Singapore’s government has announced plans to discontinue the practice of masking National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers, following recent developments with the Accounting and Corporate ...
Deep Dive – Best of: Mobile Guardian breach – Who is responsible for backups?
A global cybersecurity breach involving the Mobile Guardian app affected about 13,000 students from 26 secondary schools in Singapore in August, with devices being wiped remotely by the hacker. How ...
Singapore Programmatic Ad Seller Quality Rankings Q3 2024: OMS Tops Pixalate’s Web Seller Trust Index; OpenX No. 1 on Mobile
today released the Q3 2024 Singapore Seller Trust Index for Web and Mobile to rank programmatic ad sellers across desktop and mobile web and mobile apps. The first-of-its-kind rankings ...
OCBC selling stake in Hong Kong Life Insurance for $103 million
SINGAPORE - OCBC has agreed to sell its entire stake in Hong Kong Life Insurance to a Hong Kong investment holding company for HK$589.3 million (S$103 million). OCBC, through its wholly owned ...
Trump’s next steps will shape economic outlook for 2025: OCBC Bank’s Vasu Menon
Vasu Menon, Managing Director, Investment Strategy Wealth Management of OCBC Bank Singapore talks about the factors that will drive the global economy and markets in 2025.
Adani group to exit consumer goods joint venture with Singapore’s Wilmar in $2 billion deal
India's Adani group will exit the consumer goods joint venture with Singapore's Wilmar International in a deal valued at $2 billion as the Indian conglomerate focuses on core infrastructure business.
Xiaomi Opens Its First Directly Managed Store in Singapore
Xiaomi has officially launched its first directly managed store in Singapore, located in Funan, on December 21, 2024. This marks a departure from its earlier distributor-operated outlets, as Xiaomi ...
Singapore Is Ready for a Rapidly Aging Society, Study Says. What About the U.S.?
Singapore Is Ready for a Rapidly Aging Society, Study Says. What About the U.S.? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is lagging behind ...
Who Is Lim Oon Kuin, Singapore Oil Tycoon Declared Bankrupt?
The government gazette revealed that Lim Oon Kuin, founder of the Hin Leong Trading Pte., and his children, Lim Huey Ching and Lim Chee Meng, were issued bankruptcy orders on December 19. Both ...
Singapore’s DBS appoints Rajat Verma as DBS Bank India CEO
Singapore's DBS Group said on Monday it has appointed Rajat Verma as chief executive officer of DBS Bank India, succeeding Surojit Shome, who would retire at the end of February.
Rajat Verma appointed as CEO of DBS Bank India from March 2025
DBS Bank has appointed Rajat Verma as its new chief executive officer of DBS Bank India effective from Mar 1, 2025. Read more at The Business Times.
Matrixport unveils new crypto structured product
Matrixport, a crypto financial services firm headquartered in Singapore, has launched a new structured product called DNT (Double No Touch), which promises higher returns when used wisely during ...
Layoffs and job cuts in Singapore in 2024
RETRENCHMENT and unemployment in Singapore eased in the third quarter, but the current quarter posted some prominent layoffs. From the beverage sector to consumer electronics and e-commerce, here are ...
Singapore stocks saw little change on Monday morning—STI edged up 0.03%
In the broader market, 56 stocks gained while 46 declined, with 51.2 million securities valued at S$42.5 million traded ...
Possible IPO of Sunway Healthcare and Columbia Asia might spur re-rating of IHH Healthcare: Maybank
Maybank Securities has resumed coverage of IHH Healthcare , with a "buy" call and sum-of-the-parts based RM7.97 target price for its Bursa-quoted shares, up from a previous target of RM7.13. IHH ...
Singapore Post names new CFO in executive overhaul after whistleblower report
Singapore Post appointed Isaac Mah, the current CFO of its Australia business, as group finance chief, the company said on Sunday, a week after dismissing three senior executives, including its CFO, ...