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DBS inks Belt and Road deal with Sinosure
DBS inks Belt and Road deal with Sinosure
Insurance firm Sinosure will provide credit insurance for DBS financing activities.
Over half of large firms to move their finance systems to the cloud: survey
Respondents also noted that CFOs should expand their roles beyond finance into risk management and cyber security.
CIMB Singapore unveils pet insurance for dogs and cats
Policy plans start at $74.90 per year.
1 in 3 firms have no plans to adopt machine learning: poll
Almost half cited cost as a barrier.
Singapore's mobile payments growth hits 46% in 2019
It lags behind Vietnam in terms of growth rate.
Chart of the Day: Firms with deteriorating risk standing hit 21.36% in 2018
This represents a visible increase from just 15.13% in 2017.
3 in 5 Singaporeans willing to share data for cheaper banking products
Users are willing to share data on their income, location and lifestyle habits.
MAS stands pat on monetary policy as economy slows
The government expects the economy to grow between 1.5-3.5%.
Chart of the Day: Overseas credit searches by Singapore firms up 2.05% in 2018
ASEAN accounted for the highest proportion of credit checks at 27.7%.
NTUC Income and ZhongAn tie up to develop digital insurance products
They aim to roll out a lifestyle insurance product for the tourism sector by Q2.
Singapore fintech Validus Capital expands to Indonesia
It aims to plug SME funding gap through its domestic business entity, Batumbu.
EZ-Link ties up with Malaysia's Touch n' Go for cross border Combi Card
It will allow users to pay for Singapore ERP fares and Malaysian highway tolls.
MAS bans reps from HSBC, UOB, and NTUC Income over fraud
Their cases involved deception, sales of fake products, and forgery.
Chart of the Day: What are the top targeted M&A deals in Q1?
CapitaLand's US$7.9b acquisition of Ascendas is the largest M&A so far in SEA.
Hyflux troubles trickle down as nearly $4b corporate bonds mature by end-2019
Hyflux's distress may just be the beginning of a series of default risk situations.
UOB prices US$600m notes at 3.75%
These will be rolled out by 15 April.
Daily Briefing: DBS complied with rules on 2016 Hyflux bond sale: MAS; Singapore and Malaysia to replace withdrawn ILS with GPS procedures for Seletar Airport
And here's how FastGo has compromised the identities of its early sign-ups.