Cashless payments are becoming increasingly popular around the globe. However, that does not appear to be the case in Singapore. Even as the government remains confident of a cashless society by 2025, ... ( read original story ...)
The problem with Singapore’s inequality denialism
The Ministry of Finance argued that the before-tax Gini coefficient is a more valid measure of inequality because the after-tax calculations “do not reflect the full range of government policy ... ( read original story ...)
Are Singapore Post Limited’s Shares Really Cheap Now After Plunging 30%?
Singapore Post Limited (SGX: S08), or SingPost, is a mail and logistics company, organised into four major segments of post and parcel, logistics, and eCommerce and property. At its current price of ... ( read original story ...)
Naspers’ PayU to buy majority stake in Singapore-based Red Dot Payment
SINGAPORE — PayU, the payments and fintech business of South African internet company Naspers, will acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based Red Dot Payment for an undisclosed amount. The deal ... ( read original story ...)
Agenda Announced for the 3rd Annual Big Data & AI Leaders Summit Singapore 2019
SINGAPORE, July 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Forward ... into how to drive growth with automated and orchestrated data. AI in Finance In the finance industry, banks have already started to adopt ... ( read original story ...)
sgCarMart and Ocean Protocol partner to build Singapore’s first Know-Your-Vehicle secure data marketplace
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- sgCarMart is launching Singapore's first Know-Your-Vehicle used car data marketplace to support better decision making for consumers. Leveraging Ocean ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Banking Licences Have Arrived For Non-Bank Players In Singapore.
On 28 June 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it will issue up to five new digital bank licences, which will effectively open digital banking business to non-bank players ... ( read original story ...)
Indian-origin Banker Gets 13 Years In Jail For Forgery, Cheating In Singapore
READ | Union Budget 2019: How Is The Budget Kept Secret By The Finance Ministry? Find Out Before Nirmala ... Prior to joining the British bank in February 2010, Kale worked for UBS Singapore where he ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Find Renewed Support
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had stumbled more ... ( read original story ...)
More Singapore SMEs Are Able to Access Financing in 2018
kindly visit their webpage at https://smeloan.sg/blog/2018-sme-finance-accessibility-survey. As we cross the halfway mark in 2019, recent released economic data suggests that the overall macro view of ... ( read original story ...)
3 Singapore Companies to Invest in During the US-China Trade War
With that said, though, here are three Singapore companies investors can consider that could help soften the blow should tensions escalate. Singapore Telecommunications Limited, also known as ... ( read original story ...)
Can Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGX:S63) Maintain Its Strong Returns?
By way of learning-by-doing, we'll look at ROE to gain a better understanding of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGX:S63). Our data shows Singapore Technologies Engineering has a return on ... ( read original story ...)
Grab expands finance business to boost profitability before IPO
SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia’s largest ride ... services with own license as well as through partners already in the finance sector. Grab offers the e-payment service in six countries in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Government Announces Third HackerOne Bug Bounty Program to Reduce Risk, Boost Cybersecurity
Government Technology Agency of Singapore Invites Hackers to Test Systems in an Effort to Build a Secure and Resilient Smart Nation HackerOne, the leading hacker-powered security platform ... ( read original story ...)
ADB to open office in Singapore to support expansion of private sector operations
OSAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is setting up an office in Singapore to support the expansion of the organisation’s private sector operations. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Life secures US$$90 mil investment from Sumitomo Life
SINGAPORE (July 1): Homegrown insurer Singapore Life has secured a US$90 million ($121.8 million) investment from Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, one of the largest life insurers in Japan. Under the ... ( read original story ...)