Finally, people in Singapore are about to get an easier and quicker way to send money to a friend, via a mobile wallet app. But surprisingly, it's not coming from a bank or payment company — it's coming from ride-hailing app, Grab. SEE ALSO: You can now ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign demand muted due to strict stamp duty, strong Sing dollar
The proportion of foreign property buyers in Singapore remains low, data shows. With the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) and strengthening Singapore dollar, foreign demand for homes in Singapore remained muted even as private home sales soared 50 ... ( read original story ...)
Housing market rebound fuelled by local demand
Singaporeans account for close to 80 percent of private home buyers here. Local buyers have been driving Singapore’s resurging residential property market, accounting for 77.6 percent of private home buyers during the first seven months of 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
A Mid-Autumn Collection by Mandarin Orchard Singapore
Singapore, 21 July 2017 – Mandarin Orchard Singapore unveils ... and 20% discount thereafter. Bank of China, Citibank, Maybank, Standard Chartered, OCBC and UOB credit card holders enjoy 20% discount during the early bird period and 15% discount thereafter. ( read original story ...)
Credit Suisse Sued by Billionaire in Singapore and New Zealand
Claims bank is blocking access to evidence in separate case Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili sued Credit Suisse Group AG in Singapore, New Zealand and Bermuda, alleging the bank must have known about the actions of a former employee who forged ... ( read original story ...)
Barclays has hired a senior Singapore banker as recruitment rebounds
Barclays has recruited a senior Singapore investment banker ... Anthony Kersauson has joined Barclays from Standard Chartered and is focused on M&A origination and execution across Southeast Asia, according to his online profile. He spent two years ... ( read original story ...)
PM: Vital for security to adopt technology
In the move to become a Smart Nation, it is important that security agencies in Singapore also make use of technology to keep the Republic safe, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. In a Facebook post following his visit to the Woodlands ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: A smart city has to solve problems, not just deploy technology
who is speaking at the imec Technology Forum in Singapore next week. In this month’s Q&A, he tells Techgoondu that becoming a smart city is only a means to an end, not the goal itself. NOTE: The responses have been edited for brevity and house style. ( read original story ...)
Sarawak eyes Singapore blueprint for science, technical education
KUCHING — Sarawak is considering Singapore’s implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education for its primary schools, state Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Michael Manyin said on Monday (Aug 28). ( read original story ...)
‘Next generation’ medical school opens in Singapore
Imperial College London and Nanyang Technology University (NTU) officially opened their joint medical school in Singapore today (28 August). LKCMedicine now admits 120 students per year – the fifth cohort joined this month – with the first set of fully ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May See Positive Bounce
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last six trading day since the end of the five-day losing streak in which it had fallen more than 60 points or 1.9 percent. The Straits Times Index ... ( read original story ...)
PLANNING AND ACHIEVING FINANCIAL FITNESS IN SINGAPORE
Once upon a time, there was a guy named Jack. Jack lived in a condo in Singapore and decided to lend $1,000,000 to his friend, Jill, for 10 years in exchange for 1% interest per annum. Jill accepted the agreement and had to pay an additional $10,000 to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s DBS starts mobile banking in Indonesia
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA -- Singapore's largest bank by assets, DBS Group Holdings, launched Tuesday a mobile banking service in Indonesia, looking to tap into mobile-savvy millennials in Southeast Asia's largest country. The paperless and signature-less service ... ( read original story ...)
Scooter sharing gets rolling in sweaty Singapore
These are external links and will open in a new window Anyone who lives in Singapore has walked a short distance, only to find themselves sweating through their shirt. Three local companies think electric scooter-sharing services could be an answer. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Home Sales Recovery Is Down to the Locals
Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. After years of declines, Singapore’s home sales are on a roll, even as purchases by foreign buyers have remained muted. Stringent stamp duties levied by the ... ( read original story ...)
IPOS, Deloitte sign MOU to help 100 companies commercialise intellectual property
SINGAPORE - Companies that make use of intellectual property (IP) - especially in the biomedical and healthcare, manufacturing and engineering and deep tech fields - are getting a boost to scale up and expand abroad. The Intellectual Property Office of ... ( read original story ...)