SINGAPORE - Smartphone users in Singapore will soon be able to enjoy a mobile speed of 1Gbps. Singtel said on Monday (Feb 12) that it has achieved this peak mobile speed using Ericsson's quad-band FDD/TDD Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology. This will ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency speculation could ‘destroy’ innovation, Singapore central bank exec says
Speculative cryptocurrency investors are negatively impacting on experimentation with the nascent technology, an executive at Singapore's central bank said Monday. Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), told ... ( read original story ...)
Banking veteran believes in speakING up
Ms Low, who is ING Bank's Singapore country manager, is one of the more prominent female banking leaders here. During an hour-long interview at the ING Bank office at Guoco Tower, she spoke passionately about the importance of voicing one's opinions. ( read original story ...)
DBS completes acquisition of ANZ’s wealth management & retail banking business in five markets
... announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of ANZ’s wealth management and retail banking business in five markets in Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and Indonesia. The latest migration was successfully conducted in ... ( read original story ...)
Christopher Hampton to adapt The Singapore Grip for TV
JG Farrell’s novel The Singapore Grip is to be adapted for television by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons, ITV has announced. Christopher Hampton will script the six-part drama set during the Second World War and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to help brick-and-mortar stores compete against Amazon
Singapore is considering introducing a levy on e-commerce to give traditional vendors a fighting chance in the face of increased online competition Shoppers walk past a store front at a shopping mall in Singapore Photo: Wallace Woon/EPA The Singaporean ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s mystifying political succession
Should Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong retire at 70 then? Whoever emerges as Singapore’s premier-designate, two things are certain. First, he will come from the People’s Action Party (PAP), the only ruling party Singapore has known since it became self ... ( read original story ...)
China beats Indonesia as Singapore’s top tourist source
SINGAPORE - China became the largest source of tourists for Singapore in 2017 for the first time, and retained its top spot as the biggest tourist spenders here for the third year running. Last year, 3.2 million tourists from China arrived in the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange shares tumble as India’s move triggers earnings worries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shares in Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) plummeted as much as 9 percent on Monday as brokers cut their earnings estimates after a move by India’s three main bourses to stop licensing their indexes and securities to foreign exchanges. ( read original story ...)
Christopher Hampton To Adapt ‘The Singapore Grip’ For ITV
The Singapore Grip, which was part of Farrell’s Empire Trilogy of novels, which also includes Troubles and The Siege of Krishnapur was originally published in 1978. It tells the story of a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore boy allegedly hit at childcare centre by principal with wooden ruler
An 8-year-old Singapore boy allegedly got hit on the buttocks with a wooden ruler by the principal of a childcare centre. His furious mum asks, “My son really just did it with no ill intentions, does it warrant a punishment like this?” She has since ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Police Force releases ‘punny’ ads on social media and people are tickled
You don't see this often, at least not with a law enforcement body such as the Singapore Police Force (SPF), who has recently upped their social media game much to the amusement of their Facebook fans. Over the weekend, the police released two tongue-in ... ( read original story ...)
Third MVNO launches in Singapore
Competition in Singapore’s mobile market is heating up quickly as the city state gained its third MVNO within the last two years. Zero1 was scheduled to open registration on is website today (12 February), with its official launch coming next month ... ( read original story ...)
Rising interest rates to push banking into golden age
Better economic sentiments in the US cause banks' interest rates to slowly rise. The banking sector has experienced a mixed decade. The financial crisis caused severe pain and distress for a wide range of investors. Some institutions went under ... ( read original story ...)
DBS SME banking establishes retail F&B coverage team
This is a two-fold increase over the last five years. The overseas expansion is driven by limited growth opportunities in Singapore for F&B companies. Joyce Tee, DBS Group head of SME banking, says: “Even though Singaporeans eat well and dine out ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong – Open Banking Developments
In this bulletin, we discuss the HKMA initiative as well as the initiatives in Singapore and Australia relating to Open Banking. 1. Hong Kong’s new era: HKMA issues consultation paper on Open Banking The HKMA announced the launch of a “New Era of Smart ... ( read original story ...)