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Goldman Sachs' head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Wassim Younan, who built the U.S. bank's business in the region, is retiring after nearly three decades with the Wall Street bank, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

STANDARD Chartered (StanChart) and the Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) have completed a proof of concept for the issuance of a retail bond on a digital platform leveraging blockchain technology for bond tokenisation.

JPMorgan has hired UBS banker Peihao Huang to become the co-head of its equity capital markets (ECM) business in Asia, not including Japan, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

LISTED companies that were selected to set up digital banks in Singapore saw their shares rally to fresh highs, while those with failed bids, including iFast Corp and Razer Inc, tumbled on Monday.

BEIJING: China's exports in November rose 21.1 per cent from a year earlier, after 11.4 per cent growth in October, while imports grew 4.5 per cent last month, from a 4.7 per cent expansion in October, customs data showed on Monday (Dec 7). Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast export growth of...

SINGAPORE has cracked a world first again with a goal in mind: to return more deciding power to every citizen on what they should do with their finances.

U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A sued top chicken suppliers alleging they artificially raised prices on billions of dollars of its purchases in the latest litigation facing the poultry industry.

Mastercard, Visa investigate Pornhub business relationship

SINGAPORE: For those with multiple bank accounts, logging on to numerous platforms for updates and drawing up financial spreadsheets can now be a thing of the past. This is made possible with the launch of the Singapore Financial Data Exchange (SGFinDex) on Monday (Dec 7), a digital ...

SINGAPORE can contribute to global recovery by taking on a more inclusive and collaborative approach in deepening its tech capabilities, as the local tech sector continues to be a bright spot for businesses and workers amid the economic fallout.