For the first quarter ended March, UOB reported a 21% rise in net profit to 978 million Singapore dollars ($731.9 million). Wee described it as the strongest quarter ever. Total income rose 9% to S$2.23 billion due to growth in both net interest income and ... ( read original story ...)
MyRepublic to offer mobile services through partnership with StarHub
“We promised that MyRepublic would bring a better kind of mobile service to Singapore, and we believe we can still do that.” The ISP said in a press release that it will be rolling out mobile services “very soon” but did not give a date, nor did it ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore is upbeat on its Middle East prospects after a sound start to 2018
Bank of Singapore is upbeat on its prospects in the Middle East. Competition in the region has been fierce, but the private banking arm of OCBC was growing faster than its competitors, said Vikram Malhotra, South Asia and Middle East global market head at ... ( read original story ...)
MyRepublic offers mobile services in Singapore after partnership with StarHub
MyRepublic announced on Thursday (May 3) that it has formed a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with StarHub. The agreement will enable MyRepublic to use StarHub's mobile network infrastructure to offer mobile services in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Review: Singapore Airlines business class, SQ288 Sydney-Canberra-Singapore
Receive 75,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $2,500 on eligible purchases In the first 3 months. Save $425 with no annual fee for the first year. Eligibility criteria, T&Cs, fees and charges apply. Click here now. Singapore Airlines’ rejig of its ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Announces New FinTech Fast Track initiative
Singapore is one of the top-ranked FinTech hubs globally, with a world-class infrastructure and connectivity. Ultra-high-speed fiber infrastructure runs across the nation, while mobile subscription penetration exceeds 100 percent – factors that are all ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Basks in Rates Glow
historically Singapore banks perform well when the monetary authority starts to tamp down the pace of economic activity. The three homegrown lenders – DBS, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and United Overseas Bank Ltd. – are among the biggest gainers ... ( read original story ...)
Global Switch First in Singapore to Adopt Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Methods for Data Centre Construction
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2018--Global Switch, a leading owner and operator of large scale carrier and cloud neutral data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific, announced that its Singapore Woodlands data centre, is the first project in the island ... ( read original story ...)
Seven new things to know before you interview with Standard Chartered in Asia
What Standard Chartered’s Q1 results really tell us about jobs and careers at the firm in Singapore and Hong Kong. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/314051/sought-after-asian-banking-jobs/ Standard Chartered has long been one of the most prolific ... ( read original story ...)
Covestro joins bid to launch composite application centre in Singapore
At the Germany-Singapore Business Forum at Hanover Fair on 24 April, the group of currently ten companies and two research entities signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the launch of the CAC. Spearheaded by Composite Cluster Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Hands on: Vivo X21 is first phone with in-screen fingerprint scanner in Singapore
They simply tap on a part of the screen, which is more convenient. A prototype of the X21, out in Singapore on May 5, was first shown at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona in February. It had taken many by surprise then for being the first phone ... ( read original story ...)
Vivo X21 brings in-display fingerprint scanner to Singapore ahead of ‘global’ expansion
While the world’s first “full-production” smartphone with in-display fingerprint recognition technology never made it outside Vivo’s homeland, its similarly groundbreaking sequel is ready to expand from China to Singapore. If that doesn’t impress ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches the “Fintech Fast Track” for new patents
This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence "Fintech Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced the launch of a new initiative, dubbed the Fintech ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Has Just Become Asia’s Best-Performing Stock Market
There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Today, Singapore’s Straits Times Index nudged ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Just Edged Out Vietnam as Asia’s Top Stock Market
(Bloomberg) -- There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Load Error Today, Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Scottish processors to benefit from Singapore import changes
Following the announcement that Scotland was granted negligible BSE risk by the World Organisation for Animal Health, the AVA has changed the age limit of the beef products that Scotland can export to Singapore, as well as now allowing bone-in beef and ... ( read original story ...)