The event unveiled what electronics and furniture retailer Courts describes as Singapore's first air-conditioning subscription service. Subscribers pay a monthly fee of $29 to $99 over a minimum ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shops shun Huawei mobile phones
Singapore: Mobile phone retailers in some Asian countries are refusing to accept Huawei devices for trade-ins, as more consumers look to offload their device on worries Google suspending business with ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is Now Considering Virtual Banking Licenses Too; Here is Why
The now famous Hong Kong virtual banking licenses have been a bit of a mixed bag for the region, but nevertheless, it’s gotten a lot of attention. To date, four licensees will be ready to go to market ... ( read original story ...)
Banking and finance professionals must update their skills as the industry faces digital disruption
Recruitment in Singapore’s financial services sector remains buoyant, but talents must update their skills in order to stay competitive. Banking and financial professionals continue to be in ... ( read original story ...)
Cross-border QR payments between Singapore, Hong Kong offered by Liquid Group, JETCO tie-up
Liquid Group is headquartered in Singapore and has a presence in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, while bank consortium JETCO has more than 30 member banks in Hong Kong and Macau, and operates some 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Regionalisation, digitalisation key to UOB’s growth, analysts say
SINGAPORE (May 23): Analysts believe United Overseas Bank (UOB) will leverage technology as well as efforts to spread its wings across the region in order to ride out current macroeconomic ... ( read original story ...)
UOB to reduce reliance on Singapore
Nearly half or 40% of total group operating profit already comes outside Singapore. UOB is aiming to grow its regional presence and reduce reliance on its Singapore operations in its bid to capture ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladeshi’s diary spotlights Singapore migrant struggles
Toiling for long hours for meagre salaries and living in crowded dormitories, migrant construction workers have helped build modern-day Singapore but remain all but invisible to many in the affluent ... ( read original story ...)
SATS well supported by decent dividend yield, strong growth prospects: DBS
SINGAPORE (May 23): DBS Vickers Securities is remaining positive on SATS with a “buy” call and target price of $5.44, on the belief that Changi Airport and regional aviation growth will continue to ... ( read original story ...)
Poor quarter for exports
Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) dropped by 6.4 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year. This follows the 1.1 per cent contraction in the final three months of last year, said ... ( read original story ...)
Frost & Sullivan: Mobile Services Market in Asia-Pacific to Increase Focus on B2B and B2B2C Segments Following Launch of 5G
SINGAPORE, May 23, 2019 /CNW/ -- The mobile services market in Asia-Pacific is expected to focus more on business models for the Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Business-to-Consumer (B2B2C) ... ( read original story ...)
Jail for Grab driver who refused to return S$33,600 wrongly transferred to him by Grab
SINGAPORE: A Grab driver who was mistakenly transferred about S$33,600 by Grab was jailed for three months on Thursday (May 23) for misappropriating the money. The money had been wrongly transferred ... ( read original story ...)
27 artists to sing NDP theme song
These include POSB (1877), Singapore General Hospital (1821), and the Singapore Police Force (1820). Brigadier-General Yew Chee Leung, chairman of the NDP 2019 executive committee, said at the press ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Nation initiative gives Singapore businesses the edge in technology
SINGAPORE, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore businesses appear to be reaping the rewards of the government's Smart Nation initiative, as the country leads a number of indicators for office ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s commercial property sector jumps 72% in Q1
Singapore's commercial property sector escaped the downturn that caught every other major market in the region in the first quarter. Investment in commercial real estate jumped 72 per cent to US$1.9 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 2019 growth forecast downgraded to 1.5% to 2.5% after economy slows to 1.2% in Q1
... Singapore's economic growth in the first quarter of the year came in lower than officially estimated at 1.2 per cent - the slowest quarter growth in nearly a decade - as manufacturing shrank amid ... ( read original story ...)