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or two Singapore cents to S$1.08 with 3.7 million shares traded. Other active index stocks included DBS which was down 1.6 per cent to S$26.95; and OCBC Bank which fell 0.9 per cent to S$12.76. Topics: ( read original story ...)

Apart from these, Business Platinum Credit card by Standard Chartered Bank, UOB Platinum business card and Citibank ... are anticipated to propel the payment cards market of Singapore in the following years. ( read original story ...)

Development Charge (DC) in Singapore has been going up in several areas. The latest hike occurred February this year. This isn’t usually the sort of thing average Singaporeans pay attention to since it’s the property developers who pay such fees. ( read original story ...)

A private car could set a buyer back by SGD70,000 (USD53,000) in Singapore. Prices of high-end property in the city could double by 2025, “assuming the government intervention won’t be too drastic,” according to Alex Schlaen, CEO of Panache ... ( read original story ...)

Homes purchased by non-Singaporeans rose 63% in 2017, thanks to market recovery. Even if the New Futura (48 units sold out of 64 units) is the only major project launched so far in 2018, sales momentum has been surprisingly strong for the luxury ... ( read original story ...)

Homes purchased by non-Singaporeans rose 63% in 2017, thanks to market recovery. Even if the New Futura (48 units sold out of 64 units) is the only major project launched so far in 2018, sales momentum has been surprisingly strong for a luxury residential ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore may now be the biggest foreign investor in Australian property. And for investors who are keen to invest in Australian property but are unsure where to look, Brisbane is one city with good investment potential and relatively higher returns on ... ( read original story ...)

Less than a week apart, two major financial institutions (“FIs”) have been hit with penalties for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering (“AML”) protections. But the penalties imposed by the involved regulators are different. ( read original story ...)

Gupte has been at the helm of the largest foreign bank by headcount in Singapore since 2016 when he took over from the retiring Michael Zink, and Rajesh Mehta (see below) assumed his former role as regional treasury and trade solutions head. Like many ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysia's FBM KLCI index rose 0.6% to 1,876.87, the highest in three years, while Singapore's Straits Times Index declined 0.6% to 3,491.37, after the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter percentage points as expected. The U.S. central bank's policy ... ( read original story ...)

As we near the end of Q1 2018, we take a look back and see how the year has started on a happy enough note: Singapore’s GDP grows 3.5% in 2017, salaries are expected to rise 3.9% this year. The stock market continues to close at new record highs. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The World Bank is backing efforts to control agricultural pollution in East Asia, the bank said in a statement, as rising consumption and urbanization boost the region’s food demand. The World Bank has published a new study which ... ( read original story ...)

VP Bank, a Liechtenstein-based bank, will be upgrading its Singapore subsidiary to a full branch in a bid to capture Asia’s appetite for credit. VP Bank Singapore, which has about 50 employees, plans to double its headcount within three years. ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): An article written by a political economist and published in Channel NewsAsia has called on Malaysians not to blame Singaporeans for pushing up property prices and the cost of goods in Johor. “An annual survey by the ISEAS-Yusof ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR: We know that about a quarter million Singaporeans visit Johor each week, thanks to newly available data about cross-border traffic. No doubt many make the trip to visit a favourite restaurant, shop or stay over a weekend vacation. READ: A ... ( read original story ...)

The property market of London is a hot favourite with Singapore’s affluent investors. About 97,000 properties in England and Wales are owned by overseas firms, and Singapore is among the top 10 countries owning properties. The BBC made this analysis ... ( read original story ...)