The Singapore stock market on Wednesday ended the two-day losing streak in which hit had fallen more than 30 points or 1 percent. The ...
Singapore to pilot use of wholesale CBCDs in 2024: Menon
MAS is also rolling out GPRNT.AI, an ESG data platform for financial institutions. Singapore will be piloting the live issuance and use of wholesale central bank digital currencies in 2024, a top ...
7 Takeaways From President Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s Fireside Chat At The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2023
The current technology revolution with AI will not only have a faster impact but also be more disruptive to cognitively skilled workers.
Standard Chartered launches tokenization platform in Singapore
SC Ventures, the fintech investment and venture arm of Standard Chartered, has launched a new tokenization platform, Libeara.
$680k seized, 5 held in anti-scam operation after DBS team’s tip-offs
Another 47 people are under investigation for their suspected involvement in scams. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Billion-dollar money laundering case: Accused at risk of cancer, say lawyers who suggest 24-hour surveillance
Su Baolin's lawyers alleged that Changi Prison's Complex Medical Centre does not provide adequate care for their client, who has a congenital heart condition.
CBDCs can replace cash, improve cross-border payments: IMF chief at Singapore fintech event
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says central bank digital currencies can improve financial inclusion in places where few hold bank accounts The three-day Singapore FinTech Festival brings ...
Investment opportunities abound in 2024 but investors must be selective: Morgan Stanley
The bank characterised its 12-month outlook for returns across major equity markets as “comfortably positive.” Read more at straitstimes.com.
Standard Chartered Investment Arm Launches Tokenization Platform
Crypto Futures Funding Rates Normalize After Bitcoin Drops to $35.6K ...
Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures debuts tokenization
In a pioneering move within the financial sector, SC Ventures, the innovative fintech investment and venture arm of Standard Chartered, has stepped into the future of finance with the launch of their ...
Analysts keep estimates unchanged for OCBC; bank named as top sector pick for some
While DBS Group Research analyst Lim Rui Wen has kept her “hold” call like her peers, she is less upbeat on OCBC’s outlook even though the bank’s results stood largely in line with the estimates of ...
Singapore’s Temasek, Saudi PIF take contrarian view on China, raise bets on consumer stocks as other foreign investors flee
Two of the world’s biggest state owned investors have poured money into China’s consumption stocks during the third quarter, at a time when Western investors are retreating over growth concerns and ...
IMF says central bank digital currencies can replace cash: ‘This is not the time to turn back’
Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF said that the public sector should keep preparing to deploy CBDCs and related payment platforms in the future.
Singaporeans to receive Assurance Package (AP) support next month
The Assurance Package (AP) aims to help Singaporeans tide through the period of higher inflation and cushion the impact of the GST rate increase...” MOF said in a press release ...
All adult Singaporeans to receive Assurance Package cash payments in December
SINGAPORE – All adult Singaporeans will receive between $200 and $800 in December through the Government’s Assurance Package to help with the rising cost of living. This will apply to Singaporeans ...
UBS, DBS and SBI execute world first live repurchase transaction of natively-issued digital bond on public blockchain
This is part of MAS’s Project Guardian, a government-industry partnership to test the feasibility of asset tokenisation.