DBS, with a pan-Asian network, is tapping into that demand by sharing market insights and coming up with innovative ways of financing its cash-hungry customers. Singapore’s largest bank – with more th... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Tourists Go Cashless in Singapore with Alipay and Singapore Tourism Board
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 13, 2018--Alipay, the world’s leading mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today announced the conclusion of the first "cashl... ( read original story ...)
Technology can narrow gender gap: President
Technology can be a catalyst for narrowing the gender gap, President Halimah Yacob said at the opening of the Women's Forum Singapore in Raffles City Convention Centre yesterday. The three-day forum, ... ( read original story ...)
The Most Important Blue-Chips In Singapore’s Stock Market: CapitaLand Group
There are close to 750 companies in the Singapore stock market. But only a select few are important enough to be part of Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). The STI is made up from 30 of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: Still in F1 10 years after ‘crashgate’
From left to right, three of the key players in 'crashgate', Nelson Piquet Jr, Flavio Briatore and Fernando Alonso at Hockenheim in 2008 "This is probably slightly on the wrong side of the cheating th... ( read original story ...)
Top bank technologist releases provocative new book on Sri Lanka-Singapore dynamic
and was one of the victims of the July 1983 riots that forced him to leave for Singapore. There he created a the largest commercial data centre in Asia outside Japan for Citibank, and was responsible ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Grand Prix: High humidity, close walls and a spectacular crash in 2017
There was a spectacular start to the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix as Ferrari pair Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen along with Red Bull's Max Verstappen crashed on the opening lap A night race on the s... ( read original story ...)
From DBS to UBS: the heads of tech you need to know in Singapore banking
Whether their focus is cyber security or machine learning, most global and local banks in Singapore are ramping up their technology recruitment. But who are the senior managers in charge of banks ... ( read original story ...)
More than half of Singapore youth think technology will decrease jobs
They are the most pessimistic in Southeast Asia when it comes to the issue. A majority (53%) of Singapore youth believe that technology will reduce the number of jobs, making them the most pessimistic ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore DJ mounts challenge of colonial-era anti-gay law
SINGAPORE -- A Singaporean disc jockey is challenging a law that bans sex between men, a holdover from British colonial days that conservatives insist on keeping but authorities have promised not to e... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines closes maiden secured club loan
Singapore Airlines has closed its first corporate secured loan, worth S$900mn (US$654mn). Six banks were involved in the lending: Citi, DBS, KfW, MUFG, OCBC and UOB. All six of the banks acted as mand... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM unsure if China-backed trade pact will be finalised this year
HANOI (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday said he was not sure if an agreement on major regional trade pact backed by China will be finalised this year. Member ... ( read original story ...)
Asian exports face headwinds from US-China trade war: PMI survey
SINGAPORE -- Economic uncertainty stemming from escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China has pressured Asian manufacturers, with the export-related indicator falling in the latest ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore DJ files court challenge against gay sex ban after India ruling
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, his lawyers said on Wednesday, following India’s scrapping ... ( read original story ...)
Mercedes fear Ferrari ambush in Singapore
In the last three of his four Formula One title wins, Hamilton has returned from the annual summer break in brilliant form, reeling off a succession of victories in his dominant Mercedes to close the ... ( read original story ...)
The Only Budget London-Singapore Flight Scrapped After Just a Year
(Bloomberg) -- The only budget flights between London and Singapore will end in January when Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA scraps the long-haul route little more than a year after it started. The last fli... ( read original story ...)