Pine Labs Pte – which is based in Singapore has converted into Pine Labs Limited. As per media reports, the merchant commerce platform is likely to list itself in the US next year. However, with its ... ( read original story ...)
Broncus on the road for IPO
Broncus Holding Corp has launched its IPO of about HK$1.67bn ($215m) in Hong Kong. The medical devices company, which specialises in developing interventional pulmonology products that focus on ... ( read original story ...)
DBS fortifies payments security with new self-managed card payment control features
All 3.6 million DBS/POSB debit and credit cardholders today are now able to determine and personally manage the security access on their card accounts via the most comprehensive suite of payment ... ( read original story ...)
Credit Suisse Is Said to Lose Lead Role on Olam Food London IPO
Credit Suisse AG has dropped from the roster of lead banks on an Olam International Ltd. unit’s planned London initial public offering after turning down a loan request, people with knowledge of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank DBS charts ambitious plans for digital exchange
Singapore's DBS Group expects to double the number of members on its new platform for cryptocurrency trading to 1,000 by end-December and grow this by 20-30% annually for the next three years as ... ( read original story ...)
Negatives from regulations priced in for Tencent: UOB KH
UOB Kay Hian thinks the negatives from China's crackdowns have been priced into Tencent's share price, giving it a "buy" call. ( read original story ...)
Singapore expects recovery to continue in 2022 on global rebound
Singapore’s economy will continue to recover next year as global growth is projected to “remain positive,” S. Iswaran, minister-in-charge of trade relations at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, said ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore e-tailer Shopee takes Latin America by storm
Social media feeds in Brazil were deluged Thursday with ads trumpeting huge discounts on the Shopee e-commerce platform: 65% off Adidas sneakers, 49% off wireless headphones, and more. The promotions ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore seeks to keep Covid-19 endemic path despite recent case surge; booster programme begins on Tuesday (Sept 14)
Singapore, faced with the imminent prospect of dealing with 2,000 daily Covid-19 cases from over 400 currently, says it’s sticking to the course of living with Covid-19 for now. ( read original story ...)
Daily Covid-19 cases likely to soon exceed 1,000, next two to four weeks crucial for Singapore
The sharp rate of increase in local Covid-19 cases is worrying and the next two to four weeks will be crucial in terms of whether higher infection numbers will lead to more serious cases and deaths, ... ( read original story ...)
DBS CEO Says China’s Common Prosperity Drive Is ‘A Good Thing’
The focus on common prosperity, how you take care of the bottom of the pyramid, that’s not a bad thing. It’s the right time for that,” he said. China’s “common prosperity” drive and attack on the ... ( read original story ...)
Yip Pin Xiu has 5 Paralympic gold medals, but her total award is equivalent to 1 Olympic medal. Why?
As Singaporean para athlete Yip Pin Xiu braced herself for the 50-metre S2 backstroke event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on September 2, 2021, she was a bundle of nerves. Despite having swept ... ( read original story ...)
Best thing to do is to ‘pause’ Singapore’s reopening: Lawrence Wong
On Friday (), Finance Minister and Multi-ministry Taskforce co-chair Lawrence Wong responded to public concerns that the MTF is repeatedly shifting its goalposts on the road to Singapore's reopening. ( read original story ...)
‘Critical period’, but Singapore ‘not reversing course’ on treating Covid-19 as endemic as cases soar
Minister says no need for lockdown ‘at this juncture’, but tightening of measures can’t be ruled out entirely. ( read original story ...)
Singapore plans to reopen amid concern over ‘sharp increase’ in COVID-19 cases
SINGAPORE: As Singapore plans to reopen economic activities, the government on Friday expressed concerns over a "sharp increase" in the number of COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks that might ... ( read original story ...)
DBS turns to Kim Huat in scam battle
Singapore’s DBS has unleashed an unlikely new weapon against impersonation scams: a strange blue-haired man called Kim Huat. ( read original story ...)