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<p>AS THE deadline for digital banking applications creeps closer, high-profile payments fintech Revolut has closed the door to joining Singapore's digital bank landscape over high capital requirements, its top executive told The Business Times (BT).</p>

THE central bank of France - Banque de France (BDF) - will open an Asian office in Singapore in early 2020, its second office abroad after New York, it said in a joint press statement with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday.

<p>THERE is still a future for Facebook’s embattled digital currency Libra, even if central banks around the world decide to create their own digital currencies, according to Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and head economist of Calibra, a digital currency wallet that is a subsidiary of Facebook.</p>...

<p>FINANCIAL technology (fintech) firms in Singapore&nbsp;continued to attract the lion's share of global funding among Asean countries, and the Republic remains the preferred base for fintech firms in the region, a new report by&nbsp;United Overseas Bank (UOB), PwC and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) has found.&nbsp;</p> ...

<p>HIGH-profile payments fintech Revolut has bowed out of the race for a digital banking licence in Singapore over high capital requirements, its top executive told <em>The Business Times.</em></p>

<p>A NEW industry-wide digital research platform will help investors and financial institutions connect with fintech startups that they can partner with or invest in.</p>

<p>SINGAPORE'S upcoming sugar regulations will have little impact on top line consumer spending on beverages, said Fitch Solutions Macro Research.</p>

<p>SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund GIC and the world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock have inked a deal to buy Kellas Midstream from private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners.</p>

<p> China's most ubiquitous company is hiding one of its most valuable assets. That needs to change.</p>

<p>MAINBOARD-LISTED Datapulse Technology has appointed ICP unit Travelodge Hotels Asia (TLA) to manage Hotel Aropa in Seoul, South Korea.</p>