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Secure ecosystem is key in fast payment access for non-bank e-wallet players
E-WALLET operators will need to keep up cybersecurity and anti-fraud efforts to...
A rush to create Asean travel bubble holds too much risk
THE notion of creating "travel bubbles" in South-east Asia - a region of more than 650...
Covid-19 widens field for new digital banks as inclusion gap narrows
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is sticking to its planned number of digital...
Singapore to open payment rails to selected non-bank financial firms from February
SINGAPORE is opening up access to the payment rails once held sacred by only the...
S&P to buy IHS Markit for US$39b in year's 2nd top deal
S&P Global has agreed to buy IHS Markit for about US$39 billion in stock, a deal...
Biden picks former Federal Reserve chair Yellen as Treasury secretary
PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden took a significant step this week towards addressing the...
Food delivery is here to stay as F&B players ramp up online sales
THINGS are looking up for food and beverage (F&B) firms that have successfully...
Asean Customs Transit System team looks to multi-modal transport, wider adoption
THERE needs to be greater promotional efforts to drive adoption of the Asean Customs...
Singapore bank lending dips further in October
SINGAPORE's bank lending fell for the eighth straight session in October, dragged down...
About 1,250 Shell employees to benefit from upskilling
THE Singapore Shell Employees' Union (SSEU) has teamed up with Shell to set up a Joint...
Accuron Technologies CEO Tan Kai Hoe named chairman of Singapore Red Cross
THE Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has a new chairman - Tan Kai Hoe is taking over the top...
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Q3 corporate profits show signs of recovery amid rebound in economic activity
FOR the third-quarter ended September 2020, earnings for Singapore-listed companies,...
MAS orders removal of EH-Reit manager after submissions raise 'no new material facts'
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday ordered the removal of the manager...
No Signboard full-year loss widens to S$9.8m
CATALIST-LISTED food and beverage group No Signboard Holdings sank deeper into the red...
Changing hands
Tracking fund flows in the Singapore stock market
Quotation of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds
As at Nov 30, 2020
No success in telcos' fight to grow profits
LOCAL telcos Singtel and StarHub both turned in double-digit declines in underlying...
Activist funds opposed to Sabana-ESR merger slam one-proxy rule
AHEAD of voting on the controversial merger between Sabana Shari'ah Compliant...
CDL to report full-year loss; Deloitte completes Sincere review
CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) expects to sink into the red in 2020 with a full-year loss...
STI ends session 1.75% down, but up 15.8% for the month of Nov
THE benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ended Monday down 1.75 per cent or 49.87 to...
Dollar hits new 2½ year low after month of losses
THE dollar hit its lowest in 2½ years on Monday while riskier currencies were mixed,...
REAL ESTATE
Singapore commercial property investment deals dive, but should pick up next year: Savills IM
SINGAPORE'S commercial property investment volumes have plunged as expected this year...
Christmas, virus, fear of no-deal Brexit push Europe's warehouses to the limit
RETAILERS worldwide have never had more reason to pack warehouses to the brim and keep...
Singapore's office market will never be the same again
POST-COVID-19, Singapore's workforce is adapting to the new normal of flexible working...
Mortgage boom risks coming home to roost for Brazil's banks
OWNING their first home on the outskirts of Sao Paulo felt like a distant dream when...
BANKING & FINANCE
UOB to set up electronic FX pricing, trade engine in Singapore
UOB on Monday said it will set up an electronic foreign exchange (FX) pricing and...
Commodity-finance industry in Singapore gets code of best practices
A SET of best practices for commodity financing was rolled out on Monday, the first...
GIC partners 3 organisations and initiatives on climate change management
GIC has become a signatory to three organisations and initiatives relating to climate...
JPMorgan doubling Singapore private bankers for rich China clients
JPMORGAN Chase plans to double the number of private bankers serving Chinese clients...
ENERGY & COMMODITIES
US shale firms amp up natural gas output as futures signal more gains
HIGHER natural gas futures prices for 2021 and a continued glut of crude oil are...
China seeks to import jet fuel ahead of CNY holidays
CHINESE New Year may be more than two months away but one Chinese fuel supplier is...
TECHNOLOGY
GlobalWafers in talks to buy Siltronic for 3.75 billion euros
TAIWAN'S GlobalWafers Co said that it's in advanced talks to acquire Siltronic AG, a...
CONSUMER
Universal Studios to open 60b yen Nintendo Park in February
UNIVERSAL Studios Japan plans to open its US$580 million Nintendo attraction on Feb 4...
Australia's Treasury Wine diverting China-bound wine over hefty tariffs
AUSTRALIA'S Treasury Wine Estates Ltd said on Monday that it would divert hundreds of...
TRANSPORT
Singapore opens tender for 600 EV charging points at over 200 public carparks
THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Monday...
Europeans snap up old cars to avoid public transport
WANT a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus...
Airlines face 'mission of the century' in shipping vaccines
IN COOLED warehouses on the fringes of Frankfurt airport, Deutsche Lufthansa AG is...
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Moderna to seek US, EU emergency nod after study shows 94.1% vaccine success
MODERNA Inc said it would apply for US and European emergency authorisation of its...
Hong Kong imposes more restrictions to contain latest wave of Covid-19 infections
HONG KONG is sending civil servants back to work-from-home arrangements as the...
Malaysia extends virus curbs on Top Glove's worker dormitories in Klang
MALAYSIA will extend its movement control order on Top Glove Corp's worker dormitories...
Australia demands apology from China after fake image posted on social media
AUSTRALIA demanded an apology after a senior Chinese official posted a fake image of...
Trump to add China's SMIC and CNOOC to defence blacklist, say sources
THE Trump administration is poised to add China's top chipmaker Semiconductor...
LIFE & CULTURE
UOB raises S$75,000 for charity through virtual run-walk event
THE Covid-19 pandemic may have led to the cancellation of most mass events, but it has...
The Croods 2 leads sluggish Thanksgiving holiday weekend
THANKSGIVING is traditionally one of the most popular times to go to the movies in the...
Sotheby's and Christie's look to luxury as a coronavirus antidote
TWENTY years ago, Sotheby's and Christie's made money by auctioning art. And that was...
SME
Engineered to excel
CREATING possibilities together among its various stakeholders is a common goal that...
Digital skills to be taught in Mice training courses at SUSS
THE Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) has partnered the Singapore...
Don't pay the ransom; take these five steps instead
THEY say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and this is as true for your...
OPINION
Sustainability drive: Everyone must chip in
THE last few years have sent sustainability to the top of the global agenda as the...
Singapore needs new mindset to cement global hub role
THE novel coronavirus pandemic and shifting trade relationships have made the world...
European leaders need to pull together amid economic, political crisis
EUROPE has been jolted yet again in recent weeks, becoming - for the second time - the...
Biden's modest multilateralism
LIKE the Joni Mitchell song puts it, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."...
Sunak statement fails to address gathering Brexit storm
RISHI Sunak gave a mini-budget last week with shocking economic data confirming the UK...
Creating a gender-equal world is a mission for all
IN EARLY 2020, Awa had just turned 15 years old when she heard that her marriage was...
BREAKING NEWS
Bitcoin surges to all-time record as 2020 rally powers on
[LONDON] Bitcoin soared to a record high against the dollar on Monday, as its 2020 rally steamed ahead, boosted by...
Secret to George Clooney's hair? The Flowbee
[WASHINGTON] Pandemic hair getting out of control? Take a tip from George Clooney: the Hollywood style icon has...
WHO says 'will do everything' to find Covid-19 origins
[GENEVA] The World Health Organization insisted on Monday it would do everything possible to find the animal origins...
US 'Cyber Monday' sales at record-setting pace
[SAN FRANCISCO] Online deals for gadgets, games, wine and clothes put "Cyber Monday" sales on track for record...
GM won't take stake in electric-truck startup Nikola
[NEW YORK] General Motors terminated a transaction to take a stake in Nikola, but reached a preliminary agreement to...
Facebook buys online customer service startup Kustomer
[SAN FRANCISCO] Facebook on Monday announced it is buying a startup specialising in helping businesses interact with...
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