Singapore Airlines low fares from San Francisco to Male MLE, Maldives for travel from late October into May 2019. The real deal is Premium Economy at $1,465 round trip. These tickets book into Standar... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Mobile Market- Industry to Experience Cut-Throat Competition in Coming Years
Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/24/2018 -- Singapore has evolved as a hub for telecommunication across the global frontiers. Boasting of a high-quality network & a persistently progressive regulatory eco... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Central Bank Partners With Nasdaq, Deloitte on Settling Tokenized Assets
Earlier in May, Bitcoinist reported that the MAS, which is the city-state’s de facto central bank, proposed regulatory changes which would supposedly green-light blockchain related exchanges. MAS, alo... ( read original story ...)
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ depicts only a slice of life in Singapore — and it does a huge injustice to the actual people who live there
Earlier this month, former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was asked by a 70-year-old resident if the government could cut its lawmakers' sky-high pay to fund pensions for the elderly. Goh's ... ( read original story ...)
The Week Ahead: Singapore Banks Back In Focus
And finally, the market will get a look at the health of bank lending in Singapore for July. In June, bank loans reached a record of S$673.3 billion. Lending to businesses rose from S$403 billion to S... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock and crypto trading app Spiking closes pre-Series A round at US$1.63M
Key investors in in the round include Julian Chesser, Managing Director (Financial Markets, Singapore) at IHS Markit ... the reputable investors as they buy and sell shares on the stock market. The ap... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Zhejiang to boost business ties in 5 sectors
Public bodies from Singapore and China's Zhejiang province are joining forces to boost business collaboration in five sectors. Representatives of Enterprise Singapore and the Zhejiang Department of Co... ( read original story ...)
Compliance in Singapore is the second easiest in Asia
The city continues to simplify and streamline its processes, a study says. Singapore is the second least complex jurisdiction in Asia for doing business, business services firm TMF Group revealed. On ... ( read original story ...)
Mumbai’s Leading Realty Firm Omkar Reaches Out to NRI Investors from Singapore
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2018--Mumbai’s leading realty firm Omkar Realtors and Developers is set to launch one of the country’s biggest mixed-use realty hubs with an estimated SGD 4.4 billi... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Guangdong to collaborate on modern services, high technology: Ong Ye Kung
SINGAPORE - Collaboration between Singapore and the South China province of Guangdong is expected to continue growing, focusing on areas such as smart city development and intellectual property protec... ( read original story ...)
Singtel mobile users experience intermittent reception on 4G network
SINGAPORE - Some Singtel mobile users experienced intermittent reception on their mobile phones across the island on Friday morning (Aug 24). Based on feedback given by users to The Straits Times, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Central Bank Partners With Deloitte, Nasdaq on Blockchain Asset Settlement
The de facto central bank of Singapore announced it had signed a deal with multiple big name entities to ease digital asset settlements in a press release Friday, August 24. Part of its ongoing Projec... ( read original story ...)
Property loan: 9 costly mistakes Singaporeans make
The down payment on private property just got higher ... when the US Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates (interest rates in Singapore will rise in tandem). Do note that Singapore’s home loan rate... ( read original story ...)
UOB, Tookitaki tie-up to apply machine learning to fight money laundering
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Singapore-based regulatory technology start-up Tookitaki Holding are partnering to apply machine learning technology towards anti-money laundering efforts. A... ( read original story ...)
Singapore factories lose momentum, signal weaker second half
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's manufacturing sector lost some momentum in July damped by key segments such as electronics and pharmaceuticals, lending weight to forecasts of a growth slowdo... ( read original story ...)
UOB, Tookitaki tie-up to use on machine learning to fight money laundering
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Singapore-based regulatory technology startup Tookitaki Holding are partnering to apply machine learning technology toward anti-money laundering efforts. As ... ( read original story ...)