THE Singtel Group plans to roll out mobile wallet interoperability across its network of regional associates in Asia by mid-2018, it said on Tuesday. Mobile wallet customers of Singtel and the group’s various associate telcos would then be able to make cashless payments in their home currency, using their home telco’s app, at physical merchants […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE has come in 25th globally and retained its position as the Asian city with the highest quality of living, according to human resources consulting firm Mercer’s 20th annual Quality of Living survey. Using data analysed largely between September and November 2017, the annual ranking which tracked 231 cities in 2017, aims to enable multinational […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE — Many Singaporean firms are interested in investing in food, agriculture, and dining services in Vietnam as they forecast that these sectors will thrive in the near future amidst broader ASEAN integration. The statement was made by Andy Yun, Secretary General of Singapore Manufacturing Federation, representing more than 3,000 members operating in automation, biology, construction, heavy […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Kalms, which has rolled out 50 machines island-wide that sell mostly teddy bears and jewellery, is one […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S exports defied economist expectations to post an unexpected decline last month. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) shrank 5.9 per cent in February from the same month a year earlier. This was the first decline since September last year and was likely due in part to the Chinese New Year, which started on Feb 16. The […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: The number of foreigners working here fell by 32,000 last year, the biggest drop in 15 years, even as more locals were employed. The fall was more than 10 times the drop of 2,500 in 2016. This is the steepest decline in the pool of foreigners employed in Singapore since 2002, when it contracted […]
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