Singapore

Validus, Citibank establish $100m facility for SME financing

The facility is collateralized by SME loans by Validus’ Singapore arm.

Validus, Citibank establish $100m facility for SME financing

The facility is collateralized by SME loans by Validus’ Singapore arm.

Singapore’s Blockchain & Crypto startups capture most seed investments in H1

This is despite MAS moving to tighten retail investors’ access to crypto.

UOB Infinity rolls out new financial supply chain management services

The features will be rolled out to clients outside of Singapore, Hong Kong at a later stage. 

Financing platform Funding Societies clinches US$50m loan with HSBC SG

It will use the money to extend more loans to SMEs in Southeast Asia.

DBS’ DDEx doubles trade volume in June from April

The number of BTC and ETH bought also rose by over 50%.

OCBC, NUS commence study to encourage EV adoption in Singapore

A total of 32,000 OCBC customers are expected to participate in the study.

UOB, Doxa, move Kimly Construction trade financing processes online

Processes affected include the creation of invoices, uploading and validation of supporting documents. 

How can real-time personalisation drive your CX strategy?

Digitalisation shouldn’t just be limited to processing automation – it can significantly  improve customer experience.  

Grab unveils US$1m GrabScholar programme, new GrabMerchant Centre

The superapp aims to support small businesses and upskill the future workforce.

Atome Financial secures US$100m debt facility with HSBC Singapore

It operates buy now pay later platform Atome and Indonesia’s Kredit Pintar.

Maybank enables Singapore, Malaysia card users to link with ApplePay

This includes users of Mastercard and Visa credit, debit, and prepaid cards.

OCBC enables direct CPF account top-ups from digital app

This makes OCBC the first bank to enable this outside of the CPF website.

Robocash names Kirill Kalashnikov as APAC regional director

Kalashnikov was country manager for the Philippine online lender Digido.

Hong Leong Finance sees profits rise to S$45.1m in H1

It has also announced an interim dividend of S$0.0375 in its latest bourse filing.

DBS net profit down 3% in H1, but Q2 profits second-highest in history

The bank is expected to benefit from rising interest rates, says CEO Piyush Gupta.

OCBC net profit rose 7% to S$2.83b in H1

This was buoyed by higher net interest, although non-interest income fell during the period.

MAS, IFSCA sign MOU to strengthen supervisory cooperation of financial services

The MOU was signed in the presence of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi.