A TOTAL of 21 digital bank applications were received by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the regulator said on Tuesday.
HONG Kong financial services group AMTD Group has linked up with some prominent Singapore names as well as a familiar partner - Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp - to vie for a digital wholesale bank licence in Singapore, BT understands.
THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) announced over the weekend that it will be making the leap into digital banking - an unusually bold move for a chamber known for its conservative approach to championing the interests of the business community.
PRUDENTIAL Vietnam Assurance, a subsidiary of mainboard-listed Prudential plc, will be offering its life insurance products to Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) customers.
HONG Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) aims to boost its market connectivity and embrace technology to ensure Hong Kong's relevance as a connector between East and West.
THE Singapore dollar (SGD) credit market appears to be maintaining a “positive tone” for this year, after a “firm” conclusion to 2019 with no defaults and a larger aggregate issuance size, according to OCBC Bank’s credit research team.
UK-BASED fintech startup TransferWise on Monday rolled out a new service allowing Singapore customers to receive funds internationally using peer-to-peer instant payment service PayNow.
BNP Paribas on Monday said it will launch an electronic foreign exchange (e-FX) pricing
and trading engine in Singapore, with the support of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
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A TEMASEK-BACKED company, with more than S$1 billion in market capitalisation, is leading a consortium to vie for one of the three wholesale bank licences up for grabs in Singapore.