Singapore FinTech Festival x SWITCH 2020 to Feature Digital and Physical Experiences Over Week-Long Event The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Enterprise Singapore announced that the Singapor …
Singapore plans year-end fintech event amid virus restrictions
The Singapore FinTech Festival x SWITCH 2020 event, which will run 7 to 11 December, will allow participants to meet at key physical locations and connect to an “online city”.
Singapore’s Universal Studios deploys facial recognition for entry
Visitors to Universal Studios in Singapore will now have to pass through facial recognition scanners to enter the park, in the city-state’s latest foray with a technology that has stoked privacy …
Decline of Singapore’s Famed Shopping Strip Shows City’s Pain
A walk down Orchard Road shows just how badly the coronavirus pandemic has hit Singapore’s famed shopping strip.
Job prospects for foreigners dim as Singapore unemployment rise
The overall unemployment rate in June 2020 rose to 2.9 per cent from 2.4 percent in March 2020.There were a total of 90,500 unemployed citizens and residents in June 2020 …
National Wages Council to reconvene this year amid Covid-19’s rising toll on Singapore jobs
SINGAPORE – The National Wages Council (NWC) will reconvene this year as the Covid-19 pandemic takes a toll on the labour market.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
StanChart gets to double footprint in Singapore as first significantly rooted foreign bank; MAS enhances scheme
SINGAPORE – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (Aug 3) named Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) the first Significantly Rooted Foreign Bank (SRFB) here, allowing it to operate up to …
Manulife Singapore: 2 in 3 do not have the confidence to resume “normal” life post-circuit breaker
A new Manulife survey about the impact of COVID-19 and circuit breaker measures on the lives of people living in Singapore has revealed that 60% of respondents are not confident to be part of crowds …
Singapore May Allow Foreign Banks to Create Digital-Only Units
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said it plans to revise rules governing foreign banks with a substantial local presence that may allow them to open digital-only banking subsidiaries.
Singapore Stock Market Set To Halt Slide
Volume was 1.99 billion shares worth 2.97 billion Singapore dollars. There were 289 decliners and 184 gainers. Among the actives, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation plummeted 3.82 percent, while …