“We thank Singapore state, EDB, our business partners and suppliers, and other important stakeholders for the excellent cooperation, trust and support over the years. We are very much looking forward to making the next decade a continued success together ... ( read original story ...)
IE Singapore ties up with South Korea’s Gyeonggi province in tech start-ups, wholesale trade, logistics
SINGAPORE - More partnerships in technology startups, wholesale distribution and logistics between Singapore companies and South Korean firms is the target of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked on Tuesday (Nov 21) between IE Singapore and Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore teens have social skills as well as smarts, study suggests
Hong Kong (CNN)Singapore's teens can add another feather to their caps. Not only are they the best in the world when it comes to science, math and reading, a new international education assessment suggests they have the best social skills. The findings on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore football in mess due to ‘appalling’ leadership – Steve Darby
Jason Dasey and John Wilkinson discuss the new rule that will make S.League sides more youthful and examine the future of the national team. Singapore's Irfan Fandi discusses his preferred position and looks ahead to his side's Asian Cup qualifier against ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd’s Latest Quarter: 2 Slides that Explain its Electronics Segment Performance
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGX: S63) is a large engineering conglomerate with four main business segments, namely, Aerospace, Electronics, Land Systems, and Marine. Earlier this month, the company released its 2017 third quarter earnings. ( read original story ...)
Property agency expands into S’pore amid housing market recovery
London-based property specialist Chestertons and Singapore’s RHT Wealth Holdings have teamed up to launch a new real estate consultancy in the city-state that will serve as its gateway into the rest of the region. Known as RHT Chestertons, the company ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares gain for second day; OCBC, UOB advance
Singapore stocks edged slightly higher on Monday after gaining more than 1 percent in the previous session, led by lenders such as OCBC and United Overseas Bank. Asian shares started the week on the weak note, pressured by a retreat on Wall Street amid tax ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile Repair Singapore Has Truly Gone Mobile with RepairXpress Doorstep Services
RepairXpress lives up to its name of an express mobile repair Singapore service by offering to fix one’s phone right at their doorstep. The majority of common repairs will take less than an hour, so everyone can get back to their work fast. Mobile repair ... ( read original story ...)
UnionPay showcased state-of-art e-payment technologies at Singapore FinTech Festival 2017
The 5-day Singapore FinTech Festival is the largest FinTech event in 2017, with about 300 participating companies from more than 40 countries and regions and over 25,000 attendees. View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news ... ( read original story ...)
Why a Singapore Cryptocoin Firm Now Does Its Banking in Japan
Quoine joins about 10 firms specializing in cryptocurrency and payments services whose bank accounts have been shut in Singapore, where the financial regulator oversees only some activities related to the industry. Japanese authorities are taking a more ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank, OCBC, UOB to use NETS QR code for cashless payments
Seven banks in Singapore, including DBS Bank, OCBC and United Overseas Bank will be offering cashless payments in Singapore via NETS' QR code platform by mid-2018. The top three lenders will be joined by HSBC, Maybank, Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Banks in Singapore to use NETS QR code for cashless payments
SINGAPORE: By the middle of next year, seven banks in Singapore will offer consumers the option of paying using NETS QR code. In a joint press briefing on Monday (Nov 20), DBS Bank, OCBC and UOB said they have come onboard NETS' QR code platform. ( read original story ...)
Singapore ranks 13th in world talent competitiveness
Still, while Hong Kong fell three spots to 12th position in rankings compiled by Swiss business school IMD, it still edged out Singapore, which rose two notches to 13th place. Dr Arturo Bris, the director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Telecommunications Limited’s Latest Quarterly Results: Key Highlights From its Enterprise Business
For context, Singtel generated a total sales of S$4.3 billion for FY18’s second-quarter. The enterprise business contributed $1.7 billion to the quarter’s topline, up 5.5% year-on-year. The management said higher sales from info-communications ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wants To Add Biotech Hub To Its List Of Accomplishments
As of 2016, Singapore’s medtech industry was worth more than $ 3 billion USD, and the government aims to grow the sector considerably. The country already hosts a number of international medtech manufacturers and facilitates public-private partnerships ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore clears national QR code payment standard
The Singapore Payments Council (SPC) authorised a standard QR code specification for the country to simplify electronic and mobile payments. The SGQR system was devised by an industry group and uses international QR code protocols tweaked for the specific ... ( read original story ...)