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 ...)
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 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 ...)
Singapore Stock Market Draws Firm Lead For Thursday
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market ticked higher again on Wednesday, one session after it had ended the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 65 points or 2.1 percent. The St... ( read original story ...)
Singapore IPO proceeds plummet 85% to $715m
Firms in the healthcare and F&B sectors continued to perform well. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) raised a total of $715m across 13 initial public offering (IPO) deals as of November 2018 which is 85% l... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam overtakes Singapore and Hong Kong in IPO fund market
Singapore's IPO market only raised $715m against Vietnam’s $6.2b. Singapore and Hong Kong fell short to Vietnam’s initial public offerings (IPOs) making up more than half or $6.2b of the total $12b ra... ( read original story ...)
Now is Not The Time For You to Give Up On The Stock Market
Fear is rampant in the stock market right now. Investors have taken it on the chin but it is not the time to give up. Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) peaked in early May this year and proc... ( read original story ...)
DBS to almost double staff, triple revenue of Mideast private banking
The Singapore bank is joining Citibank (:C - News) and other global lenders expanding wealth management operations in the region. The prospective client base includes wealthy Middle East business peop... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank DBS to ‘almost double’ Dubai private banking staff by 2023
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, said it would almost double its Dubai private banking staff in its bid to triple revenue for those operations in the Middle East by 2023, capitalising on a ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean fintechs engage with UAE digital bank
The event showcased award-winning Fintechs from Singapore in conversation with a leading digital bank in the UAE. First, some interesting information about the Singapore Fintech Festival. Narendra Mod... ( read original story ...)
Which Singapore Bank Stock Should Investors Buy Now? (Part 1)
In Singapore, the three major listed banks are DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX: O39) and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11). After peaking in April ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech and Digital Finance Innovation Initiatives of Banks in Singapore
TOV was awarded The Best Innovation Centre by Financial Institution in Singapore at The Asian Banker Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2018. Another area of focus for the bank has been upskilling ... ( read original story ...)
Cancer diagnostics firm Biolidics lodges prospectus for Catalist IPO
SINGAPORE - Medical technology firm Biolidics Limited, a cancer diagnostic solutions developer formerly known as Clearbridge Biomedics, lodged a preliminary prospectus on Friday (Nov 23) for a planned ... ( read original story ...)