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8 hours 9 minutes ago
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been using an augmented intelligence tool, said to be a global first in the securities enforcement world, to better decide on how it should prioritise and pursue cases of market manipulation.
Jamie Lee
9 hours 7 minutes ago
STANDARD Chartered Bank will be injecting more than US$2.5 billion in common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital into its locally-incorporated unit as part of a business transfer.
Vivienne Tay
11 hours 21 minutes ago
</span>A TOTAL of S$16.8 million in financial penalties and settlements was slapped on 42 financial institutions here as part of enforcement actions taken by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) between July 2017 and December 2018.
Jamie Lee
17 hours 31 minutes ago
GRAB is stepping up its efforts to court micro-entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). On Tuesday, the firm launched a slew of financial services targeted at businesses, including an online payment checkout system and a deferred payments product for users of its platform.
Claudia Chong
17 hours 31 minutes ago
SINGAPORE Airlines' (SIA) proposed offer of S$500 million five-year, fixed- rate bonds may be just what yield-hungry small investors have been waiting for. This bond offering the second in nine years targeted at retail investors.
Tay Peck Gek
1 day 5 hours ago
TEMASEK International, the investment and management arm of Temasek Holdings, announced on Tuesday that Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara will succeed Lee Theng Kiat as chief executive officer from April 1.
Leila Lai
1 day 7 hours ago
GREAT Eastern has tied up with Samsung to offer "modular" or bite-sized insurance plans to Samsung Pay users, the insurance arm of OCBC Bank announced on Tuesday.
Rachel Mui
1 day 17 hours ago
IN A sign of more incumbents embracing blockchain, tech giant IBM on Tuesday officially launched a new blockchain network for regulated financial institutions (FIs) which will support cross-border payments and foreign exchange in over 50 countries.
Sharanya Pillai
1 day 17 hours ago
WHILE securities trading will remain an important facet of Singapore's capital market, the future success of Singapore Exchange (SGX) hinges on the exchange being multi-asset, multi-purpose and borderless, its chief executive officer, Loh Boon Chye, said.
Angela Tan
1 day 17 hours ago
CHINA'S banks may have a flood of bad loans waiting in the wings. Not that you'd know it from looking at official levels for 2018, which suggest the problem was broadly contained. The reality is that newly-soured debt was coming through the front door as fast as banks could shovel it out the back.
Christopher Balding
2 days 6 hours ago
FROM Tuesday, customers of budget airline Scoot will be able to make payment via PayNow when booking flights on the FlyScoot website, Scoot announced on Monday.
Leila Lai
4 days 17 hours ago
WHILE Asia-Pacific private equity deal value and exit value in 2018 reached record levels since 2013, the outstanding performance masked worrying signs that point to turbulent times ahead for the market, according to a report by global management consultancy Bain & Company.
Claudia Chong
4 days 17 hours ago
AIA Singapore clocked a 7 per cent increase in full-year operating profit after tax to US$558 million from a year ago, despite pressure on profitability from double-digit medical inflation in the market, it said on Friday.
Jamie Lee
5 days 4 hours ago
DBS has hired Bank of Singapore (BoS) banker Lee Woon Shiu to be the new regional head of wealth planning, family office and insurance solutions at its private bank.
Lynette Tan
5 days 12 hours ago
INSURER AIA Singapore clocked a 7 per cent increase in full-year operating profit after tax to US$558 million from a year ago, against what it cited as pressure on profitability from double-digit medical inflation in the market, it said on Friday.
Jamie Lee
5 days 13 hours ago
WHILE Asia-Pacific private equity deal value and exit value in 2018 reached record levels since 2013, the outstanding performance masked worrying signs that point to turbulent times ahead for the market, according to a report by Bain & Company.
Claudia Chong
5 days 13 hours ago
WHILE Asia-Pacific private equity deal value and exit value in 2018 reached record levels since 2013, the outstanding performance masked worrying signs that point to turbulent times ahead for the market, according to a report by Bain & Company.
Claudia Chong
6 days 10 hours ago
IN the first legal dispute in Singapore involving the bitcoin cryptocurrency, the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) found that operator of virtual currency exchange platform Quoine had wrongfully reversed seven trades from electronic market maker B2C2 in April 2017.
Tay Peck Gek
6 days 17 hours ago
THE see-sawing of the British pound as the fate of Brexit vacillates has been exasperating for both money changers and those in need of the physical currency.
Siow Li Sen
6 days 17 hours ago
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) seeks to achieve "good long-term returns" on its reserves through a balanced asset allocation, Singapore's top central banker said.
Marissa Lee
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