Amazon Takes Prime to Singapore, Focuses on Southeast Asia

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN recently announced the launch of subscription-based Prime membership in Singapore. The service will focus on areas like fast and free shipping, streaming and gaming. The move comes about six months after the e-commerce giant ventured ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is about to get its first bitcoin dispute trial

A legal dispute involving bitcoin will soon head for trial at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), a first for the city-state. The Straits Times (ST) reported that the dispute was between electronic market maker B2C2 and bitcoin exchange ... ( read original story ...)

Steady Start Seen For Singapore Stock Market

(RTTNews.com) - The losing streak has reached three sessions now for the Singapore stock market, which has surrendered more than 50 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,400-point plateau, although it may ... ( read original story ...)

A DBS dept head in Singapore has just joined a buy-side start-up

A senior department head at DBS in Singapore has left the firm to do something completely different. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/284288/dbs-technology-jobs-soh-siew-choo/ A senior technologist has left DBS in Singapore to join a blockchain ... ( read original story ...)

Two charged in Singapore over Airbnb rentals

Singapore (AFP) - Two men have been charged in Singapore with illegally renting out apartments on Airbnb, the first such prosecutions in the city-state under new rules, local media reported Wednesday. Regulations introduced in May ban homeowners from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks fall more than 1%; OCBC, DBS top losers

Singapore stocks fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, taking cues from Asian shares following losses on Wall Street as the technology sector stuttered yet again. Asian stocks are poised for the longest losing streak in two years as commodities companies ... ( read original story ...)

Reserves help Singapore weather economic storms

Singapore's reserves deliver long-term economic stability while giving the country firepower to weather crises, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday. The reserves have been accumulated over many years as a result of prudent spending by past ... ( read original story ...)

Amazon launches subscription-based Prime service in Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday launched its subscription-based Prime service in Singapore that provides access to fast shipping, streaming and gaming, intensifying competition with incumbent rival Alibaba-backed Lazada in Southeast Asia ... ( read original story ...)