(Reuters) - Fitbit Inc has won a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services to up to one million of the country’s citizens as part of a health initiative ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank to enter India’s credit card market in 2020
Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI) is preparing to enter the local credit card market in India in 2020, a senior company executive said on Tuesday. The Singapore-based lender's ... ( read original story ...)
Little turbulence expected between Emirates and Singapore Airlines
higher volume end from Singapore Airlines over time. Whether that’s what the grouping wants to do, I’m not sure, but that will definitely be an impact point.” Both Emirates and Vistara were approached ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: After the Fed’s rate cut, the impact on Singapore and growth
SINGAPORE: When the United States Federal Reserve moves on interest rates, the markets listen with bated breath. That was the case when Fed Governor Jerome Powell recently announced a rate cut for the ... ( read original story ...)
Fitbit Collaborates with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board on Population-Based Public Health Initiative in Singapore
Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), today announced that it will be collaborating with Singapore's Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population project in support of Singapore's Smart Nation initiative. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Leader’s Wife Defends His Seven-Figure Pay on Facebook
Ho Ching, who is married to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, took to Facebook to defend her husband’s pay, which looks higher than those of many government leaders. Singapore’s wage system ... ( read original story ...)
Fitbit to partner with Singapore government on health initiative
(Reuters) - Fitbit Inc will collaborate with the Singapore government on a health initiative that involves the use of its fitness trackers, the company said on Wednesday. The agreement, beginning ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC In Talks With Singtel on Singapore Virtual Bank License
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. is in talks with companies including Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. about seeking one of the city-state’s planned virtual bank licenses, according to people familiar ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC in talks with Singtel about virtual bank licence, say sources
SINGAPORE (Aug 21): Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) is in talks with companies including Singapore Telecommunications about seeking one of the city-state's planned virtual bank licenses, according ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore lets firms apply for trademarks via mobile app
Businesses and startups now can apply for trademark protection via a new mobile app, which aims to slash the process from the current average time of up to 60 minutes to under 10 minutes. The app is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Mulls Bonds, Reserves for $72 Billion Climate Fight
Singapore is weighing options including the issuance of government bonds to fund the S$100 billion ($72 billion) it could take to fight rising sea levels over the next century. In the short-term, ... ( read original story ...)
Sellers of Singapore’s largest residential site above a lush park are wooing mainland China, Hong Kong developers
A choice piece of property in Singapore – the city-state’s largest residential site on a hilltop overlooking a lush park – is back on the market. Hong Kong or mainland developers could be its next ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC In Talks With Singtel About Singapore Virtual Bank License
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. is in talks with companies including Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. about seeking one of the city-state’s planned virtual bank licenses, according to people familiar ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Launches ‘The Unlimited’ Campaign for Inclusive Hiring Initiative
United Overseas Bank (UOB) is helping to enable more inclusive hiring practices by forming a collaboration among the public, private and people sectors in Singapore. Under the new initiative, ‘The ... ( read original story ...)
UOB makes inclusive hiring push with ‘The Unlimited’ initiative
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has stated “The Unlimited” to enable more inclusive hiring practices. It partnered public, private and people sectors in Singapore for the first time to connect businesses ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore welcomes all players to test 5G innovations: Iswaran
Singapore welcomes global and local companies to partner the Government in using the country as their base to experiment and trial innovative 5G mobile network use cases, Minister for Communications ... ( read original story ...)