THE seventh Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) began on Monday (Oct 31), with a large number of speakers and exhibitors participating in the week-long programme that is back as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.
SOUTH-East Asia’s third-largest lender UOB announced on Monday (Oct 31) that it will stop financing upstream oil and gas (O&G) projects from 2023, among its wider net-zero commitments by 2050.
SOUTH-east Asia’s third-largest lender UOB announced on Monday (Oct 31) that it will stop financing new upstream oil and gas (O&G) projects from 2023, among its wider net-zero commitments by 2050.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sees promise for a purpose-bound digital Singapore dollar (Singdollar) to support government payouts and various other digital voucher schemes.
THE use of data and artificial intelligence (AI) has become essential to DBS’ operations – from hiring, to predicting staff attrition, to pre-empting which customers may find themselves in financial distress.
UOB’s net profit for its third quarter rose 34 per cent to S$1.4 billion, driven by strong net interest income, higher customer-related treasury income and lower credit allowance, said the bank on Friday (Oct 28).
ASEAN markets will likely slow down but skirt a recession in the coming months, and UOB will benefit from fund flows into the region amid political risks elsewhere, its chief executive officer Wee Ee Cheong said on Friday (Oct 28) as the bank reported a 34 per cent...
THE first half of 2023 will be tough globally and in Singapore, with the combination of high inflation and slower growth meaning that the risk of stagflation cannot be discounted, MAS managing director Ravi Menon said.
IT HAS been nearly eight years since the term “stablecoin” was introduced to the world through the birth of BitUSD – the brainchild of blockchain veterans Charles Hoskinson and Dan Larimer.
