An independent media company in Singapore has announced that it is on indefinite "hiatus" following the seizure by police of computer equipment owned by its chief editor. The Online Citizen, a Singapo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Tokyo beat Singapore as best finance locations in Asia: report
Its weak 10.7% performance on property factors and modest banking scale dragged its final score. Singapore came in at third place as the best finance location in Asia after scoring highly on socio-eco... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, India complete first blockchain-powered trade finance
BNP Paribas and HSBC Singapore have completed Singapore’s first blockchain-enabled LC transaction between mining company Rio Tinto and Cargill. Rio Tinto was selling a bulk shipment of iron ore origin... ( read original story ...)
Payments Landscape in Singapore-Opportunities and Risks to 2021 | Key Vendors (DBS Bank, UOB, OCBC Bank, Citibank, Standard Chartered)
Publisher's "Payments Landscape in Singapore: Opportunities and Risks to 2021", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Singapore cards and payments industry. It provides values and ... ( read original story ...)
BankBazaar.Sg partners Standard Chartered Bank to provide seamless and paperless credit card applications.
We are delighted to collaborate with BankBazaar.sg in driving digital acquisitions of our products and provide our clients with a frictionless application journey”, said Andrew Chia, Head of Retail Ba... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Oct headline inflation seen edging higher to 17-month high: Reuters poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's annual all-items inflation in October likely edged higher to a 17-month high, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Load Error The city-state's headline consumer price ... ( read original story ...)
Where to Get Free Wifi in Singapore – Guide to Free Internet Spots
Or maybe you’re a tourist from out of town and are trying to survive without mobile data. The good news is that there are many places in Singapore where you can connect to free wi-fi, such as the foll... ( read original story ...)
Singapore morning news for November 21
Police on Tuesday (20 November) seized equipment such as desktop computers, mobile devices and laptops from the residence of Terry Xu, executive editor of long-running socio-political website The Onli... ( read original story ...)
IGG: The mobile lords
It was November 2012, and the $13 billion mobile gaming market was all the rage in Silicon Valley. But there was no sense of that urgency at Singapore gaming company IGG (I Got Games), which was into ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore start-up Sendhelper raises $610,000 to launch jobs matching platform
SINGAPORE - Singapore-based technology company Sendhelper has raised $610,000 in seed funding, led by Captii Ventures. The mobile e-commerce platform for services in Singapore enables individuals, ser... ( read original story ...)
TBWAGroup Singapore and Caltex launch Singapore’s first fuel payment app CaltexGO
The CaltexGO mobile app spent a year under development, with the help of TBWAGroup Singapore in conceptualisation, strategy, and delivering the launch campaign for CaltexGO; as well as co-creation an... ( read original story ...)
China and Singapore sign fintech collaboration agreements
19 Nov 2018 The People's Bank of China (PBC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) signed a fintech cooperation agreement on 14 November. They said that the agreement will enable joint innovat... ( read original story ...)
3 reasons why a “wait and see” approach to buying property is flawed
The same goes for selling property, too; the truth is there’s no best time to sell. The Singapore government is very interventionist and dynamic, when it comes to residential property Our Minister for ... ( read original story ...)
Sub-sale: What property sellers and buyers need to know
There were 81 sub-sale transactions for private property in Singapore in 3Q 2018, a tiny fraction of the 2,672 resale transactions that occured in the same quarter. So, why do sub-sales occur? The mos... ( read original story ...)
July curbs to prevent property bubbles, says Lawrence Wong
Mr Wong told the event at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore: "The Government cannot, and will not, take a hands-off attitude to the property cycle. So there should not be any surprise when we interv... ( read original story ...)
5 Things Singaporeans Never Knew Their Property Agents Were Not Allowed To Do
All views expressed are the independent opinion of DollarsAndSense.sg If you ever needed to buy, sell, rent or lease out a property in Singapore, chances are that you would have engaged the services o... ( read original story ...)