One of the many highlights of the Singapore Night Festival 2016 was a block party on Armenian Street. It’s easy to check all of these cool events off your list, when you own the HSBC Advance Credit Card, which offers up to 2.5% cash back on all purchases ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore dodges recession as Q2 GDP gets tech boost, Fed risks eyed
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy grew in the second ... likely reflecting tepid private consumption and a deceleration in wage growth," HSBC analysts said in a research note. Growth in electronics exports has been one of the highlights of Asia's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore faces escalating school costs in bid to build a ‘smart nation’
Schooling isn’t cheap in Singapore: not just for citizens ... Parents budget S$70,939 for schooling from primary through tertiary level, according to a survey by HSBC Holdings Plc published in June. But for Singaporean families, the government foots ... ( read original story ...)
Some DBS services down over 2 days in August
SINGAPORE — Customers of Singapore’s largest banking group DBS Bank may experience problems in accessing selected banking services on the DBS network over the first weekend of August, according to an email sent out to the bank’s clients seen by TODAY. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Bank Mandiri makes private banking push in Singapore
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's largest bank by assets, PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (BMRI.JK), plans to open a full branch in Singapore as it makes a push into private banking in the city-state by targeting freshly declared wealth under Indonesia's tax amnesty scheme. ( read original story ...)
DBS : to Issue US$500 Million Green Bonds Due 2022
SINGAPORE--DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (D05.SG) Wednesday said it will issue US$500 million worth of green bonds, the first such issuance by the Singapore bank. The bonds, due 2022, will bear a quarterly coupon of three-month 0.62% over and above the U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore artist tops ‘comic book Oscars’ nominations
A Singaporean artist's graphic novel has topped the list of nominations for the Eisners, the Oscars of the comic book world. Sonny Liew tells the BBC about the challenges he faced in making the book, which has been criticised by the Singaporean government ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC looks at using artifical intelligence to profile customer behaviour – and detect fraud
SINGAPORE - OCBC Bank is testing out ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to build a profile of customer behaviour - and do so thoroughly enough to detect fraud. If the technology proves successful, it could prove to be crucial in the fight against ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s first e-commerce marketplace for energy powers up
Singapore began liberalising its energy market in 2001 ... Sustainable energy is not just a tree-hugging, feel-good thing. It’s a very practical business process. Lim said businesses can save about 20 per cent of their electricity bills by switching ... ( read original story ...)
Consolidation Likely For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in four straight sessions, advancing almost 100 points or 3 percent in its way to a two-year closing high. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,305-point plateau although investors ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore voids marriage after husband’s sex change: report
Singapore has voided the marriage of a couple after the husband underwent a sex change, making their partnership a same-sex union that contravened the city-state's laws, a report said Tuesday. The couple married as man and woman in 2015 but the husband ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is orderly, civil — and aghast over a family feud
Paint is chipping off the two-story house at 38 Oxley Road. If not for the empty white guard posts, few could tell it housed the man who built Singapore into a global symbol of order and opportunity. Now this modest former residence of Lee Kuan Yew ... ( read original story ...)
Transfer funds with just QR codes using OCBC’s Pay Anyone mobile app
SINGAPORE – Transferring funds has become even easier for OCBC Bank customers, who can send and receive money using just QR codes with its Pay Anyone mobile app, doing away with the need to share phone or NRIC numbers. OCBC Bank, which married QR codes ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore consumers can now instantly make travel claims from MSIG
DBS or POSB account holders in Singapore who purchase MSIG's travel insurance plans via the DBS website will now be able to receive their claims instantly. However, they need to also have an account with MSIG's customer portal to benefit from the service. ( read original story ...)
DBS takes orders for Singapore’s first offshore Green bonds
HONG KONG, July 18 (IFR) - DBS Group Holdings, rated Aa2/AA- (Moody's/Fitch), is marketing five-year US dollar Green bonds at Treasuries plus low 80 basis points area, the first offshore Green bond offering by a Singaporean issuer. The Singaporean bank is ... ( read original story ...)
Hierarchical, disorganised, anti-social: my internship at a Singapore bank
I’m an intern at a Singaporean bank. My work is too unstructured, I’m not learning much on the job, and I don’t get to network. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/219062/which-banks-to-work-for-if-you-want-a-big-intern-salary-in-singapore ... ( read original story ...)