SINGAPORE (Dec 4): OCBC Investment Research expects Singapore REITs (S-REITs) to record positive DPU growth next year. For those under its coverage, OCBC is projecting growth of 0.3% for FY19F and 2.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered ‘to cut jobs in Dubai, Singapore’
LONDON: Standard Chartered is to cut up to 100 jobs in Dubai in a bid to reduce costs, according to a report by Bloomberg. The bank is also looking to slash positions in key markets such as Singapore, ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook: the big new threat to banks trying to hire in Singapore
Like Google and Amazon, Facebook has been tapping Singapore’s banking sector for talent this year. In June, for example, Facebook appointed Bikramjit Singh Sadana, Standard Chartered’s head of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks offered $21M in funds to boost cybersecurity capabilities
Singapore suffers 'most serious' data breach ... and offered examples of ways to improve the effectiveness of such applications, such as one specific bank's ability to reduce its false positives by 40 ... ( read original story ...)
Why Google’s latest Singapore hire is such bad news for banks
An experienced infrastructure specialist has left JP Morgan to join Google’s Singapore office, in a move that reveals Google’s growing allure among banking technologists in the city state. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Watchdog Releases Comprehensive Guide to ICO Legality
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has released a guide for businesses that want to make money via an initial coin offerings in the city-state. According to the guide, tokens can be exempt from some ... ( read original story ...)
Go-Jek finally enters Singapore with beta app, DBS cardholders prioritized
After months of speculation and hint-dropping, Go-Jek has finally entered the Singapore market – the home turf of its archrival Grab. Today, it launched its private car ride-hailing service in beta, w... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon: Still going strong at 81
In his own words, C. K. Murthy "extends the lives of buildings" for a living. So perhaps it does not come as a surprise that he knows a thing or two about active ageing and living life to its fullest. ... ( read original story ...)
DBS named Global Bank of the Year by FT publication
SINGAPORE - Singapore's largest lender, DBS, has been named Global Bank of the Year by The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times. DBS was also chosen as the publication's Asia-Pacific Bank of t... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Set for Sister Act at HSBC Women’s World Championship
SINGAPORE, 30 November 2018 – After a remarkable year for both the Jutanugarn and Korda sisters, both pairs of siblings have confirmed they will compete at the HSBC Women’s World Championship when it ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : named Global Bank of the Year by leading Financial Times publication, The Banker
In the areas of customer and employee satisfaction, DBS was recognised as having best-in-class service in its sector in the last decade by Singapore Management University's Institute of Service Excell... ( read original story ...)
ST Eng, SIA named OCBC’s top sector picks for resilience and low valuations
SINGAPORE (Nov 30): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on the Singapore industrials sector, indicating a preference for ST Engineering and Singapore Airlines (SIA) due to their earnings ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore needs more fraud-busters; lenders tapping data analytics to fight financial crime
The Monetary Authority of Singapore “strongly encourages the use of data analytics” in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, said Ho Hern Shin, assistant managing director, ... ( read original story ...)
GOJEK launches beta app in Singapore
DBS/POSB customers will guide its customers to get priority access to the app. GOJEK has launched a beta version of its app through iOS and Android app stores in Singapore. According to an announcemen... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Banks Series (UOB, OCBC, DBS) – Analyzing & Profiting From Them
Singapore banks are among the safest in the world. Collectively, the three local banks (UOB, OCBC and DBS) make up the largest percentage components in the local Straits Times Index. They have an outs... ( read original story ...)
New UOB-SMU scholarship gives data talents a boost
United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Singapore Management University (SMU) has set up a joint scholarship to deepen the data skillsets among Singapore’s pipeline of talent. This is the first full-tuition sc... ( read original story ...)