Singapore bank DBS in day two of its biggest tech outage in a decade
DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBSM.SI), Southeast Asia’s largest bank, faced disruption in its online banking services for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, drawing the ire of customers just hours after announcing a fix after the first day of outage.
Citigroup to create 100 roles in digital asset push
Citigroup (C.N) is looking to create 100 roles focused on digital assets including blockchain and digital currencies at its institutional division, the U.S. bank said on Tuesday.
EXCLUSIVE HSBC exceeds China wealth hiring targets, explores India private banking re-entry
HSBC Holdings Plc is ahead of its hiring targets for its Chinese retail wealth management business and is exploring re-entering India’s private banking business, senior executives said, as part of its plan to make Asia and wealth key pillars of growth.
Factbox: Asia-Pacific countries begin to open selectively for international travel
Asia-Pacific countries, which have had some of the world’s strictest border controls and quarantine rules during the pandemic, are starting to open selectively to fully vaccinated international travellers as well as their unvaccinated children.
Stocks slip, short-term yields leap with inflation
Tech shares slipped and short-term Treasury yields jumped on Wednesday as investors expect inflation to prompt interest rate hikes, with a hotter-than-forecast reading in Australia the latest sign of prices pressuring central bankers to act.
Courting startups: Singapore lines up funding to boost IPOs
The Singapore government on Friday unveiled a S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) fund as part of a package to attract listings to the city-state’s stock exchange, aiming to boost its exposure to the region’s booming tech sector.
Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa launch cenbank digital currency scheme
Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to assess if this allows transactions to be settled more cheaply and easily, the banks said on Thursday.
EXCLUSIVE Singapore Exchange to issue easier rules for SPAC listings -sources
Singapore Exchange is preparing to roll out easier guidelines for listings of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in the city-state, which would make it the first major Asian bourse to accept such investment vehicles, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
Singapore economy to get back on track after Q2 stumble
Singapore’s economy contracted in the second quarter after battling new outbreaks of COVID-19 but economists expect it to get back on track quickly as global growth picks up and vaccination rates rise.
Tencent-backed Linklogis, Sunway to jointly seek Malaysia digital bank licence-sources
Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Bhd (SWAY.KL) has teamed up with Tencent-backed Chinese fintech firm Linklogis Inc (9959.HK) and Bangkok Bank PCL (BBL.BK) to apply for a Malaysian digital bank licence, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
