Like Google and Amazon, Facebook has been tapping Singapore’s banking sector for talent this year. In June, for example, Facebook appointed Bikramjit Singh Sadana, Standard Chartered’s head of ... ( read original story ...)
Refinancing Your Home Loan in Singapore – When Should You Do It?
Your home loan is probably the single biggest financial commitment you’ll ever take on, and one you could spend the next few decades paying for. Given the magnitude, you obviously want to ensure you l... ( read original story ...)
World Building of the Year awarded to innovative Singapore housing complex
A housing complex for senior citizens has beaten off flashier competition to be named "World Building of the Year" at the World Architecture Festival (WAF), which concluded in Amsterdam on Friday. Con... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks offered $21M in funds to boost cybersecurity capabilities
Singapore suffers 'most serious' data breach ... and offered examples of ways to improve the effectiveness of such applications, such as one specific bank's ability to reduce its false positives by 40 ... ( read original story ...)
Why Google’s latest Singapore hire is such bad news for banks
An experienced infrastructure specialist has left JP Morgan to join Google’s Singapore office, in a move that reveals Google’s growing allure among banking technologists in the city state. ( read original story ...)
Singapore placed 10th as most visited destination
The lion city is most popular amongst travellers from the UK thanks to its cuisine and heritage. Singapore rounded off the top 10 global destinations most visited by travellers in 2018, according to a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore seeks a ban on ivory sales
The authority is proposing to completely prohibit elephant ivory sales in Singapore under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act. AVA said: “The proposed ban is in line with Singapore’s broade... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Watchdog Releases Comprehensive Guide to ICO Legality
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has released a guide for businesses that want to make money via an initial coin offerings in the city-state. According to the guide, tokens can be exempt from some ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Platform: David Puttnam Reiterates Call For Shorter Theatrical Windows
Puttnam was in conversation on Sunday with Singaporean filmmaker Boo Junfeng (“Apprentice”) at the ongoing Singapore International Film Festival ... they still can’t get it on the mobile, they’ve to w... ( read original story ...)
Fintech firm Revolut gets green light to expand to Japan and Singapore
Revolut said it had acquired a remittance license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and full authorization from Japan's Financial Services Agency. It intends to launch its mobile banking app in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Customs arrests 12 men and seizes over 11,900 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes from industrial premises in Tuas
12 men were arrested and over 11,900 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized in three separate operations conducted in industrial premises in Tuas in November 2018. The Singapore Customs (SC) reveals ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expats burdened with lower packages and higher cost of living
Quane said in another interview with Singapore Business Review that their study was also affected by the fact that an increasing number of expatriates recruited into Singapore from lower salary locati... ( read original story ...)
Spike in mobile-line subscription scam cases in Singapore
Police have seen a spike in scam cases involving fraudulent subscription of mobile lines this year. From January to June, 77 such cases were reported with the amount cheated totalling more than $83,00... ( read original story ...)
Go-Jek hopes to draw ‘hundreds of thousands’ of customers in Singapore
which is headquartered in Singapore. Grab offers services similar to Go-Jek's, such as food delivery and mobile payments. Grab has garnered more than $6 billion in funding and is backed by SoftBank, C... ( read original story ...)
Singapore pilots on-demand public bus service
Commuters can request pickups and drop-offs at any bus stop within a designated area through a mobile app, the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement. The service can ... ( read original story ...)
Port of Singapore: A Next Generation Port
This paper takes us into the inner workings of the Port of Singapore, a port that gets such popular coverage on the PTI website. With a strategic global position, an open trading mentality and truly i... ( read original story ...)