SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their shares on Thursday (April 16): DBS: DBS Group will pay its shareholders their final ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Extend Wednesday’s Losses
The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 180 ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC introduces Google Pay to fuel cashless P2P transactions in Singapore
PayNow is a Singapore P2P interbank funds transfer service available to customers of nine participating banks — Bank of China, Citibank Singapore Limited, DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Industrial and ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Chief Pledges to Avoid Staff Cuts Despite Virus Impact
Singapore’s three largest banks have joined some global peers in pledging to avoid staff cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Researchers Use NanoString’s nCounter Platform to Rapidly Profile the Response of the Immune System to the SARS-CoV-2 Virus
NUS Academic Medical Centre in Singapore use Simplicity and Speed of nCounter to Publish Study Within Weeks of Infection. NanoString Offers COV ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore oil trader Hin Leong meets banks over finances – sources
Singapore oil trader Hin Leong held a call with banks on Tuesday after they failed to provide a letter of credit to the firm to purchase at least one cargo of oil products due to load this month, four ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Stay off Zoom and Google Hangouts, Standard Chartered chief tells staff
Standard Chartered Plc is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video Communications Inc during the coronavirus pandemic due to cybersecurity concerns, according to a memo seen ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Singapore oil trader Hin Leong meets banks over finances – sources
Singapore oil trader Hin Leong held a call with banks on Tuesday after they failed to provide a letter of credit to the firm to purchase at least one cargo of oil products due to load this month, four ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore oil trader Hin Leong owes banks at least $4.25 billion
to Singapore's Hin Leong Trading and are in talks with the privately held oil trader over how to shore up its finances amid concerns over its liquidity, according to people with knowledge of the ... ( read original story ...)
Banks Owed $3 Billion by Squeezed Singapore Oil Trader Hin Leong
Banks have a combined exposure of at least $3 billion to Singapore’s Hin Leong Trading (Pte.) Ltd. and are in talks with the privately-held oil trader over how to shore up its finances amid concerns ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC brings Google Pay P2P payments to Singapore
OCBC Bank has become the first financial institution to bring Google Pay’s peer-to-peer funds transfer service to Singapore. The move makes Singapore only the third country, after India and the US, ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Hong Kong Digitizes Two-Day SMB Account Opening
DBS Hong Kong, a subsidiary of DBS Bank headquartered in Singapore, is transitioning to a new contact-free way for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to set up business accounts, according to a ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Stay off Zoom, Google Hangouts, Standard Chartered chief tells staff
Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) during the coronavirus pandemic due to cybersecurity concerns, ... ( read original story ...)
China Optimism, Xiaomi Ties Help Shunwei CEO Debut On 2020 Forbes Midas List
Working from home himself in Singapore, Koh sees more room for video and audio services in business. Shunwei has 20 staff back in China. Notably standing the test of time has been Koh’s original ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp Slowdown Seen in Asia IPO Deals With Stocks in Bear Market
Rarely have equity capital markets bankers had such a hard time predicting how business will be in the months to come. ( read original story ...)
The Top 10 Companies Behind The 2020 Midas List: Uber, Ant Financial And The Breakouts That Helped Investors Make The Cut
From Ant Financial to Xiaomi, and Spotify to Uber, these 10 companies put the most investors on the 2020 Midas List of the world's top tech investors. ( read original story ...)