SINCE last week, banks including OCBC, Standard Chartered and HSBC have temporarily closed several branches in Hong Kong and Macau, in light of the worsening Wuhan virus outbreak, The Business Times (BT) understands.
UNIONBANK of the Philippines on Monday said it has inked an agreement with the Singapore Management University (SMU) to offer a 12-week overseas talent development programme on banking and fintech.
UOB's group commercial banking unit and more than 800 of its clients raised more than S$1.8 million in total for local charities at the bank's annual Chinese New Year fundraiser.
HOUSING loans in Singapore shrank for the 12th straight month in December, leading to a fall in total consumer loans, preliminary Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) data showed on Friday.
IT can take up to three months for banks to retrieve and provide information required by law enforcement agencies for criminal investigations - and this is provided the information sought is straightforward and does not entail manual sieving of more than 13 months of data.
FOR the third year in a row, business interruption was the top risk for businesses in Singapore, according to a survey by financial services firm Allianz.
KEPPEL Capital Holdings has launched a new closed-end infrastructure private equity fund which has achieved its first closing with initial capital commitments of US$360 million.
IN line with the newly introduced Payment Services Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has initiated a payments regulatory evaluation programme to help payment services firms in their transition.
