This Budget’s continued push for SMEs to adopt digital technology should see SME business banking go digital as well, especially in areas of digital payments and trade/cash management.” - Leong Kok Ke... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered celebrates 160 years in Singapore
As one of Singapore’s oldest banks ... which allows employees to take time off to attend external training. Recognising that its business sustainability depends heavily on the country’s prosperity, St... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2019: $4.6 billion over next 3 years committed to building business capabilities and helping workers
SINGAPORE - Around $4.6 billion will be invested to boost businesses and support Singaporean workers over the next three years. There will be $3.6 billion of this earmarked to assist workers during in... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines to fly Airbus A350 from Bengaluru soon
Leading international carrier Singapore Airlines on Monday said it would fly Airbus ... Of the total seats in the jet, 40 in the business class are in a 1-2-1 row for direct aisle access for every pas... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Life acquires teen pre-paid card business from Yolopay
Singapore’s leading fintech company and life insurer is stepping into the prepaid card space with the recent purchase of Canvas from local payments platform Yolopay. In conjunction with the acquisitio... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Jan non-oil exports suffer biggest decline in more than two years
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s exports stumbled more than expected in January, getting 2019 off to a bumpy start amid signs trade frictions are having an impact on Asia’s trade-reliant ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore business school launches Southeast Asia’s first sustainability major
A Singapore business school has launched Southeast Asia’s first major on sustainability. The new course at Singapore Management University (SMU) aims to grow and promote the understanding of sustainab... ( read original story ...)
India-Singapore to sign pact for skilling Indians in aviation
It will provide a significant platform in bolstering business opportunities in International aviation sector. These 'Centers of Excellence in Advance Skilling' will provide training and certification ... ( read original story ...)
Duty-unpaid cigarettes seized from 80-year-old’s bags at Singapore Cruise Centre
The officers had detected anomalies in the scanned images of the two bags and conducted further checks. The man has been referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation. In the post, ICA said: ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s trade, exports down overall
Singapore's trade and exports slowed down overall last year, though total merchandise trade grew 9.2 per cent year on year to hit a high of $1.1 trillion, crossing the trillion-dollar milestone for th... ( read original story ...)
Growth in Singapore non-oil exports slips to 4.2% last year, from 8.8% in 2017
SINGAPORE - Growth of both trade and exports eased in 2018, leading trade promotion agency Enterprise Singapore to maintain its growth forecasts for non-oil domestic exports and total merchandise trad... ( read original story ...)
Jumbo still a wholesome ‘buy’ despite China business risks: CGS-CIMB
While the analyst acknowledges that the earnings growth in Jumbo’s Singapore F&B segment could be marred by weaker contributions or losses from its business in China, the impact of this could be limit... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Air Warns of U.S.-China Tensions Hurting Business
As recently as a couple of years ago, Singapore Air was in rough shape. Has the airline turned the corner? Perhaps, but it would be in even better shape if the United States and China knocked off ... ( read original story ...)
Qantas’ new Singapore first class lounge takes shape
First impressions will come from a marble-clad lobby area in the airport's Terminal 1 D-gate wing, being separate to the existing (business class) Qantas Singapore Lounge which is over by the C Gates. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sets sights on becoming Asean’s business centre
When software engineer Lim Jing Yee moved back to Singapore from Silicon Valley more than a decade ago to help roll out Google Maps in the region, it was growing rapidly in Internet adoption. "The mar... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange: Crazy rich Asians don’t need this sharemarket
In his more than two-decade career as a capital-markets lawyer in Singapore, he'd helped more than 30 companies list on the country's stock exchange, bringing to market everything from a grocery store ... ( read original story ...)