American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners ... Delta partner China Southern is offering fares between New York and Singapore or Kuala Lumpur from $493 roundtrip. Great fares are widely available September through December ... ( read original story ...)
Financial literacy to acquire in 2017
JA Singapore even hosts competitions that simulates a financial situation, so the students can apply their financial literacy knowledge during the competition. For those slightly older, Citibank has also collaborated with Singapore Management University ... ( read original story ...)
Digitisation wave creating new jobs in the world of finance
Mr Fonzarelli Ong, a senior vice-president at Citibank Singapore, recalled that when the global financial crisis hit in 2008, there was a “sweeping anxiety” across the industry. “Markets were quiet, phones were no longer ringing, everyone’s waiting ... ( read original story ...)
Small Bay Area tech firm wins $12M verdict against Singapore-based behemoth
A small tech company in Tiburon has won a verdict of more than $12 million against a Singapore company it sued for alleged ... The jury also awarded Venture $77,563 for 2,140 Citibank prototype cards it provided to FiTeq and $303,900 for inventory ... ( read original story ...)
Top 5 credit cards for earning Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles
Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer frequent flyer scheme is a ... credit cards from banks including American Express Australia, Diners Club, Westpac and Citibank. Australian Business Traveller highlights five of your best options, along with what you ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Becomes Tenth Country in Which Samsung Pay Has Launched
The Thai launch of Samsung Pay follows soon after a planned launch in the UK was delayed, and amid anticipation that it will soon debut in India. It is currently active in South Korea, China, Spain, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Canada, and the US. ( read original story ...)
DBS Group selling PwC Building to Manulife in $747 million deal
Singapore - In the first transaction of an entire Singapore office building this year, DBS Group announced on Friday evening that it is selling PwC Building at 8 Cross Street to an indirect subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp. This confirms an earlier BT ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks likely to report profit slump amid oil sector stress
SINGAPORE: DBS Group Holdings and smaller rival United Overseas Bank (UOB) are set to report their lowest quarterly profit in at least two years, hurt by bad loan provisions for a battered oil services sector, a survey has shown. Nearly a dozen Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Housing Prices in Singapore Feb 2017: How Much Will Your First Home Cost?
Most Expensive Neighborhoods in Singapore for a 3-BR HDB Flat The Cost of a Loan Most ... There are many types of insurance which consumers can go without. Even if you self-finance the purchase of a home, homeowner’s insurance is a very wise decision. ( read original story ...)
Canada 150 event in Singapore cancelled after accident kills one
SINGAPORE - The Canadian High Commission in Singapore cancelled a Canada 150 event at the Botanic Gardens after an accident left one person dead. The federal government says the person killed and four others injured were not Canadian. The Singapore Straits ... ( read original story ...)
One person killed in accident at Canada 150 event in Singapore
One person is dead after an accident at a Canada 150 event in the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Saturday, according to the High Commission of Canada. Channel NewsAsia reported on its website that a "massive Tembusu tree toppled at the Singapore Botanic ... ( read original story ...)
Is The Singapore Stock Market A Buy In 2017?
Emerging markets are performing very well lately. We have indicated in several articles why, and indicated which emerging stock markets are worth considering. One of the many questions of readers we received this week is whether the Singapore stock market ... ( read original story ...)
Leave property cooling measures for the HDB, not high-end market: Rhonda Wong, CEO, Ohmyhome
But as a platform for HDB sellers and buyers, landlords and tenants to transact directly with each other, it is one that has naturally not gone down well with the traditional middlemen – Singapore’s property agents. It touts itself as being able to ... ( read original story ...)
After 'America first', satirical video outlines why it should be 'Singapore second'
SINGAPORE - "It's going to be only America first!" US President Donald Trump exclaimed at his inauguration speech in January. Now Singapore, characteristically undeterred despite going up against much larger rivals in the contest, has thrown its name into ... ( read original story ...)
People in Singapore don’t read much literature. Can these tiny books change that?
When it comes to literacy, Singapore is no slouch. The country boosts a 98 percent ... Student Ang Beng Heng, 24, told Straits Times that he’d rather check his news apps and Facebook feeds in his free time. "Current affairs are more often used as a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks likely to report profit slump amid oil sector stress: Analysts
SINGAPORE — DBS Group Holdings and smaller rival United Overseas Bank (UOB) are set to report their lowest quarterly profit in at least two years, hurt by bad loan provisions for a battered oil services sector, a survey of analysts by Reuters has shown. ( read original story ...)