THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday rolled out a S$125 million support package for financial institutions and fintech firms, the bulk of which will go to training employees amid the current economic slump.
SINGAPORE banks, which are major employers here, have pledged no retrenchments as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
UOB's chief executive Wee Ee Cheong recorded a 1.8 per cent increase in 2019 total salary to S$10.75 million, up from S$10.56 million, the bank's annual report put out on Wednesday showed.
INTEREST rates for fixed deposits (FDs) have gone down - in tandem with the slashing of the United States Federal Reserve funds rate - some by as much as 1.02 percentage points.
SINGAPORE banks, which are major employers here, have pledged no retrenchments as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
UOB is due to defer its annual general meeting, which was slated originally for April 30, given the restrictions of mass gatherings due to the virus outbreak, BT understands.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has loosened certain capital and liquidity requirements for banks amid the virus outbreak, but with a clear caveat: that the release of capital buffers should not go towards share buybacks.
BUSINESSES that apply to defer payments for their secured property loans, as well as property owners doing so for residential mortgages, will not be subject to the total debt servicing ratio (TDSR), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday.
JPMORGAN'S long-standing CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday set out a 23-page shareholders' letter that outlined how the US bank is managing the crisis at hand, as brought on by the global virus outbreak.
BANKS across Singapore have announced plans to close some branches till May 4 in anticipation of lower footfall amid tighter social distancing measures to curb the community spread of Covid-19 here.













