, we would not have ... ( read original story ...)

Citi launches Facebook Messenger banking chatbot

Citi joins financial institutions like DBS Bank, which released its POSB digibank Virtual Assistant chatbot on Facebook Messenger in January, and OCBC Bank's Emma chatbot. Citibank Singapore CEO Han Kwee Juan said: "We are integrating ourselves into key ... ( read original story ...)

Banking via chatbot: Citi launches new FB messenger service

SINGAPORE — Bank customers can look forward to conducting some of their banking transactions through an instant messaging service and social media. Citi Singapore yesterday announced the launch of Citi Bot, the bank’s new natural language chatbot on ... ( read original story ...)