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IF YOU are planning a holiday or a trip to Hong Kong in the next few weeks, be forewarned that some travel insurance benefits will not apply as long as there is a travel advisory from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

SINGAPORE remains an attractive destination for new brokerage entrants, with two such outfits setting up here even as US-focused discount broker Charles Schwab announced that it would cease operations in the city-state by year-end.

INVESTORS are increasingly buying into funds and instruments that track opportunities based on long-term megatrends, in the hope of achieving better returns from paying heed to big structural themes that may also hedge against risks of a world that is increasingly becoming more insular.

SINGAPORE is taking an open-minded but thoughtful approach to regulating financial technology, economist Beatrice Weder di Mauro has told The Business Times.

WITHOUT a full-blown recession, expansionary fiscal policy still looks unlikely, but the topic is gaining ground, Swiss-Italian economist Beatrice Weder di Mauro noted on Thursday.

OCBC Bank is still "actively chatting" with potential partners as it mulls a digital banking licence in Singapore to grow its digital customer base, said the bank's chief operating officer Ching Wei Hong at a media briefing on Thursday.

THERE is no compelling reason for central banks to issue digital currencies, said managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Ravi Menon.

OVER the next four years or so, Singapore will work with other Asean countries to link up their real-time payment systems to enable small retail payments using just mobile numbers, with the link-up between Singapore and Thailand expected to be completed by the middle of next year,...

AT A time when traditional trade relations come under strain, Singapore's move to build data corridors with other small, open economies for greater digital connectivity is the new frontier in global liberalisation, Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has said.

SINGAPORE expects to announce next year the details of a single platform for consumers to aggregate their financial information from various accounts across banks, insurance companies and brokerages, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).