SINGAPORE, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer holiday season in full swing and people keen to 'get away from it all', Agoda, one of the world's fastest growing digital travel platforms, reveals ... ( read original story ...)
The Raffles Singapore Embarks on a Modern Journey
In Singapore, in an intimate space full of vintage books and leather furnishings, millennials congregate after work. Some on dates, others with groups of friends, they are ready to flirt and mingle. ... ( read original story ...)
Maximising opportunities, and learning from the best, every day
Her employer, multinational bank Citi, invests considerably in its employees’ learning, development and career progression, and San-San, who’s now heading Wealth Management and Segments at Citibank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturers, services less upbeat about next 6 months: Surveys
Manufacturing and services firms in Singapore have become less upbeat about business prospects for the second half of 2019, although there are certain segments within these sectors that are more ... ( read original story ...)
Stability in Hong Kong key for Singapore businesses: minister
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Prolonged turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardize regional financial stability, and that would outweigh any short-term gain for Singapore from flows of funds from investors worried ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OCBC Bank Customers Can Use QR Codes At ATMs
In an effort to make Singapore’s three million monthly cash withdrawals more digital, OCBC Bank has rolled out QR codes that customers can use at any of its 655 ATMs, the company said in a press ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank first in Singapore to offer cash withdrawals via QR codes
SINGAPORE: Customers of OCBC Bank can now withdraw money using QR codes, the bank said in a news release on Wednesday (Jul 31). Using the OCBC Pay Anyone app, customers can scan a QR code and then ... ( read original story ...)
5 Best Priority Banking in Singapore
With your $300,000 in savings, you could open a Maybank Premium Wealth account and enjoy priority services across Singapore and Malaysia as well as Bank Internasional branches in Indonesia, great if ... ( read original story ...)
iFAST eyes virtual banking license
Internet-based investment product distribution platform iFAST is in talks with potential partners to pursue a digital banking license in Singapore, according to a report from DBS Research. If the move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OSBC Bank launches cardless ATM withdrawals using QR codes
Singapore-based OCBC bank customers can now withdraw from ATM's using a mobile app. Singapore-based OCBC Bank announced the rollout of ATM technology that allows customers to withdraw funds using the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore says drug smuggling worsens, even as hangings rise
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches program to attract talent in ‘frontier technologies’
Tech@SG was developed with these goals in mind. “[Tech@SG] will enable Singapore to upskill our local talent pool to root more technology companies here and grow the sector,” said managing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Shrinking Stock Market May Turn Around Its Fortunes
The largest IPO this year in Singapore was by Prime U.S. REIT, which raised $612 million. But beyond IPO volumes -- which still remain below an average of $2 billion per year since 2000 -- companies ... ( read original story ...)
Nigerian in jail for international money-laundering scheme charged for cheating man in Changi Prison
SINGAPORE: A Nigerian man who was jailed two months ago over a scheme to swindle Citibank in New York City was charged in court on Wednesday (Jul 31) for a fresh offence of cheating. Amos Paul Gabriel ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank offers cash by QR codes
This also offers a more secured way to access money since it taps the customer's biometric data to authenticate transactions, according to the Singapore bank. Using its Pay Anyone app, OCBC customers ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC first in Singapore to enable cash withdrawals at ATMs using QR codes
SINGAPORE - OCBC customers can now make ATM cash withdrawals via a QR (quick response) code, removing the need for ATM cards. The bank is the first in Singapore to offer cardless withdrawal at most of ... ( read original story ...)