Multiple victims have reported being cheated into providing personal information and credit card details to a fake United Overseas Bank (UOB) website, said the police in a press release on Tuesday (16 January). Yahoo News Singapore understands that at ... ( read original story ...)
UOB holds fast to Wilmar’s ‘buy’ with S$4.10 target price
SINGAPORE (Jan 16): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its "buy" call on Wilmar with target price of S$4.10 or blended 14 times FY18 earnings, which is higher than its five-year mean. UOB is pegging the oilseeds and grains division at 20 times FY18 earnings to ... ( read original story ...)
Beware: Scammers Posing as UOB to Scam You into Making Fraudulent Payments
The victims responded to an SMS sent by scammers which was made to appear like it was sent by UOB. The SMS sent to the victims informed them of a new account notification and included a link uob-mob.com, and invited the victims to click on it. Victims were ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ink agreement on cross-border rail transit — and other key highlights
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore have firmed several key bilateral agreements after leaders from the two neighbouring countries met at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore today. According to a joint statement ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s crime rate is so low that many shops don’t even lock up
(Jan 16): Singapore was recently ranked second on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index for 2017, coming in just behind Tokyo. In 2016, the island nation's police reported 135 total days without any crimes including snatch-theft, house break ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ink agreement on RTS
SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore signed a bilateral agreement on the 4-km Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link between Johor Bahru and Singapore at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat today. The cross-border MRT system, first announced in ... ( read original story ...)
Two Singapore Airbnb hosts to plead guilty to illegal letting charges: lawyer
Two Airbnb hosts charged in Singapore with unauthorized short-term letting of four apartments are expected to plead guilty next month, their lawyer said on Tuesday. The two men face four charges under the city-state's Planning Act for renting out four ... ( read original story ...)
Reigning major winners for HSBC
Jang Ha Na was victorious in 2016. In a press statement yesterday, the 27-year-old Ryu, who also won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last season, said: "I'm very excited to make my return to Singapore for the HSBC Women's World Championship. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Top 10 Blue-Chip Stocks with the Highest Dividend Yields
According to a recent report by Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68), this is the strongest annual price performance for the Singapore stock market since 2012, when the STI rose 19.7%. With dividends added to the fray, the year-to-date total returns would ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wedding Banquet Price List (2018 Edition)
We can see this from previous years' wedding banquet price list. From November 2016 to 2017, consumer prices in Singapore increased by only 0.6%. MAS’s Core Inflation Measure for the same period was 1.5% (core inflation excludes price changes in certain ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered makes another senior hire from DBS in Singapore
Standard Chartered is stepping up its hiring from DBS in Singapore as another senior banking professional comes on board. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/284288/dbs-technology-jobs-soh-siew-choo/ Standard Chartered has taken on a veteran ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Deputy PM Responds to AML/Anti-Terror Financing Questions Regarding Cryptocurrency
Last week, a Singapore Member of Parliament, Foo Mee Har, posed some questions to the Singapore Prime Minister regarding enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing and Bitcoin utilization where “conventional oversight ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore seeking to extradite Canadian suspect detained in Britain
SINGAPORE - Singapore said on Monday it was seeking to ... The suspect, David James Roach, allegedly stole $30,000 from a Standard Chartered bank branch in July 2016, before fleeing to Thailand where he was arrested. After serving a prison sentence for ... ( read original story ...)
Israel to ease dual-listing with Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto
Singapore and Toronto are attractive markets to raise capital. The plan still requires the approval of the finance minister and parliament's finance committee. (Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Tova Cohen) ( read original story ...)
The Week In Numbers: Singapore Construction Demand Expected To Increase
The value of construction projects in Singapore is expected to grow to between S$25 billion ... Finally, the impact of Brexit has been felt in London’s finance industry. According to Bloomberg, job vacancies in the industry fell 52% in December. ( read original story ...)
These Are the Taxes Singapore Could Hike in Next Month’s Budget
Online shoppers in Singapore generally aren’t taxed for their purchases if they don’t exceed S$400 ($300), Indranee Rajah, senior minister of state for law and finance, said in a November interview. Given how quickly online vendors are changing the way ... ( read original story ...)