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Denes Ban said: “We are excited to be operating in Singapore, which is fast becoming a leading global fintech center. We look forward to strengthening our winning team of UOB and the Sassoon family by adding new Singapore partners, investors, and ... ( read original story ...)

Together with DBS/POSB’s network, the bank now has over 2,400 withdrawal touchpoints in Singapore. Introduced in 2013, POSB Cash-Point is a complimentary service that allows customers to withdraw up to SGD200 (in multiples of SGD10) with any item ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysian minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan was responding to demands by the opposition coalition that the government should be open about the income from the project and the cost sharing with Singapore. "I want to emphasise that, the Government has spent a ... ( read original story ...)

We will monitor engagement and feedback, improve in real-time and then expand to more clients and markets.” For the past few months, Citibank Singapore has been focusing their credit card efforts on mobile e-wallet payments via the Android platform. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore-based media startup incubator has announced a partnership with crowdfunding platform Fundedhere Leading Singapore media organisation Mediacorp is on a drive to help Singapore-based media startups raise seed funding. Today, its media startup ... ( read original story ...)

Weak manufacturing sector seen a major drag. Recent economic data have been disappointing in Singapore and the economy is expected to grow at a subdued pace by historical standards in 2017, said the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore's casinos are so 2015. After luring tourists for half a decade, they're now losing out to the mall. Shopping has overtaken gambling as the biggest earner in Singapore's tourism industry for the first time since 2012, surging 44 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Feedback unit REACH and Singapore's finance ministry will be organising a series of listening points to gather views ahead of next year's Budget. Nine REACH listening points will be set up in areas like malls, markets and community centres. ( read original story ...)

But some analysts see a brighter side to this, saying this gives the market cost advantage. Based on JLL's latest Global Premium Office Rent Tracker, Singapore ranked 18th in the world's priciest cities for Grade A offices. Its rival Hong Kong topped the list. ( read original story ...)

Worried about your Singapore banking bonus? You probably should be. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/265908/job-market-singapore/ Investment banks in Singapore typically won’t pay their bonuses until after Chinese New Year, but a general picture ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Several employees of DBS Group Holdings in Hong Kong have been arrested in a probe connected with an alleged leak of customer data, prompting the Singapore bank to say on Friday (Dec 9) that it takes its obligations to curtail financial crime ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s property market is especially attractive for several reasons. The city-state has an infrastructure and facilities that are on par with the best in the world. It is a regional financial hub and many of the world’s foremost financial ... ( read original story ...)

It’s a quandary I never imagined facing, but my decision to skip the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2016 was predicated on sound reasoning, and a whole lot of introspection, as my journal took me from first thoughts to making my final decision. ( read original story ...)

Indonesia's Gatot Indrajati “brushed aside” artists from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to win the grand prize in the UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year Awards in Singapore last Wednesday. His colourful mixed-media-and-acrylic “Right or Wrong ... ( read original story ...)

The move comes after the start-up received its Capital Market Services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in August. In March, United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced its US$10 million (S$14.3 million) investment in the start-up for an ... ( read original story ...)

Denes Ban said: “We are excited to be operating in Singapore, which is fast becoming a leading global fintech center. We look forward to strengthening our winning team of UOB and the Sassoon family by adding new Singapore partners, investors, and ... ( read original story ...)