Apple Pay was officially launched in Singapore way back in April, in partnership with American Express. The other major banks which have already joined the party with Apple Pay service include POSB, DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered and Coutts fined in Asia money laundering crackdown
Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Friday it imposed penalties on the local units of U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank and Coutts for money laundering breaches related to Malaysia's scandal-tainted 1MDB fund. The penalties - of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore slaps penalties on StanChart, Coutts in 1MDB-related probe
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Friday it imposed penalties on the local units of U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank and Coutts for money laundering breaches related to Malaysia's scandal-tainted 1MDB fund. The penalties - of S$5.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank slaps penalties on StanChart, Coutts in 1MDB-related probe
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Friday it imposed penalties on the local units of U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank and Coutts for money laundering breaches related to Malaysia's scandal-tainted 1MDB fund. The penalties - of S$5.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Apple Pay now extended to HSBC cardholders in Singapore
SINGAPORE — HSBC cardholders in Singapore can begin using the Apple Pay mobile payment and digital wallet service from Thursday (Dec 1), the bank has announced. As part of its launch promotion, customers who link their HSBC creditcards to Apple Pay will ... ( read original story ...)
DBS eliminates a dozen jobs at brokerage as trading slumps
SINGAPORE —DBS Group Holdings cut at least 12 roles across Asia at its brokerage unit, the latest bank to shrink its trading desk as volumes slump. DBS Vickers Securities is rationalising its institutional business unit as it seeks to be “more ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Japan central banks agree on currency swap line
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Japan have established a local currency swap agreement, the MAS said on Wednesday. The agreement allows for the exchange of local currencies between the two central banks of up ... ( read original story ...)
Room for more at Singapore Sevens
The global economy looks shaky in the next few years, but organisers of the Singapore leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series are still confident of pulling in the fans next April. The slowing economy has already affected this year's edition of the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS, Bank of Singapore in acquisition mode
Acquisition this year amounted to $400m. DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and Bank of Singapore, Asia’s largest home-grown private banks, will consider more acquisitions as they grapple for a bigger slice of business from the region’s growing number of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank cautions property investors
Singapore's property investors got a yellow card from the city-state's central bank in its annual financial stability review. "Before investing in property, investors should be aware that rising vacancy rates, declining rentals and impending interest rate ... ( read original story ...)
Citi launches its digital mobile payment service in Singapore
a digital wallet which allows its credit card holders in Singapore to make payments via their mobile phones. To use Citi Pay, customers will need to log into the app using their Citibank online user ID and password before the app automatically populates ... ( read original story ...)
DBS, Bank of Singapore ready for acquisitions in wealth mission
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE — DBS Group Holdings and Bank of Singapore, Asia’s largest home-grown private banks, will consider more acquisitions as they grapple for a bigger slice of business from the region’s growing number of millionaires. DBS would look ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to cut 10% corporate, institutional banking staff: Sources
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Standard Chartered is set to cut about a tenth of its global corporate and institutional banking headcount, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday (Nov 28) as the bank keeps up an aggressive drive to cut costs. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to shed corporate and institutional banking jobs
Standard Chartered is set to cut about a tenth of its global corporate and institutional banking headcount, according to Reuters. The job cuts will start in Hong Kong and Singapore and will eventually affect all major business hubs of Standard Chartered ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered job cuts: Most senior level job losses will be in Singapore
Asia-focused banking group Standard Chartered is cutting about 10 percent of its global corporate and institutional banking jobs, reports say. The job losses at the bank follow a 7.5 percent fall in corporate and institutional revenue in the last quarter. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to cut 10% of corporate, institutional banking staff : report
The job cuts will be rolled out beginning this week across all Standard Chartered’s major business centres including in Singapore and Hong Kong Subscribe to our newsletter. Corporate and institutional banking accounts for the bulk of revenues at Standard ... ( read original story ...)