Singapore and Thailand are in discussions about connecting their national digital payment systems to forge an unprecedented regional alliance, as officials step up efforts to curb the use of cash. The link would bring together Southeast Asia’s first national digital-payment platforms, Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s PromptPay, said Naphongthawat Phothikit, director of payment systems policy at […]
Read MoreTHE SkillsFuture for Digital Workplace was launched on Thursday by Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung. Led by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), this initiative – which is structured as a two-day training programme – seeks to equip Singaporeans with basic digital skills that are useful at the workplace and in their daily […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] There’s a chance the Monetary Authority of Singapore may surprise financial markets by tightening its policy stance this month, according to Pacific Investment Management, a move that could make it among the first central banks in Asia to do so. Economic indicators are pointing to an improved growth outlook in the city state, while […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Slow payments rose for local companies across all sectors in the third quarter of this year, with the cash flow woes of already worst-hit construction firms worsening. According to the latest quarterly survey by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB), slow payments rose to slightly more than two-fifths of total payment transactions while […]
Read MoreSINGAPOREk: Singapore’s private home prices rose for the first time in four years in the third quarter, marking a possible turning point for the sector, with analysts expecting clearer signs of a property market recovery in 2018. The private residential property index rose 0.5% to 137.3 in the third quarter, after easing 0.1% in the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s private home prices rose in the third quarter for the first time in four years, ending a stretch of 15 consecutive quarters of declines, the government’s preliminary estimates showed on Monday. The private residential property index rose 0.5% to 137.3 in the third quarter, after easing 0.1% in the second quarter, the Urban […]
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