A mobile phone seller is the first to be fined for failing to register for Goods and Services Tax (GST) for online sales. Edwin Pang ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. States Can Succeed in AI by Looking at Singapore
Singapore’s ambitious artificial intelligence strategy is a model that U.S. states can learn from as they create their own road maps. ( read original story ...)
Lightnet Group Forges Partnership with Siam Commercial Bank
PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-based fintech company, Lightnet Pte. Ltd. (Lightnet Group), has announced a partnership with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB). ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng tech ETF to launch in Singapore
Lion Global Investors and OCBC Securities have partnered to launch Singapore’s first technology-focused exchange traded fund, rolling out a new ETF that tracks the recently launched Hang Seng Tech ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Producer Prices Decline Slows In October
Singapore's producer prices declined at a softer pace in October, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Friday. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s co-developed vaccine candidate is in ‘good shape’ for delivery in 2021
Positive results were announced by Singapore's Covid vaccine candidate ARCT-021, developed by Arcturus Therapeutics together with Duke-NUS Medical School. ( read original story ...)
LVB writes off bonds worth ₹318 crore ahead of merger with DBS Bank
A day ahead of its merger with the Indian arm of Singapore-based DBS Bank, the debt-ridden Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) on November 26 has written off bonds worth ₹318.20 crore as per the existing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore factory output falls 0.9% in October, after surging for two months
Singapore's manufacturing output dropped for the first time in three months in October, with only the biomedical and precision engineering clusters seeing growth. ( read original story ...)
Singapore IPO activity ‘bright’ amidst market risks
Singapore raised US$852m in proceeds from eight IPO deals so far this year. Total initial public offering (IPO) activities in Southeast Asia for almost 11 months this year raised US$6.44b from 100 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Singapore Office REITs Live On in Post-Virus World
The office may never reach its past heights in the post-pandemic world but the outlook for Singapore and Hong Kong offices is promising. ( read original story ...)
Lakshmi Vilas Bank branches to operate as DBS Bank from today
DBS Bank is making necessary arrangements to ensure that service, as usual, is provided to customers of LVB, the central bank added. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Pushes Digibanks in Face of China, U.S. Crackdown
Singapore’s financial regulator will stick with its plans to award digital banking licenses by the end of the year, undeterred by tightening scrutiny in China and the U.S. that’s hitting major Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
UOB allows staff to work remotely two days a week once COVID restrictions are lifted
Further, in Malaysia and Thailand, head office transformation and relocation projects are underway and expected to be completed in 2022. In Singapore, the Bank will set up new social spaces in prime ... ( read original story ...)
Emily Hoe on How the Singapore Film Festival Planned its Way Through a Virus Hit Year
Emily J. Hoe took over as executive director of the Singapore International Film Festival just as the world was waking up to the coronavirus as a full-on pandemic. A calm head helped prevail and ... ( read original story ...)
DTI developing mobile app for halal products
Department of Trade and Industry is developing a mobile app intended to raise awareness and provide easy access to halal products and services. ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Bound Billionaire James Dyson Plans $3.6 Billion Move Into Batteries And Robotics After Electric Car Failure
Sir James Dyson is moving his HQ to Singapore after a year to forget for one of Britain’s best-known billionaires. ( read original story ...)