Liquid Group launched the Liquid Pay mobile wallet in November 2016, and in May 2016 relaunched Dash in collaboration with Standard Charted Bank, Citibank, DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, and UOB telecom provider Singtel. Singapore’s payment cards market has ... ( read original story ...)
Need help? Virtual 'officers' will reply
The bank is looking to expand Emma's functions, but it would not elaborate. DBS Bank was the first bank here to launch its POSB digibank Virtual Assistant chatbot, available on Facebook Messenger, in January. It handles basic queries such as branch ... ( read original story ...)
Why DBS could be the biggest tech start-up in Singapore
Its CEO said the group seeks to act like a 22,000-person start-up. DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05) is the second largest listed company in Singapore’s stock market. For those who may not know, DBS Group is also the largest among the three major banks ... ( read original story ...)
Fashion e-commerce group iFashion to raise US$10M via IPO by end of 2017, pursuing a few more acquisitions
Acquisitions have always been a part of iFashion’s strategy as the company is heading towards IPO, and the company stated that it is pursuing a few more acquisitions before the listing. Its latest purchase was Singapore-based lifestyle marketplace ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vs. Singapore: Weighing Asia's financial hubs
Singapore is a gateway to Southeast Asia and is seen as a wealth management hub, but Hong Kong boasts easy access to China's trade and capital flows, and has held the title of top global IPO market for two consecutive years. "I think that Singapore is ... ( read original story ...)
iFashion Group plans to go public by year-end, looking to raise $10Mn via IPO
Singapore-based iFashion Group is looking to raise an IPO by this year-end. It aims to raise $10 million in the initial public offering and expects to be valued at $40-50 million in terms of market capital. The company has been planning to go public for ... ( read original story ...)
The Top 11 Quality Dividend Stocks from the Singapore Stock Market
Two weeks ago, Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) launched the SGX Developed Asia ex Japan Quality Index. The new index is a regional index built on what are considered to be “quality factors.” In the accompanying report for the launch of the ... ( read original story ...)
Ooredoo : Maldives IPO set for April 30
04/21 DJ SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SingTel Units Sign Pacts for S$4.1 Billion in Loa.. 04/21 DJ Verizon Customers Defect As Competition Ramps Up -- WSJ 04/20 DJ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS: for First Time, Loses Core Wireless Customers -- 3rd Up.. ( read original story ...)
Fintech Trend: Why Switzerland Pushes For Cooperation With Singapore
The fintech industry of Singapore is praised by some of the largest banks and financial institutions across the world, including UBS, DBS and Citibank. In the past few years, the three multi-billion dollar banks established innovation labs and investment ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Be Stuck In Neutral
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has ticked higher in consecutive trading days, gathering more than a dozen points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,140-point plateau, although the rally may stall ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Telecommunications : Singtel Group inks agreements for S$4.1 billion of credit facilities with international banks
N.A., Singapore Branch, BNP Paribas, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank N.A.,Singapore Branch, DBS Bank Ltd., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Oversea- Chinese Banking Corporation ... ( read original story ...)
4 most in-demand skills in Singapore to land a banking or finance job in 2017
As Singapore restructures its economy to rely less on foreign labour and push for greater productivity and upskilling its workers, the local jobs market has come under some pressure. In 2016, Singapore saw lower job vacancies and rising unemployment, as ... ( read original story ...)
I’m a banking recruiter in Asia. Here’s how to keep me happy
You really need to be on my good side. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/235989/ideal-employer-asia-top-10/ It’s the busy(ish) season for hiring in the Singapore banking sector. Finance professionals have their bonuses and some are sending resumes ... ( read original story ...)
UnUsUaL IPO
UnUsUalL IPO will be the next Singapore IPO for retail and institutional investors. MM2 Asia announced on 4 April 2017 that it would launch the IPO shares of its unit UnUsUaL. Some 97 million shares at $0.20 per share would be placed. I believe UnUsUaL IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Aoxin Q&M Dental offers 57 million shares at 20 cents apiece in IPO
SINGAPORE - Aoxin Q&M Dental Group is offering 57 million placement shares at 20 Singapore cents apiece in its initial public offering (IPO), as it seeks to raise net proceeds of about S$9.1 million on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board. Aoxin ... ( read original story ...)
Strong global IPO activity in Q1: EY
Max Loh, EY ASEAN and Singapore managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP, said that IPO activity in Asia-Pacific has been powering ahead due to the region's relative insulation from political uncertainty elsewhere in the world, ample liquidity in emerging ... ( read original story ...)