BT's Top Stories from Last Week

Fake SMS scams: Do banks and telcos have a duty of care to customers?

In places like HK, pre-registration is needed before a party can send SMSes with alphanumeric sender IDs, like the name of a bank.

Indonesia's Karim Family Foundation raises S$200,000 to support badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew

The Karim Family Foundation - set up by the family of Indonesian tycoon Bachtiar Karim and his wife Dewi Sukwanto - wanted to congratulate Loh for his win at the championships in December 2021, according to Zaobao.

Record 538 lawyers left profession in 2021; junior lawyers made up bulk of exits

The departures were concentrated among junior lawyers that have been in practice for less than 5 years.

Families to have priority for new prime location HDB flats, to keep flats affordable

The Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model will give priority to Singaporean families who may need more space because they have bigger households, the Ministry of National Development said on Monday (Jan 10).

UOB snares Citi's consumer units in 4 Asean markets for almost S$5b, double retail base to 5.3m

It's proposing to pay S$915 million plus the net asset value of Citi's consumer business in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.