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SINGAPORE is unlikely to be hit hard by HSBC's latest layoffs that threaten up to 10,000 workers - or 4 per cent of its 238,000 global headcount - as the Republic is considered among the markets it's counting on for growth.

DIGITAL transformation has hit countries around the globe. The Lion City is one of the world's top hotbeds for technology and innovation today. In fact, Singapore accounted for a quarter of the nearly US$6 billion in capital invested in South-east Asia's technology firms during the first half...

Singapore Poultry Hub is setting up the first smart and green factory for the industry in Singapore with a S$40 million loan secured from United Overseas Bank (UOB).

South-east Asia's largest lender happens to be its most tech-savvy. Why then is Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd missing out on some of the region's hottest deals in digital banking?

A SWIFT Brexit deal is essential as business uncertainty is worsening and manufacturing and service surveys indicate that the UK and Germany are slipping into a recession. The sharp slide in UK and European stock markets this week is also dampening sentiment.

A FORMER remisier, who has admitted to have been intimately involved in the 2013 penny stock market-rigging, painted a picture of John Soh Chee Wen - the alleged mastermind of the scheme - as a manipulative user.

JOSH Longhurst has a savings account with the British bank Nationwide Building Society that pays him 5 per cent per annum on up to £2,500 (S$4,250) of his balance.

ING Bank on Wednesday announced the appointment of Erwin Maspolim as branch manager of ING Singapore and network head for South-east Asia, effective Oct 1. These appointments are still subject to regulatory approval, the bank said. 

THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) collected S$4.6 billion from stamp duties - a tax levied on property transactions - for the fiscal year ended March 31, with most taxpayers paying by cheque.

JUST when you think banks in India can't possibly deliver any more bad news, a near US$1 billion scandal drops without warning.The alleged wrongdoing at Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) differs from previous Indian banking scams in that savers are on the hook this time...