TAX incentives will be introduced for Singapore-based companies and fund managers that choose to list in the city-state and grow their economic activities here, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in ...
Daily Cuts – Budget 2025: How local business transformation could benefit
Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks with Kok Ping Soon, CEO, Singapore Business Federation and Ang Yuit, President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, about how Budget 2025 policies ...
Robinhood Seeks Expansion into Singapore’s Crypto Market by Late 2025
The trading platform plans to launch cryptocurrency services in Singapore by late 2025, leveraging Bitstamp's licenses.
DBS names new heads of operations, and corporate and SME banking
SINGAPORE’S largest lender DBS named on Tuesday (Feb 18) its two picks for the group head of its corporate and SME banking unit, as well as its group head of operations. Read more at The Business ...
Singapore offers support for consumers as polls, global tensions loom
Singapore offered broad support for workers and businesses, as well as assistance with living costs, with the economy bracing for a rise in global tensions and ahead of elections this year. Prime ...
HSBC axes 40 dealmakers in Hong Kong as part of revamp to cut costs, source says
HSBC , has laid off around 40 investment bankers in Hong Kong, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, as part of a global restructuring exercise at the Asia-focused lender to cut ...
Standard Chartered backs StaitsX stablecoins
Standard Chartered Bank is stepping deeper into the stablecoin space through a strategic partnership with StraitsX, a Singapore-licensed stablecoin issuer, to strengthen the reserve management of its ...
StanChart to Support StraitsX Stablecoin Reserves
StraitsX has partnered with Standard Chartered to strengthen the reserve management of its XUSD and XSGD stablecoins.
DBS names Chen Ze Ling as Group Head of Corporate and SME Banking; Welson Jamin as Group Head of Operations
These two new appointments follows the first two made last week which saw Derrick Goh as Group Chief Operating Officer and Koh Kar Siong as Group Head of Audit.
Budget 2025: Up to S$800 in SG60 vouchers; 60% income tax rebate
THE Singapore government will give SG60 Vouchers to all Singaporeans aged 21 and above, as part of a package in celebration of Singapore’s 60th birthday, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in his ...
Budget 2025: 60% personal income tax rebate, capped at S$200 per taxpayer, for income earned in 2024
This rebate will be for all tax resident individuals for the 2025 year of assessment, which assesses the amount of income earned in 2024. The rebate is capped at S$200 per taxpayer. During his 2025 ...
Singapore Vows Cash Handouts, Tax Rebates Ahead of Polls
Singapore’s government will boost payments and rebates to households to defray living costs that remain top of mind for voters, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his first budget presentation since ...
Budget 2025: ‘Considerable’ uncertainty about Singapore government revenues in coming years, says PM Wong
Corporate income tax collections increased unexpectedly in recent years, but it is too soon to tell whether this will be a lasting trend, said Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.
Budget 2025: Unexpected rise in corporate income tax boosts government revenue
AN unexpected rise in Singapore’s corporate income tax collection boosted the city-state’s revenue for the financial year of 2024, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in his Budget speech on Tuesday ...
Robinhood Expects to Launch Crypto Products in Singapore in 2025
Robinhood Markets Inc. plans to launch Singapore crypto offerings in 2025 through an entity of European digital-assets exchange Bitstamp Ltd., which it recently acquired.
Singapore shares track regional gains with ST Engg its top gainer; STI up 0.5%
Sats and AEM got an uplift from being mentioned by the Prime Minister during his Budget 2025 speech. Read more at straitstimes.com.