Even in Singapore, where trials were carried out extensively in the past. Yet, the hype is all about China’s mobile payment today. With either WeChat Pay or AliPay, from the country’s two big Internet companies, you can scan a bar code with your phone ... ( read original story ...)
It’s official: Singapore unicorn Sea files for IPO on NYSE
Singapore unicorn Sea, formerly Garena, announced on Friday that it has filed a registration statement for a proposed IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse will be the bookrunners for the IPO. The number of ... ( read original story ...)
Summer adventures to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur – Intercontinental Singapore (Bugis)
Contents (It’s LONG and probably will change). With the plane at the gate, I headed off it, and into the luxury that is Singapore Changi Airport. After a comfort break, I headed off to one of the SkyTrain to the Arrivals and Transfers area. I didn’t ... ( read original story ...)
China’s welcome for Singapore PM may signal a new approach to smaller states
The Chinese are well known for their elaborate protocols to welcome foreign heads of state on official visits: gun salutes, honour guards, children dancing and waving flowers, meetings and state banquets at the Great Hall of the People. What is less well ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore government to trial Apple Pay for public transport in 2018
A small number of commuters in Singapore will soon be able to use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for train and bus rides, as the country's Land Transit Authority plans to launch a pilot program involving Apple Pay in 2018. Announced by the LTA earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s rebel bookseller seeks new narrative
SINGAPORE -- One evening in May 2015 in Singapore, a week before the public launch of a much anticipated manga-style novel, publisher Edmund Wee received a phone call summoning him to the National Arts Council. The book was "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock ... ( read original story ...)
Teen Posing as Singapore Airlines Pilot Scams 50 People, Molests 15-Year-Old Girl
A 19-year-old boy who pretended to be a Singapore Airlines pilot has been arrested for molesting a 15-year-old girl in Hong Kong. According to The Independent, the boy, surnamed Sit, met the victim at a cafe on September 10. Inside, he claimed that his ... ( read original story ...)
Miss Universe Singapore 2017: Sharmen Diana Frugtniet
Once a victim of bullying, Sharmen Diana Frugtniet, 19, took things in her stride and managed to change her life for the better. In primary and secondary school, she faced racist taunts from her schoolmates, which discouraged her. But Sharmen, whose father ... ( read original story ...)
Chef Jean-Georges on his love for Singapore and his best dishes from The Dempsey Cookhouse & Bar
Unless you've been living under a rock, you would surely have seen or heard about the buzz and adoration surrounding the casual fine-dining restaurant up on the hills of Dempsey — aptly situated right next to the spiffy Dover Street Market, The Dempsey ... ( read original story ...)
Will Singapore be the next Intellectual Property Hub?
Singapore had much to celebrate. The island nation launched its 2017 Intellectual Property Week by signing a Memoranda of Understanding with Deloitte to assist 100 promising enterprises turn their ideas in to assets. The investment speaks to The Lion City ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Market this Week: Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited Joins the Giants
The local stock market, as represented by the Straits Times Index (SGX ... Aucnet Inc, to jointly develop Singapore’s first online live B2B auction platform. The joint venture company, SG e-Auction Pte Ltd, will operate and manage the e-auction platform ... ( read original story ...)
1 Stock That Has Trounced the Straits Times Index Handsomely This Week
Members of Motley Fool Singapore CEO David Kuo’s exclusive, invitation-only investment club Stock Advisor Gold have the opportunity ... to finding “hidden gem” stocks on the SGX exchange, to the latest market news from Athens, Beijing, and Washington ... ( read original story ...)
Australia’s Cromwell puts on hold up to $1.1 bln Singapore IPO of REIT
of a real estate investment trust on the Singapore Exchange, according to a stock exchange filing. "Despite receiving significant interest from strategic, institutional and retail investors, given current market conditions, it will not proceed with the ... ( read original story ...)
Losing Streak May Continue For Singapore Shares
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, tumbling almost 30 points or 0.9 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,215-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Holdings considering job cuts: report
Shares in Singapore Press were unchanged at S$2.71 on the Singapore Exchange. The stock has lost about 23 percent so far this year, giving it a market value of S$4.3 billion. ( read original story ...)
Launch of the 2nd Asia Pacific Alternative Finance Industry Report
Other key markets in the Asia Pacific region in 2016 were Japan at $398 million, South Korea at $376 million, Singapore at $164 million, and India at $124 million. The alternative finance sector in the Asia-Pacific totalled $102.8 billion in 2015 ... ( read original story ...)