SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek said on Thursday it will enter Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines within the next few months and invest $500 million in its international expansion strategy. The move into the four ... ( read original story ...)
7 High Tech Ways Singapore Is Becoming A Smart Nation Without Us Realising It
Plus, with the EZ-Link payment system being accepted at over 30,000 retail stores across Singapore, the band will also double up as a handy wallet. Technology is taking law enforcements to new heights - a height of 60m, to be exact. Image credit ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Firm Switches Bets from China to Europe
Less than four years after its public offering as a play on China’s red-hot property market, Singapore’s First Sponsor Group Ltd. is banking on continental Europe to fuel earnings growth. “We expect growth predominantly to come from Europe, but will ... ( read original story ...)
In “cutthroat” Singapore, summer internships are no longer enough to get you a banking job
Singapore has a small and cutthroat job market for graduate investment banking jobs, so you have to keep up with your peers (i.e. other Singaporean business and finance students at both local and foreign universities) if you want to stay competitive. ( read original story ...)
U.N. Security Council approves North Korea travel to Singapore: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A United Nations Security Council committee on Wednesday approved the travel of North Korean officials to Singapore for a June 12 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and planning ... ( read original story ...)
Major Banks Pilot Successful Thailand-Singapore Blockchain Remittance
In an announcement on Tuesday, Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya – commonly referred to as Krungsri – revealed a successful pilot test involving an international remittance from a domestic bank account to a Standard Chartered account in Singapore using its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore no longer has the most powerful passport in the world – here’s the country taking the top spot
The Singapore passport is no longer the most powerful in the world, according to the latest Henley Passport Index. Japan now occupies the top spot and its passport can be used to travel visa-free to a record 189 destinations. Singapore is tied with Germany ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore April industrial output growth seen at 8.3 Percent year on year: Reuters poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s industrial production likely expanded at a faster pace in April compared with the year earlier, buoyed by an upward swing in pharmaceuticals output, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. A Reuters poll of 10 analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Fallen Singapore High-Flyer Starts Debt Restructure Process
a Singapore-based credit analyst at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. “We expect such investors to take a hit as their securities are subordinated.” Bloomberg News earlier reported that the group was planning to seek court protection to fend off creditors. ( read original story ...)
Singapore band Wormrot left stranded in US without instruments, personal items
Both Amir and the luggage are now awaiting the “next available flight back to Singapore”. “That is the biggest issue now as now the boys do not have anything with them,” said Azean in the post, adding that it was “so traumatising for Amir to be ... ( read original story ...)
Poll: Singapore April industrial output growth seen at 8.3 Percent year on year
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s industrial production likely expanded at a faster pace in April compared with the year earlier, buoyed by an upward swing in pharmaceuticals output, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. A Reuters poll of 10 analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Soft Start Seen For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finished through the last four trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had fallen nearly 40 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli Bourse Aims at Tech Startups With Singapore Connection
(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s flagship bourse is partnering with Singapore Exchange Ltd. in a bid to keep the momentum going from last year’s IPO surge. Load Error The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, which saw a rebound in initial public offerings and trading ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China partners Qoo10 to launch new co-brand Mastercard credit card
Bank of China Singapore Branch (BOCSG) has launched a co-brand Mastercard credit card with Singapore's largest online retailer Qoo10. Bank of China Singapore Branch (BOCSG) has launched a co-brand Mastercard credit card with Singapore's largest online ... ( read original story ...)
Fingerprint-based payments provider Touche inks deal with OCBC
SINGAPORE: Merchants with OCBC Bank could soon have the option of offering a fingerprint-based payments and loyalty programme system to its customers. On Wednesday (May 23), Singapore-based start-up Touche announced it has signed an agreement with the bank ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile payment firms struggle to dethrone cash in Southeast Asia
And the mobile payment marketplace in Southeast Asia remains wide open, with no dominant players. Indonesia’s ride-hailing firm Go-Jek’s Go-Pay, Singapore-based Grab’s GrabPay, Japan’s messaging app Line’s Line Pay, Momo e-wallet owner M_Service ... ( read original story ...)