Business leaders capable of effectively tracking and measuring the impact of AI are much more likely to see tangible business benefits emerge on both company and employee levels. However, measuring ...
Singapore trader pleads not guilty to US$1.1bil nickel scam-fraud that has rocked the business community
An ex-accountant accused of running a billion-dollar nickel scam that rocked Singapore’s business community pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 42 charges including fraud and money laundering.
Singapore Gulf Bank plans $50m funding to acquire stablecoin payments firm
Singapore Gulf Bank to acquire a stablecoin firm, fund growth, and prepare for a Q1 2025 equity sale, backed by Bahrain Mumtalakat and Whampoa Group.
Singapore Gulf Bank seeks $50M to fund stablecoin firm acquisition
The crypto-friendly digital bank Singapore Gulf Bank is reportedly looking for a fund injection of at least $50 million as it plans to acquire a stablecoin payments company in 2025. On Nov. 25, ...
Singapore Gulf Bank plans stablecoin acquisition after seeking the funding of $50M
Singapore Gulf Bank is seeking a $50 million funding round next year and plans to buy a stablecoin payments company. Licensed in Bahrain since February, the bank was set up by the Singapore family ...
Singapore is one of the most popular business locations for world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs: HSBC
The report revealed that Singapore is the most popular destination for those considering a personal move abroad (9%), with the strongest interest from entrepreneurs in Hong Kong (19%), Taiwan (16%) ...
Singapore, Hong Kong among best Asian markets for investment and business: HSBC report
Singapore is the top destination for wealthy entrepreneurs to relocate, while Hong Kong fails to make the top 10.
Singapore civil servants to get 1.05-months year-end bonus, up from last year’s 0.6-month
Taken together with the 0.45-month mid-year payment announced in June, civil servants will receive a total of 1.5 months in bonuses for the full year, with those in the more junior grades acquiring ...
China issues extra crude oil import quota to independent refineries, sources say
China has issued an additional crude oil import quota of at least 5.84 million metric tons (116,800 barrels per day) to independent refiners for cargoes arriving by end-2024 and in early 2025, people ...
Why are retail investors shunning Singapore stocks? Have your say in Sias survey
The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, and financial insights platform Beansprout on Nov 21 released a survey targeting retail investors. The survey questions delve into why ...
How Singapore’s private firms can look abroad to grow
AMBITIOUS enterprises in Singapore have always sought to expand outside their relatively small home market – a goal that the Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards, which KPMG co-organises with The Business Times ...
Singapore secures 8th place among top cities for billionaires
Singapore ranked 8th globally for billionaire population in 2023, with 58 billionaires, thanks to its political stability, tax-friendly policies, and strong financial sector. Banking and finance ...
Singapore companies ‘slightly optimistic’ about next 6 months, after exiting sales contraction phase in Q3: survey
SINGAPORE companies remain slightly optimistic about business prospects over the next six months, as they exited a nearly two-year-long period of sales contraction in the third quarter of 2024, a ...
Celebrating 30 Years of Enterprise 50: Honouring Singapore’s resilient entrepreneurs and their vision for the future
As Singapore’s entrepreneurial landscape evolves ... and the collective responsibility to nurture the next generation of business leaders.
PM Wong poised to take over as PAP secretary-general; to lead Singapore at next GE in 2025
WHEN the top decision-making body of People’s Action Party (PAP) meets soon, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is poised to take over as the ruling party’s new secretary-general – a move that will complete ...
Singapore ranks 5th best city globally in study, ahead of Sydney and Seoul
Another year, another list. Singapore has come in fifth in a list of the world's best cities for 2025, according to global business-consulting firm Resonance. The report ranks the overall performance ...