A senior Singapore trader has called it a day at UOB after nine years. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/294652/uob-hire-google-apple/ Senior UOB interest rates trader Lawrence Lee has joined Taiwan’s CTBC Bank in Singapore as a director. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Has a New President, No Election Needed
BANGKOK — Singapore will get a new president on Wednesday, but she will not be elected. Halimah Yacob, 63, the former speaker of Parliament, will become the country’s first female president and the first in five decades to come from the Malay ethnicity ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GP talking points
Formula 1 heads to its hottest race and the heat is firmly on Ferrari to deliver in Singapore, after being humbled in their home race by Mercedes last time out. The Scuderia were no match for the Silver Arrows at Monza, finishing over 36 seconds behind ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Keyboard lets customers make P2P payments without leaving messaging apps
Singapore's OCBC Bank has launched an Android keyboard that enables customers to make peer-to-peer payments from within any app or mobile browser. Once they have downloaded and set up the keyboard app, customers can tap on the OCBC Pay Anyone icon from ... ( read original story ...)
POSB rolls out wearable smartwatch tech to 6000 primary school children
The POSB Smart Buddy programme is fully subsidised by POSB. (See Appendix for further details) Said Jeremy Soo, Managing Director and Head of Consumer Banking Group (Singapore), DBS Bank: “We believe that POSB Smart Buddy represents a paradigm shift for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s presidency puts Malay representation on agenda
SINGAPORE: There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore's army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but a member of its poorest ethnic minority will become president of the Southeast Asian city state this month. Aiming to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First Female President Will Be A Hijab-Wearing Muslim Woman
“I can only say that I promise to do the best that I can to serve the people of Singapore and that doesn’t change whether there is an election or no election,” Yacob said about the news on Monday, according to Channel News Asia. The 63-year-old ... ( read original story ...)