DBS grew its home loan book 10.1 per cent last year to S$64.5 billion. UOB was not far behind, expanding 9 per cent to S$61.5 billion. OCBC Bank, the second largest bank in Singapore, grew its home loan book by 7.3 per cent to S$60.1 billion. Ms Tok said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore – Highlights Of Proposed Amendments To The Banking Regulations And Banking (Corporate Governance) Regulations.
This article aims to provide a brief overview of the consultation paper released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) on 7 February 2017 on the proposed amendments to the Banking Regulations and the Banking (Corporate Governance) Regulations. ( read original story ...)
Intuit Singapore to Launch Self-Employed Mobile App
SINGAPORE, March 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the global leader of small business management and accounting software solutions, today announced plans to launch QuickBooks Self-Employed, a new way for the Singaporean self-employed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's otters get upwardly mobile
Singapore's famous and much-loved urban otters have a new skill - climbing ladders. Photographer Bernard Seah filmed two of them coming out a drain last week. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's mobile digital telco Circles.Life unveils 20GB data for S$20
SINGAPORE — Digital mobile telco Circles.Life is offering an extra 20GB worth of data for S$20 for new and existing subscribers. Currently, its base plan — which offers 6GB of mobile data — costs S$28. With the latest option, a 26GB plan will cost S ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore student inspired by the pipes teaches himself Gaelic
A student from Singapore has taught himself Gaelic after being inspired by learning to play the pipes. Chi-Yan Lew has now travelled to study a term at Glasgow University and is making good use of his new language. ( read original story ...)
Here Are 3 Of The Highest-Yielding Billion-Dollar REITs in Singapore’s Stock Market
Real estate investment trusts in Singapore’s stock market aren’t given much love by investors lately, judging from the fact that many of them are trading near 52-week lows. Challenges that REITs in general are facing are well-known. There’s Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore suspends poultry imports from parts of Tennessee, Wisconsin due to avian flu
SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has suspended the imports of poultry, poultry products, processed eggs and live birds from parts of the US states of Tennessee and Wisconsin, after reports that premises there had been affected by ... ( read original story ...)
Contract work on the rise here
Contract employment is more attractive than one might think, with the option gaining traction among professionals in Singapore. In an exclusive interview with The Business Times, chief executive Robert Walters of the eponymous global recruitment agency ... ( read original story ...)
Seeking assurance in technology
SINGAPORE — As it moved to bring its instant coffee ... needed more assurance that they were not buying a counterfeit product. The company turned to technology to plug this gap: Last December, it rolled out QR code technology on its coffee and food ... ( read original story ...)
Citi, Visa Launch eProcurement Platform In Singapore
Citibank and Visa are partnering up to launch a B2B platform for companies in Singapore aimed at streamlining complex business purchasing processes. Reports Friday (Mar. 3) said the companies are rolling out an eProcurement platform, Renepay, based on a ... ( read original story ...)
Four new libraries to open in Singapore this year
SINGAPORE: Four new libraries will be opened this year in Sengkang ... including books, magazines, and news reports online. However, those who read books more than once a week made up only 19 per cent, and “most” did not find reading as stimulating ... ( read original story ...)
5 most popular mobile development jobs in Singapore
Oddle is a cloud-based, e-commerce and orders management solution which caters specifically to the operations of F&B businesses. They offer a unified solution, all-in-one online ordering system which funnels all orders to designated restaurants. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to better support media professionals, freelancers
SINGAPORE: A skills framework for media professionals along with better support for media freelancers are some of the measures in the pipeline at the Ministry of Communications and Information, said Minister of State Chee Hong Tat in Parliament on Mon (Mar ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Q4 corporate earnings mixed, but estimates are already at trough
SINGAPORE: Singapore-listed companies turned in a mixed set of results for the final quarter of 2016, but two years of downward expectation revisions could be near an end, analysts said. Of the 237 companies with December year-ends that had reported their ... ( read original story ...)
Relive Singapore's yesteryear through iconic Chinese ink art
SINGAPORE: The year 1952 is widely regarded as the pivotal moment in which the so-called Nanyang Style of art came into its own. That year, four artists from Singapore travelled to Bali and consequently created paintings that would define a regional style ... ( read original story ...)