Retired engineer Choo Boon Hock, 72, has an internet banking account, but the only time he used it left him utterly frustrated when he found himself “going in circles” with a chatbot.
Fixed rate home loans at some banks down from recent highs
SINGAPORE: After a series of sharp increases, fixed rate home loans offered at some banks appeared to have reversed their uptrend slightly of late. OCBC told CNA that it rolled out “promotional rates” ...
Singapore firms expect business impact from metaverse, ESG
Metaverse, embedded and decentralised finance, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) are amongst top innovations businesses in Singapore believe will impact their business over the next 12 ...
M1xchange rolls out new offering M1 NXT, an international trade finance platform
Gift-City regulator International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) has granted licence to M1 NXT (Mynd IFSCA P LTD) to set up International Trade Finance Services (ITFS) platforms in order ...
Shein Launches New Funding Round And U.S. IPO Could Come This Year
Shein was valued at just $15 billion but as recently as April last year it soared to $100bn and rumors of a New York IPO abounded. Now it could have dropped to $64 billion. Here's why.
Singapore to roll out measures to help its people better navigate digital services: Josephine Teo
DAVOS - Singapore aims to be a digital nation for everyone, and is working on measures to equip people with the skills to use such technologies with confidence, said Minister for Communications and ...
Hong Kong’s Dah Sing Bank strikes bancassurance deal with Canada’s Sun Life
Hong Kong's Dah Sing Bank and a subsidiary of Canada's Sun Life Financial Inc have struck a 15-year bancassurance partnership deal in Hong Kong."Sun Life will pay an amount of HK$1.5 billion ($191.5 ...
Canada’s Sun Life clinches $192 million bancassurance deal with Dah Sing Bank
Sun Life Financial Inc has struck a 15-year bancassurance partnership in Hong Kong with Dah Sing Bank, a move that is likely to boost the Canadian insurer's presence in the special administrative ...
SPH Media saga: Audit committee, legal advisers brought in to further investigate inflated circulation data
"Of particular concern" was how 49,000 average daily copies were recorded as circulation numbers but not distributed, says SPH Media in a statement.
SPH Media asks its audit and risk committee to investigate overstated circulation numbers
SPH Media Holdings Board has tasked its Audit and Risk Committee to investigate the misrepresented circulation figures revealed via its internal review more fully, and consider what further steps, if ...
SPH Media Trust roping in legal advisers to investigate inflated circulation numbers ‘more fully’
SINGAPORE — SPH Media Trust (SMT), a non-for-profit firm that owns the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, said it has tasked its audit and risk committee to investigate its inflated circulation issues ...
Singapore dollar hits two-year high against US currency but upside seen limited
Building upon its resilience last year to a surging US dollar, the Singapore dollar has rallied in 2023 to hit its highest level in about two years.
SPH Media to investigate circulation issue more fully
SPH Media Trust (SMT) will reassess its methodology for reporting of circulation data after an internal review found that circulation data had been overstated, the company said in a statement on ...
Canada’s Sun Life clinches $192 mln bancassurance deal with Dah Sing Bank
Sun Life Financial Inc has struck a 15-year bancassurance partnership in Hong Kong with Dah Sing Bank , a move that is likely to boost the Canadian insurer's presence in the special administrative ...
Winning Secrets: Citi’s programme for analysts pushes the boundaries on early careers’ empowerment
Sarab Preet Singh, Head of ASEAN & Singapore HR, Citi on how this programme has helped create holistic development opportunities for analysts.
Brokers’ take: DBS raises SIA’s target price on brighter earnings prospects
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA)‘s valuation does not adequately reflect its brighter earnings prospects, said DBS Group Research on Friday (Jan 20). Read more at The Business Times.