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The US has valid complaints with China about market access, intellectual property theft and security, but Trump is focused on phony issues, says William H Overholt.

BUSINESSES which do not manage their environmental risk adequately could find themselves facing higher borrowing costs or limits on their loans down the road, if the proposed guidelines released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday are implemented.

GREAT Eastern will make a US$70 million investment in Axiata Digital's financial-services business to "participate in Axiata's growing fintech expansion plans in the region", said Great Eastern's group chief executive Khor Hock Seng on Thursday.

MORE contactless payment options are coming through in Singapore, with the Covid-19 outbreak underscoring the need for such forms of digital payments.

AN ANNUAL dinner where top bankers in Singapore gather, and where major banking announcements are made, will be postponed.

CHINA'S banking system is at the forefront of the country's recovery plan which could weaken the banks, already hampered by years of inefficient lending and slower economic growth.

LISTED companies in Singapore are increasingly tapping the US dollar (USD) bond market as they raise funds to strengthen their balance sheets amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Uber Technologies Inc's financial services head Peter Hazlehurst is stepping down as the company focuses on rides and food delivery, and ices plans to become a financial services company, Bloomberg News reported, citing an email to staff.

The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp , BP Plc, Chevron Corp, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc for "systematically and intentionally misleading" consumers about the role their products play in causing climate change, the latest action by a U...

Amazon.com Inc has secured the naming rights to the new home stadium for the National Hockey League's Seattle franchise and pledged to make it the first ever net-zero carbon certified arena, the online retailer said on Thursday.