Pressure mounts on students in Singapore and Hong Kong to do more and more internships ... He did seven internships – including at HSBC, EY and Guosen Securities – before landing a graduate job at HSBC’s global banking and markets division in ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC names Thu Nguyen VP of youth segment marketing
OCBC Bank Singapore has appointed Thu Nguyen as its vice president, youth segment marketing. She reports to Genevieve Gay, head of youth segment, advertising and brand (CFS) at OCBC Bank. She will also be part of the team which handles FRANK, OCBC’s sub ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Market Tipped To Remain Rangebound
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the five-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 120 points or 3.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,310-point ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered introduces new Multi currency forex card
Mumbai: India' largest foreign bank Standard Chartered Bank has launched a ‘Multicurrency Forex Card ... Some of the currencies that can be loaded are US dollar, Euro, British Pound, Singapore dollar, Swiss franc, Thai baht, Japanese Yen and South ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC nabs Randall and Somia
Randall will join HSBC’s e-Trading quant trading team ... where he traded spot FX for G10 and deliverable emerging markets currency pairs, both in London and Singapore. He join ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Bank launches Multicurrency Forex Card
Standard Chartered Bank said in a statement. Some of the currencies that can be loaded are the US dollar, Euro, British Pound, Singapore dollar, Swiss franc, Thai baht, Japanese Yen and South African rand, it said. "The card will also provide forex rate ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank taps design in CX makeover
according to a senior executive at a major Singapore bank. OCBC Bank, the second largest financial group in South East Asia, has overhauled the design of its mail communications to clarify financial information and offer more confidence to customers ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : launches portal to help entrepreneurs set up their business in a day
The company secretary is also responsible for ensuring a company adheres to mandatory reporting requirements of the Singapore Companies Act. From the DBS portal, business owners can compare the services and fees of up to five corporate secretarial firms at ... ( read original story ...)
Nine ways to stop your job being offshored out of Singapore or Hong Kong
Nervous that your banking job will soon be heading to India? Here’s how to stay employed in Singapore or Hong Kong. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/289689/trends-singapore-banking-jobs/ Global banks continue to shift back-office and tech-support ... ( read original story ...)
Half-Time Report: How Are The IPOs In Singapore In 2017 Faring?
In this week alone, there were two new IPOs to the Singapore market, namely NetLink NBM Trust and Union Gas Holdings. This brings the total number of IPOs as of 21 July 2017 to 12. All of these IPOs marked their entrance on the market with an opening price ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Singtel’s NetLink makes tepid debut; more Singapore IPOs in pipeline
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - NetLink NBN Trust units closed steady at their offer price on Wednesday, although analysts said the muted debut was not a surprise given the large size of the listing and that the outlook for Singapore's IPO market remained ... ( read original story ...)
Marathon: Singapore ‘a great global stage’
And that can only help the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon's (SCSM) hopes of achieving elite status. The WMM, an international series featuring the world's largest and most well-known marathons, comprises marathons in Berlin, Boston, Chicago ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean bank UOB planning wholly owned unit in Vietnam
This marked its ninth such unit in the region, after ones in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. UOB has arranged more than $3 billion in foreign direct investment from Asia to Vietnam in sectors including ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Influential Female Corporate Leaders
Adeline has also held various other leadership roles at Visa, Citibank, and UOB. She has been a part of the startup team for Jetstar as well as a board member of Singapore Tourism. linkedin.com/in/adeline-kim-0a317522 2 Anamika Talwar Managing Director ... ( read original story ...)
15 Local Dishes You Shouldn’t Miss at The First Singapore Restaurant Festival!
For starters DBS and POSB cardmembers are entitled to purchase the exclusive Singapore Restaurant Festival Dining Voucher Set worth $100 at a discounted rate of $70, which is redeemable at over 200 participating restaurants! That’s equivalent to a 30% ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank fights money laundering with AI double act
Singapore’s OCBC Bank has piloted two fintech solutions from a pair of start-ups as it looks to combat money laundering and terrorism financing via artificial intelligence (AI). The two firms involved – BlackSwan Technologies and Silent Eight – were ... ( read original story ...)