Part of this plan involves establishing a regional centre of excellence for sustainability (CoES) in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singtel dividends to get boost from associate’s $950 million tower sale, says DBS
Cash receipts from the 10.3 trillion rupiah (S$950 million) sale of 6,050 telecommunication towers by Singapore Telecommunications' (Singtel) Indonesian joint venture company will likely support the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank makes another massive content push with vlog and podcast
The bank also revamped its sustainable lifestyle online portal ‘Live more, Bank less’ and launched its channel on Telegram. ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based financial firm offers flexible loans to MSMEs
MORE and more financial institutions are helping micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) rebuild their businesses through flexible ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Is The First Nation Using Facial Recognition For Paying Taxes
Singapore is seeing online government services being accessed by facial recognition. This is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, as per a report in AFP. This technology is being used in the ... ( read original story ...)
Open Banking Developments in Singapore May lead to More Transformative Fintech Changes that those Offered by Digital Banking
Open Banking developments in Singapore may lead to more transformative Fintech changes than those offered by digital banking. ( read original story ...)
Tencent chooses JustCo’s co-working space in Raffles Place for Singapore office
The WeChat owner will have almost 200 seats at JustCo’s co-working space in OCBC Centre East at Raffles Place. ( read original story ...)
OCBC Cycle: Organisers help cyclists gear up for inaugural virtual event with home-based workouts
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, OCBC Cycle has been gearing up with home-based virtual workouts for the first time to help cyclists be physically ready for the Nov 1-15 free virtual event.. Read more ... ( read original story ...)
S-REITs picking up steam again by diversifying income streams: OCBC
REITs this year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, some players here are diversifying their income streams, a sign of gradual pickup in activity, say OCBC analysts in an Oct 15 note. OCBC Investment ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Singapore’s Nanofilms to raise up to $375 mln, biggest IPO in years
Singapore's Nanofilms Technologies International launched an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, which three sources with knowledge of the matter said could raise up to S$510 million ($375.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Court delays hit Singapore’s bid to be global restructuring hub
Singapore’s efforts to promote itself as a global restructuring hub have been hit by a court’s decision to grant a distressed water company an unprecedented string of extensions as it battles to avoid ... ( read original story ...)
Wilmar’s China IPO rides on its cooking oil power
Kuok Khoon Hong pulled off a remarkable second act. The billionaire sold shares of his China business in the biggest ever initial public offering (IPO) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, thanks to the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore must stay plugged into world to succeed: DPM
Even as the Covid-19 situation in Singapore stabilises and the country shifts its focus to economic recovery, it needs to stay open and connected to the world, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC named best managed bank during Covid-19
OCBC has been named the best managed bank during the Covid-19 crisis at this year's Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Where will Ant Group’s next billion users come from as it ploughs its jumbo IPO proceeds into overseas expansion?
In Southeast Asia, the world’s fastest-growing region in terms of internet users, Singapore’s DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta ... that will be one way it can spend its IPO proceeds. “Consolidation will ... ( read original story ...)
Straits Trading: Planned IPO Of Associate Company Draws Attention
Straits Trading's net profit attributable to shareholders fell by -87.1% YoY to S$5.5 million in 1H 2020, largely due to weakness in its hospitality and tin mining & smelting businesses. ( read original story ...)