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).
Hong Kong will rise again in at least one financial realm. Only twice – in post-crisis 2009 and 2010 – has the local bourse managed to outduel the combined power of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq for new equity issuance. Violent pro-democracy protests present...
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.
WITH more global capital shifting towards sustainable efforts, central banks around the world, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), have been nudged to jumpstart the green transition.
IN a surprise twist, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) will be joining a consortium, led by Ron Sim's V3 Group and stored-card operator EZ-Link, that is gunning for the digital full bank licence in Singapore.
THREE United Overseas Bank (UOB) fund management subsidiaries have signed on to United Nations-backed guidelines for responsible investing, the mainboard-listed lender said in a statement on Sunday.
IN A surprise twist, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) will be joining a consortium led by Ron Sim's V3 Group and stored-card operator EZ-Link that is gunning for the digital full-bank licence in Singapore.
AMID the liberalisation of Singapore's banking sector with digital-only entrants, the incumbents "at best" face significant competition for 3 to 5 per cent of their asset base, according to a report by Jefferies on Friday.
SINGAPORE'S mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity totalled US$35.3 billion last year, up 125.6 per cent from 2018, deal intelligence service Mergermarket said in a report on Friday.
