Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) will pay $4.9 billion to settle ... Editing by Eric Beech and Susan Thomas) Next Story Only 3 in 10 Singapore business travellers feel confident on data safety 1 2 3 4 Y... ( read original story ...)
Singapore remains at risk from high-profile hackers
In spite of global recognition hailing its cybersecurity frameworks as one of the world’s most advanced, Singapore still fell victim to an unprecedented cyberattack last June, calling attention to the ... ( read original story ...)
Property curbs and trade war a double whammy for Singapore banks
AVA’s new animal shelter continues to get slammed for ‘concentration camp’-like facilities Hong Kong is more liveable than Singapore Sushiro Singapore’s Facebook captions of their food are brilliant p... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks’ loans growth outlook cut on property curbs, trade tensions
SINGAPORE - Singapore's banking sector will face greater headwinds over the coming quarters from the double whammy of the latest property cooling measures and rising trade tensions between the US and ... ( read original story ...)
Funding Societies Hits SGD 200 Million in SME Crowdfunding
SINGAPORE, Aug. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Funding Societies, the leading peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in Southeast Asia, surpassed the SGD 200 million mark in total crowdfunded SME loans. This a... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific’s Leading ICT Companies Honored at Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 ICT Awards
SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2018 /CNW/ -- Asia-Pacific's top ICT firms were celebrated at Frost & Sullivan's annual ICT Awards held at the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore earlier this evening. Arkadin Cloud Com... ( read original story ...)
Apple ships 3.5 million Watches in Q2 2018, with LTE version a runaway success in Asia
Apple Watch shipments to Asia (excluding China) surpassed 250,000 units, with the LTE version accounting for about 60% ... Apple has formed partnerships with operators in Australia, Japan and Singapor... ( read original story ...)
StarHub leans on enterprise segment for higher revenue
During the quarter, StarHub activated what it called the "first commercially ready" gigabit-speed LTE mobile network in Singapore, as well as enabling narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) capabiliti... ( read original story ...)
Seoul top city in East Asia with 4G availability of nearly 98%
We recently published the first in a series of blog posts comparing key cities in East Asia, which looked at 4G speeds, and found Seoul and Singapore were the fastest ... but South Korea was the leadi... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Funds Wilhelmsen’s Drone Delivery Project
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has been selected to help develop the future Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) regulatory framework for Singapore and will receive ... light and reliable private 4G/LTE co... ( read original story ...)
Singapore lands on Wilhelmsen as a maritime partner for drone delivery
This was announced during the Aviation Community Reception, hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Wilhelmsen said ... light and reliable private 4G/LTE communications, onshore pa... ( read original story ...)
Only 3 in 10 Singapore business travellers feel confident on data safety
They worry the most about using public wifi during travels. Only over a fourth (27%) of business travellers from Singapore expressed confidence that their employer's data safety will not be compromise... ( read original story ...)
Why the CEO of Singapore’s Sunningdale Tech, Koh Boon Hwee, fired himself
That sentiment helps explain why business succession is such an issue in Singapore, where more than 60 per cent of listed companies are family owned and transitions to new leadership are infrequent. I... ( read original story ...)
Corporate Taxation in Singapore
A company is deemed tax resident in Singapore if the control and management of its business are exercised in Singapore. In general, the place where the directors of a company manage and control its bu... ( read original story ...)
Uber is on a hiring spree in Singapore despite ‘exiting’ Southeast Asia
Uber agreed to sell its Southeast Asia business in March, but it isn’t leaving the region. In fact, the U.S. firm is literally doubling down with plans to more than double its staff in Singapore. That ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore beats Hong Kong to retain No 1 spot globally for fixed broadband speed
In terms of the mobile internet, Singapore still has some way to go. Qatar, Norway and United Arab Emirates took the top three spots respectively for the month of July in Ookla’s tests in mobile inter... ( read original story ...)