LONDON/SINGAPORE: A UK judge on Wednesday (Aug 29) ruled that Canadian citizen David Roach, the suspect in the 2016 Standard Chartered bank robbery, can be extradited to Singapore. The judge dismissed ... ( read original story ...)
Suspected bank robber can be extradited to Singapore
Roach is wanted in Singapore for allegedly stealing Sg$30,000 ($22,000) from a Standard Chartered bank branch in 2016 after strolling in and presenting a threatening note. He fled to Bangkok, where he ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Tipped To Rebound On Thursday
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Wednesday halted the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 30 points or 1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart robbery suspect may be extradited to Singapore after judge dismisses appeal
28-year-old Canadian David Roach may be extradited to Singapore after a UK judge on Wednesday (Aug 29) dismissed his appeal. Roach is the suspect in the 2016 Standard Chartered bank robbery ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to Pilot Blockchain-Based Smart Guarantees in Trade Finance
Standard Chartered announced today a collaboration with Siemens Financial Services, the financing arm of Siemens, and TradeIX, a digital trade provider, to carry out an industry-first client pilot to ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Malaysia banks on cautious but continued growth
OCBC Malaysia, a subsidiary of Singapore’s second largest banking group by assets, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd, saw net profit rise 17% to RM949.23 million last year, its highest ever. “We aspire ... ( read original story ...)
UOB, Synagie partner to help SMEs better manage online sales channels
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank (UOB) is giving its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients preferential access to the e-commerce solutions of newly listed Synagie Corp in a partnership betwe... ( read original story ...)
DBS employee who posted picture of Singapore flag being torn apart ‘no longer with the bank’
Two weeks after Singapore permanent resident Avijit Das Patnaik raised ... about the whole thing that they threatened to withdraw all their savings in their DBS/POSB accounts and find another bank to ... ( read original story ...)
Investment banking in Singapore is in decline. I wish I was working for a start-up
For many fresh graduates in Singapore, investment banking still holds the allure of huge financial gains and the glamour of helping CEOs and CFOs with their listings and mergers. When I started my ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore online hiring outlook ‘extremely positive’; demand strongest from finance and insurance: Report
SINGAPORE - The overall outlook for online hiring in Singapore is "extremely positive", and with emerging technologies disrupting entire industries, the demand for skilled talent is bound to continue ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches PayNow Corporate for companies and government
DBS/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC, Standard Chartered Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB). In addition to this, two more banks — Bank of China, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China — will also ... ( read original story ...)
DBS named world’s best bank by Global Finance magazine
A recent innovation by the bank is POSB Smart Buddy – a savings and payments programme ... scientists give soy pulp a new lease of life – as healthy probiotic drink Singapore establishments on TIME’s ... ( read original story ...)
Indian-Origin DBS Employee Posted Image Of Torn Singapore Flag, Loses Job
An Indian-origin employee of Singapore's DBS Bank has lost his job after he posted on Facebook an image of the country's torn flag to reveal the Indian flag underneath on the eve of India's Independen... ( read original story ...)
SGX, Third500 tie up on emerging growth IPOs
Third500's first four clients have raised nearly US$200 million of growth capital over the past year, with one completing an IPO on the Nasdaq. Riding on these successes as "proofs of concept", Third5... ( read original story ...)
Stubbornly Strong Singapore Dollar Signals New Inflation Battle
Singapore’s dollar is approaching the upper boundary of its trading band as speculation mounts that the central bank will boost the exchange rate for a second time this year to combat inflation. The c... ( read original story ...)
Singapore – Registration Of Shipowners’ Liens As Charges (Diablo Saga And Companies (Amendment) Act 2018) – Impact On Banking Transactions.
The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2018 was passed in Parliament on 6 August 2018 as a consequence of the landmark decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Diablo Fortune Inc v Duncan, Cameron Lindsay ... ( read original story ...)