Financial Services

Strong growth for major banks seen: Fitch Ratings

This will be supported by wider margins and well-contained credit costs.

Chart of the Day: Do Singaporeans need help managing their money?

Younger consumers do, according to a YouGov survey.

MAS mandates due diligence and conduct requirements for CF advisers

The central bank said the requirements will allow investors to make informed decisions.

2Y SGS bond ‘attractive enough’ to draw demand: UOB

The June 25 bond was first issued in 2015 but was retapped.

Aspire secures US$100m in Series C round

The funding will be used to further enhance their financial services.

High interest rates carry DBS to record net profit of $8.19b in 2022

Total income surpassed $16b for the first time in the bank’s history.

By the numbers: A look into Singapore's Fintech Industry

Singapore falls behind India in terms of Fintech development.

SFA, Workforce Singapore launch FinTech Talent Programme

It is the first career conversion programme in the industry.

GXS Bank names former SGX president as group CEO

Since stepping down in 2019, Muthukrishan Ramaswami has served on the boards of GovTech Singapore and Temus.

SG emerges as 4th most crypto-ready market in the world

The Lion City is home to 800 crypto-based companies.

FinTech firm Pilon raises $6.88m in seed round

The fund will be used to improve its product offerings and operation expansion.

Knowledge gap, lack of action behind failure to follow accounting standards: ACRA

There were 23 non-compliance cases in 12 financial statements reviewed.

AI, big data amongst trends in banks: Maybank

Investments in AI are at an accelerating pace for DBS, UOB, and OCBC.   Banks in the Lion City have been deploying AI and big data at an accelerating...

Over US$14.6m funds stolen through crypto fraud

SG is the 9th most targeted market by fraudsters.