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PSA ramps up capacity, resources amid global logistics convulsion

PSA Singapore has been ramping up resources and capacity, including reopening berths at Keppel Terminal, adding thousands of workers and starting to use the yards at Tuas Port, to help ease global supply chain disruptions.

Ryde meets LTA's requirements for full ride-hail, car pool service licences

SINGAPORE'S Land Transport Authority (LTA) has converted Ryde Technologies' existing provisional licences for point-to-point services to a full ride-hail service operator licence and a full car pool service operator licence.

Growing gap in financial confidence, risk appetite among Singapore's affluent: study

THE Covid-19 pandemic has widened the gap among the affluent in Singapore when it comes to financial confidence and risk appetite, according to a Standard Chartered study released on Thursday (Oct 21).

Grab Financial Group expands merchant services, offerings

GRAB Financial Group (GFG), the financial services arm of Grab, is expanding its merchant services, including offering more "buy now pay later" (BNPL) options.

DBS rolls out new travel deals as more VTLs go live

A NEW "traveller kit" has been launched for DBS/POSB card holders featuring over 700,000 travel deals and discounts from more than 700,000 hotels/properties, 250 airlines and 15 travel platforms.

The STI today

STI slips 0.3% as China property sector appears to weigh on regional sentiment CHINA'S property sector and the world's most leveraged property player Evergrande appeared to be weighing on sentiment in Asia, noted an analyst, as Singapore's blue-chip barometer Straits Times Index (STI) ended lower on Thursday (Oct 21).