OCBC Bank taps design in CX makeover

according to a senior executive at a major Singapore bank. OCBC Bank, the second largest financial group in South East Asia, has overhauled the design of its mail communications to clarify financial information and offer more confidence to customers ... ( read original story ...)

Half-Time Report: How Are The IPOs In Singapore In 2017 Faring?

In this week alone, there were two new IPOs to the Singapore market, namely NetLink NBM Trust and Union Gas Holdings. This brings the total number of IPOs as of 21 July 2017 to 12. All of these IPOs marked their entrance on the market with an opening price ... ( read original story ...)

Marathon: Singapore ‘a great global stage’

And that can only help the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon's (SCSM) hopes of achieving elite status. The WMM, an international series featuring the world's largest and most well-known marathons, comprises marathons in Berlin, Boston, Chicago ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean bank UOB planning wholly owned unit in Vietnam

This marked its ninth such unit in the region, after ones in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. UOB has arranged more than $3 billion in foreign direct investment from Asia to Vietnam in sectors including ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Influential Female Corporate Leaders

Adeline has also held various other leadership roles at Visa, Citibank, and UOB. She has been a part of the startup team for Jetstar as well as a board member of Singapore Tourism. linkedin.com/in/adeline-kim-0a317522 2 Anamika Talwar Managing Director ... ( read original story ...)

OCBC Bank fights money laundering with AI double act

Singapore’s OCBC Bank has piloted two fintech solutions from a pair of start-ups as it looks to combat money laundering and terrorism financing via artificial intelligence (AI). The two firms involved – BlackSwan Technologies and Silent Eight – were ... ( read original story ...)

UOB receives in-principle licence for Vietnamese subsidiary

Singapore’s United Overseas Bank has received the in-principle licence from the State Bank in Vietnam to open a subsidiary in the country. UOB is the first Singaporean bank to receive the licence for a foreign-owned subsidiary in Vietnam The bank will ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Stock Market May Extend Winning Streak

The winning streak has hit five sessions now for the Singapore stock market, which has advanced almost 120 points or 3.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,325-point plateau and the market is looking at another green ... ( read original story ...)