SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s decision to increase stamp duty on expensive home purchases is unlikely to derail a recovery in the city-state’s housing market, with modest price gains still expected this year, the head of a property developers ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank Singapore to Launch Siri Voice-Powered Conversational Banking
OCBC Bank says it is the first bank in Singapore to enable its customers to do their day-to-day banking and make cashless payments using just their voices. OCBC Bank’s retail banking customers are now able to check their bank account balances ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Customers Can Now Check Bank Balances And Make E-Payments With A Simple “Hey, Siri”
As Singapore ramps up its Smart Nation ambitions with e-payments as a key thrust, OCBC Bank has been consistently upping its game to make mobile payments more integrated, convenient and secure. OCBC Bank launched voice-powered conversational banking today ... ( read original story ...)
UOB shares ‘timeless values’ through spot with BBH Singapore
UOB has released its latest films, which looks to build on the brand’s “timeless values”. The two new commercials aim to communicate simple yet thought-provoking stories where values and relationships are put to the test. The campaign was created by ... ( read original story ...)
Progress with digital technology worries Singapore businesses
Companies in Singapore have caught up in technology but 48 percent of them says Action is the most important factor in achieving their digital strategy. Wong Heng Chew, Country President, Fujitsu Singapore said while tech is not the only influencing factor ... ( read original story ...)
No caning for River Ryan man facing extradition to Singapore
A River Ryan man accused of robbing a bank in Singapore will face an extradition hearing in Magistrates’ Court in London, July 23-24. David James Roach made an appearance in court via video link from a London prison on Thursday and was remanded back in ... ( read original story ...)
SBF targets over 100 S’pore firms for China import expo
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) aims to get more than 100 local firms to take part in the inaugural China International Import Expo later this year. Chairman Teo Siong Seng told a briefing yesterday that the SBF will lead the delegation ... ( read original story ...)
What Singapore And Germany Can Teach The U.S. About Fiscal Policy
The U.S.—with a projected 2018 federal budget deficit of 4 percent of Gross Domestic Product and an economy running at close to full employment—just cut taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years, even as it increased net spending by $300 billion over just ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore insurance platform to spearhead pilot program to develop entire new insurance eco system
Using blockchain and smart contracts for a more accessible, more efficient and more transparent way of buying and managing insurance SINGAPORE, Feb. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Insurance Market, Singapore's first fully online and automated insurance platform ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Isn’t the Only Asian Country With the World’s Most Powerful Passport
Passport Index, an organization that ranks nations based on their travel freedoms as well as visa requirements, had declared that both Singapore and South Korea will share the #1 spot for the world’s most powerful passports on Tuesday. The top three ... ( read original story ...)
How to Travel Singapore Like a Local
All my travelling experience brought me to a single realisation. The best way to travel is to travel like a local because they know their place best. What to eat, where to play and how to get from one place from another. No disrespect to any travel ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Restaurants Take A Stand Against Shark Fin Consumption
Shark fin soup has been a tradition at Chinese festive celebrations and wedding banquets, but growing demand of shark fin soup is pushing sharks to extinction and disrupting the balance of our oceans. Without sharks, the entire ocean ecosystem could be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares May Rebound On Friday
The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 85 points or 2.4 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,490-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For February 23
Singapore will begin levying a carbon tax starting in 2019 in an effort to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and help make companies there more competitive. Punishments for sexual offences and new penalties for sexual crimes targetting women ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to fly new Boeing 787-10 between Singapore and Perth
Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers traveling between Singapore and Perth can soon board the new Boeing 787-10, with flights on the aircraft expected to begin in May. SIA said in a statement on Thursday that the Australian city will become the second ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to tax digital services from 2020
DURING the Singapore 2018 budget speech on Monday, it was announced that a goods and services tax (GST) will be imposed on imported digital services including movie and music streaming services and mobile applications. The tax on imported services will be ... ( read original story ...)