Financial Services

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Wed Feb 22, 2012

There was a boost in Asian currencies, including the Singapore dollar, but it didn’t linger.

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Wed Feb 22, 2012

There was a boost in Asian currencies, including the Singapore dollar, but it didn’t linger.

OCBC appoints Ooi Sang Kuang as Director

His qualification and experience was given merit by the Nominating Committee.

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Tues Feb 21, 2012

The Singapore dollar along with other Asian currencies were stronger against the US dollar.

OCBC’s net profit up 3% to a whopping S$2.3b in 2011

As the group’s customer-related businesses showed robust growth in the past year.

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Mon Feb 20, 2012

Amidst improvement in risk sentiment, the Singapore dollar has edged up against the US dollar.

Chinese Global Investors' Executive Director resigns

Soong Kok Meng quitted his post for personal reasons.

Is Singapore next on the list of mobile payments leadership?

Is it time for Singapore to adopt a national mobile payments system?

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Fri Feb 17, 2012

The Singapore dollar gained some ground but saw any further rises capped amidst Greece's sovereign debt troubles.

Singapore vulnerable to multidimensional risks posed by Europe Crisis

Find out the many ways on how troubles in the West could affect Singapore and other countries in Asia Pacific as Standard and Poor’s reports.

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Thurs Feb 16, 2012

Amidst improvement in investor confidence in Asia, the Singapore dollar edged up Wednesday against the US dollar.

Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Wed Feb 15, 2012

The rise in the value of the Singapore dollar against the US dollar is said to have taken a dent.

Great Eastern’s net profit plummets 24% to S$385.7m in 2011

As the severe deterioration in the investment climate caused unexpected losses for the group in 2H11.

DBS growth will dip then recover: OCBC

Earnings seen to expand by a modest 1% in 2012 before bouncing back to 6.6% in 2013.

DBS full-year profit up 15%

DBS Group Holdings reported net profit of S$3.04b for 2011.

DBS’ POSB to open branch in community club

The first bank in Singapore to have a branch presence in a community club, POSB will set foot within Zhenghua.

Singapore amongst exposed to risk of deterioration in the Euro area

Singapore exhibits highest reliance on Euro banks with more than a third or 39% of its GDP are Euro banks' claims.

Scared Singapore suppliers considering more insurance

The plummeting credit worthiness of European and US partners has forced firms to prepare for the worst.