StanChart to apply for virtual banking license in Hong Kong

Like peers around the world, banks in Asia, mainly in major hubs including Hong Kong and Singapore, have been boosting investments on internet and mobile banking services in the battle to lure tech-savvy students and young professionals. HSBC will invest $ ... ( read original story ...)

Market may open on a flat note

Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall ... that gripped investors late in the week subsided. Back home,the market ended the volatile session almost flat on Friday, 8 June 2018 as losses in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Postcard: Coconut, chicken and spice on media menu

SINGAPORE (AP) -- The tiny city-state of Singapore is hosting its largest media contingent ever for the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. They will be well fed, if nothing else. A sprawling 2,100 square-meter ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Stocks to Watch While Trump Meets Kim

Singapore Airlines Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest airline, and SATS Ltd., provider of food solutions and services to the aviation sector, also stand to gain amid an influx of travelers for the event. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s head of research ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stocks to watch during the Trump-Kim summit

Singapore Airlines Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest airline, and SATS Ltd., provider of food solutions and services to the aviation sector, also stand to gain amid an influx of travellers for the event. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s head of research ... ( read original story ...)

Mild Selling Pressure Tipped For Singapore Shares

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 55 points or1.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,435-point ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Returns to 1MDB Probe

On Thursday, investigators from Singapore, the banking center at the heart of the scandal, sat down with Malaysian counterparts, the city-state's prosecutor said in a statement. «It was a productive meeting, with a fruitful exchange of information. ( read original story ...)

Kim lands in Singapore ahead of high-stakes Trump summit

SINGAPORE (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Sunday in Singapore ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history, a sit-down with President Donald Trump meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang's ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore a good bet for Trump-Kim summit

Singapore is one of the safest countries in the world, and one of the most advanced in terms of technology, infrastructure and banking. It was reportedly chosen over Switzerland, Mongolia and China to host the historic US-North Korea summit on June 12. ( read original story ...)

Retailers bank on souped-up GoSpree app as GSS booster

The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) returned yesterday, with organisers banking on the GoSpree mobile app to boost sales, as it did last year. The executive director of Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), Ms Rose Tong, said the app has been enhanced further ... ( read original story ...)