HSBC Singapore has launched an overseas mortgage package that will initially be offered to customers buying residential property in Australia before being rolled out to other markets. The HSBC ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore economy seen shrinking in Q2 as two sectors struggle
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy is expected to have contracted almost 3% in the second quarter, a slight improvement from advance estimates but reaffirming the risk of a possible recession as the trade ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sets Cybersecurity Requirements for Banks
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the nation's central bank, has mandated that financial institutions comply with risk management guidelines within the next 12 months in an effort to strengthen the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore retail sales fall 8.9% in June
SINGAPORE: Retail sales in Singapore dropped 8.9 per cent in June 2019 compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Department of Statistics (Singstat) on Thursday (Aug 8). The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock dispute with India ends, but creates new uncertainties
Unlike the SGX Nifty, single-stock Indian futures in Singapore have no liquidity. But none is needed. The bank selling the swap will use its foreign institutional investor account in India to manage ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Ambassador: ‘Our Laws Are for Us to Make’
Singapore Says It’s Fighting ‘Fake News.’ Journalists See a Ruse. In May, Singapore passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which gives government ministers the ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Completes Blockchain Trial with Thailand’s Oil Giant Using Voltron
This pilot involved the shipment of an oil product from Thailand to Singapore. Standard Chartered was able to digitise and simplify the end to end exchange of information between all parties in the ... ( read original story ...)
Promising signs ahead for Singapore-led FDI
... members are the impressive numbers belonging to Alibaba.com - the world’s largest business-to-business e-commerce platform - with which Singapore’s Innovative Hub Pte., Ltd. has signed a ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel landlines disrupted; NETS, credit card machines affected, business owners say
SINGAPORE: Singtel customers on Thursday (Aug 8) reported experiencing disruptions to their land lines, with several business owners having problems with their NETS or credit card payment machines. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore welcomes Vietnamese ties
Just last month, Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Business Federation led one of the largest Singaporean business missions in recent years to Vietnam to seek new opportunities. The visit also ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ready to stimulate ailing economy, PM says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government stands ready to stimulate the economy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday, after some of the worst economic data in years prompted warnings ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore must continue to reinvent to stay ahead, says PM Lee in National Day message
SINGAPORE — Singapore must continue to reinvent itself and break new ground to “stay in front of the pack”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in this year’s National Day message. Delivering the nine ... ( read original story ...)
Technology Companies in Asia Pacific Struggle to Retain Employees While Ramping up Hiring Plans
In Singapore, the percentage of technology companies that plan to hire aggressively increased from 5.5% to 6.0%. * Employee turnover in the technology sector is highest in Singapore at 14.7%, followed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore economy seen shrinking in second-quarter as recession risks grow: Reuters poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy is expected to have contracted almost 3% in the second quarter, a slight improvement from advance estimates but reaffirming the risk of a possible recession ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s APEX records first fuel oil futures for physical exchange
SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Singapore-based Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX) this week registered the first exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) for its 380-centistoke high-sulphur fuel oil (380-cst ... ( read original story ...)
Man accused of causing 8 Singapore flags to be burnt in Woodlands
SINGAPORE — A 25-year-old man was charged on Friday (8 August) with burning a Singapore flag along the 13th floor common corridor of an HDB block in Woodlands with a lighter. As a result of Elson Ong ... ( read original story ...)