SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's United Overseas Bank will launch its first ever mobile-only digital bank next week in Thailand, joining a swath of regional players that are coming out ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore, Edelweiss Partner to Target Indian Wealth
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s private bank plans to form a partnership with Edelweiss Group that allows wealthy Indians to access the Singapore firm’s investment offerings. Bank of Singapore and Mum... ( read original story ...)
StanChart hires HSBC’s Chow as Singapore head of global banking
Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Chow Wan Thonh as its head of global banking. According to a statement on Wednesday (13 February), she will succeed Patrick Lee, who was promoted to chief executi... ( read original story ...)
Car Loan in Singapore – Guide to Financing Your Car in Singapore (2019)
This legal document lets you drive it in Singapore for either 5 or 10 years ... Because if you want to borrow money to finance your car, the amount you can borrow is dependent on the OMV, NOT the tota... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is Asia’s most ready nation for autonomous vehicle adoption
SINGAPORE (Feb 13): Singapore continues to remain at No.1 in Asia in terms of readiness to embrace autonomous vehicles (AVs) and second in the world after the Netherlands, unchanged from a year ago. T... ( read original story ...)
UOB annual CNY dinner raises over $1.6 million
SINGAPORE - More than $1.6 million was raised by United Overseas Bank (UOB) Group Commercial Banking at an annual fundraising dinner on Tuesday night (Feb 12) involving more than 800 business owners f... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches ‘high street’ branch to target half a million emerging affluent customers in Singapore
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched its first high street wealth banking branch in Singapore tailored for the country’s ‘emerging affluent customers’. Located at Faber House in Orchard Road, the l... ( read original story ...)
Rugby: HSBC Singapore 7s rated Asia’s best and second out of 10 legs of the World Rugby Seven Series
SINGAPORE - The HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens was ranked second out of 10 legs of the World Rugby Sevens series, and Asia's best last season, according to World Rugby's tournament evaluation. With a sco... ( read original story ...)
The Incredible Shrinking Singapore Stock Market
Robson Lee had a decision to make. 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 mar... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock market is shrinking, but does it matter?
(Feb 12): Robson Lee had a decision to make. 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, bring... ( read original story ...)
DBS partners SMU to launch sustainability programme
SINGAPORE (Feb 12): DBS and Singapore Management University (SMU) have partnered on a first-of-its-kind comprehensive initiative in Southeast Asia that focuses on promoting and growing sustainability. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks likely to post record earnings for full year 2018
From a year ago, total lending rose 3 per cent. Singapore dollar loans may be flat but the local banks have significant overseas lending, said Rui Wen Lim, DBS group research analyst. Ms Lim also said ... ( read original story ...)
DBS appoints veteran banker as head of strategy and planning
Han joins DBS from Citibank after 27-year career leading various businesses including consumer banking, corporate banking and transaction banking. He was most recently CEO of Citi Singapore, a positio... ( read original story ...)
A former HSBC insurance CEO started his own insurtech firm. It’s already profitable.
The only concessions to the new business are a lobby, painted and tiled in Singapore Life’s red-and-white color scheme, and the conversion of the old server room into a wine cooler. Founded in 2014 by ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches high street Wealth Banking branch at Faber House
It aims to cater to the 476,000 emerging affluent customers in Singapore. UOB has unveiled its first high street wealth banking branch at Faber House that's specifically designed to respond to the nee... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore CEO Han resigns after 27 years with the bank
Citibank Singapore CEO Han Kwee Juan has resigned after 27 years with the bank. Vikas Kumar, Citibank’s head of cards and personal loans, will be the interim country business manager while it seeks a ... ( read original story ...)