Seeing the ambition of its local clients, OCBC has leveraged its strong IT resource and risk team in order to build out its business, moving in tandem with customers’ growth in the region and meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Growth in Singapore’s flexible workspace to continue: Colliers
Growth momentum in the flexible workspace sector in Singapore is expected to power on, underpinned by the entry of operators from overseas and supplemented by aggressive expansion plans of incumbent o... ( read original story ...)
Regional derivatives house of the year: DBS
DBS, with a pan-Asian network, is tapping into that demand by sharing market insights and coming up with innovative ways of financing its cash-hungry customers. Singapore’s largest bank – with more th... ( read original story ...)
The Most Important Blue-Chips In Singapore’s Stock Market: CapitaLand Group
There are close to 750 companies in the Singapore stock market. But only a select few are important enough to be part of Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). The STI is made up from 30 of the ... ( read original story ...)
Top bank technologist releases provocative new book on Sri Lanka-Singapore dynamic
and was one of the victims of the July 1983 riots that forced him to leave for Singapore. There he created a the largest commercial data centre in Asia outside Japan for Citibank, and was responsible ... ( read original story ...)
From DBS to UBS: the heads of tech you need to know in Singapore banking
Whether their focus is cyber security or machine learning, most global and local banks in Singapore are ramping up their technology recruitment. But who are the senior managers in charge of banks ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines closes maiden secured club loan
Singapore Airlines has closed its first corporate secured loan, worth S$900mn (US$654mn). Six banks were involved in the lending: Citi, DBS, KfW, MUFG, OCBC and UOB. All six of the banks acted as mand... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM unsure if China-backed trade pact will be finalised this year
HANOI (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday said he was not sure if an agreement on major regional trade pact backed by China will be finalised this year. Member ... ( read original story ...)
The Most Important Blue-Chip REITs in The Singapore Stock Market
Some companies in Singapore hold more sway than others. But a handful of companies may be influential enough be a part of Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). The STI is often seen as a barome... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: Singapore Press Holdings Limited Forays into the United Kingdom Student Housing Market
Welcome to a brand-new week, everyone. Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in today. 1) For the day, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) fell 13.5 points, o... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to bolster Asia private banking headcount, double client assets
HSBC’s Asia private bank will add 700 people ... as it expands its presence in the banking hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore and also vies for a bigger share of offshore Chinese wealth, Tan ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to bolster Asia private banking headcount
HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK ... as it expands its presence in the banking hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore and also vies for a bigger share of offshore Chinese wealth, Tan said. Asia has emerged as the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS starts wealth chat service via WhatsApp, WeChat platforms
SINGAPORE: DBS Group Holdings Ltd, South-East Asia’s biggest bank, unveiled a service that will allow wealthy clients to interact with their relationship managers on WeChat and WhatsApp. The Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore lending platform Lendela raises US$942K to help consumers access loans easily
Singapore-based loan broker platform Lendela has raised S$1.3 million (US$942,000) in a seed round led by Cocoon Capital and IMO Ventures. It will use the newly-raised funding to finance its full laun... ( read original story ...)
Telcos could bank on e-payments despite stagnant market growth
Singtel might have been banking on first-mover advantage when it launched its mobile wallet platform in 2014 as the earliest in Singapore, but the telco has so far failed to capture the whole populati... ( read original story ...)
Singapore orders return of first batch of pilfered 1MDB money
The funds in various currencies total about SGD 15.3 million ($11.1 million) and are being transferred to a special 1MDB recovery bank account in Kuala Lumpur, according to an emailed statement Monday ... ( read original story ...)