Singapore has a highly concentrated market for most financial products, with DBS, POSB, and OCBC dominating the provision of current accounts, savings accounts, and mortgages. Consumers are cautious in their choice of provider, favoring those with strong ... ( read original story ...)
Finance firms eyeing bigger slice of the SME pie
Singapore's three listed finance firms are poised to reap benefits from regulatory changes that will boost their customer reach and capacity to lend. Already, Hong Leong Finance, Sing Investments & Finance and Singapura Finance have enjoyed hefty run-ups ... ( read original story ...)
$2.8m scheme launched to help law firms adopt technology
SINGAPORE - Lawyers will soon get support from the Government to adopt technology in their law practices, under a new $2.8m scheme launched on Monday (Feb27). The Tech Start for Law programme will fund up to 70 per cent of the first-year's cost for ... ( read original story ...)
Small, medium-sized law firms get help to go digital with S$2.8m programme
SINGAPORE: A S$2.8 million programme was launched on Monday (Feb 27) to help small- and medium-sized Singapore law firms adopt technology, announced the Ministry of Law, the Law Society of Singapore and SPRING Singapore. Small and medium firms - those ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore mulls over creating cashless payment tech for hawker centres, shops
And check out what other tech plans PM Lee has in mind. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong envisions the country to shape technology more as it gears toward the realisation of the Smart Nation Initiative. During the dialogue at Camp Sequoia ... ( read original story ...)
New S$2.8m tech grant launched for law firms
SINGAPORE – To get small and medium-sized law firms to start using technology to be more productive, a S$2.8 million kitty has been set aside, giving firms up to 70 per cent discounts when they buy new tech solutions. These can be practice management ... ( read original story ...)
Mild Support Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Friday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 45 points or 1.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,115-point plateau, although the market may find traction on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has consistently abided by 'One China policy': DPM Teo
The two leaders are co-chairs of the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) - the highest-level bilateral forum between Singapore and China, which will be held on Monday. Ahead of his visit, Mr Teo gave Chinese news agency Xinhuanet a written ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Singapore River Trail Higlights!
This is the Trail Highlights Video for a Corporate Team-building trail organised by LDR Pte Ltd for UOB IT Staff! Check out more of our trails at our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/LDR.pteltd. ( read original story ...)
DBS and UOB starts Home loan price war for New Launch Properties
DBS and UOB Starts new launch Home Loan Price War Many launches now ... And when they do, I expect them to match, rather than beat these rates. Buying a House in Singapore has never been so easy for as long as I can remember, will cheap home loans lead ... ( read original story ...
Singapore can do much more when it comes to adopting new technology: PM Lee
SINGAPORE - Singapore plans to roll out sweeping technology initiatives to boost efficiency and improve lives, from a national digital identity service to an integrated network of sensors islandwide. But the Republic is not moving quickly enough to adopt ... ( read original story ...)
Why Singapore needs more naysayers
Singapore needs more people to speak up and challenge authority, said a panel of academics and former senior civil servants yesterday. They lamented the reluctance of civil servants to pose contrarian views when facing political office-holders, and the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore finding economic strategy that will work for all amid global uncertainties: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: Amid the global uncertainties, it is a challenging time for Singapore which is trying to find an economic strategy that will work for the nation - not only for companies but also for the population and Singaporeans, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and China to hold top-level bilateral forum in Beijing on Monday
SINGAPORE: The Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) - the highest-level bilateral forum between Singapore and China - will be held on Monday (Feb 27) in Beijing. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will make a three-day official visit ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2017: So what is holding Singapore back?
A cultural aversion to venturing outside the box and a lack of confidence are holding Singapore back from realising its full potential as an innovation hub. Panellists at The Straits Times' post-Budget roundtable said the country already has much to be ... ( read original story ...)
The fall of Singapore: Shades of grey
Amid the solemn commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese during World War II and the controversy over the naming of the Syonan Gallery last week, another anniversary passed unmarked. On Feb 17, 1942, two days after ... ( read original story ...)